I’ve been considering suicide for quite some time. For several months I even had a handgun. I actually had a license to carry it. I’ve been under psychiatric care for some time but have never been institutionalized, so I was eligible. However, I told my psychiatrist about the gun. I’m not sure if that was wise. Although he urged me to get rid of it, he didn’t press the issue since he said he didn’t believe in his heart I was suicidal and I’d never actually loaded the gun. He was right. I just had the gun as a coping strategy at that point; I […]
