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Old 08-30-2021, 11:16 AM
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When someone we know or know of dies suddenly or unexpectedly I think of suicide because it has happened to people that I know.

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I was shocked and very surprised at the reaction of a few people when I broached the subject a few days ago.

One called me "sick". One called for removal of my post and that did happen. I believe that in this day and age, we all must be aware of severe depression around us. I am still trying to understand the reaction to my post.

Above all, I want you to know that I meant in no way to be insensitive or callous. None of us is immune to overwhelming sadness and hopelessness at times.
The subjects of suicide prevention and suicide itself are real, vital, and important and should be able to be discussed openly. It is unfortunate that there are people whose personal issues are such that they are simply unable to discuss death in any form. OP, you should not let the issues of others control you on something as important as this.

Discussing suicide prevention and death and dying as a subject is important, as it takes an issue we all ultimately deal with out of the ‘do not talk about’ closet. This is what Swiss-born psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross did in the late 1960s when she observed the discomfort her American fellow physicians felt, seeing a death as a failure on their part to be hidden rather than accepting dying and death as an integral part of ALL our lives. She got permission to interview dying patients and discovered—no surprise—how much they welcomed the chance to talk about their own feelings and fears. From this experience came her uniquely written (a story in itself…) first book, On Death and Dying—well worth the read.

However, discussing this as an important subject is not the same as publicly speculating about suicide of a complete stranger, which is just plain inappropriate. OP, in your later responses in this thread, you made it clear that with the input of others (some of which from your description sound off the wall…), you recognize, as you put it, that you were ‘wrong.’ So you’ve learned something—as we all have the opportunity to do—and it’s time to move on.