Any form of torture if long enough and cruel enough will reduce the strongest of wills to dust. Depression isn't really a problem it's a chemical imbalance in the brain that forces you to be sad and the longer this goes on the more you will see that it's somehow your fault and then beat yourself up for it. In this particular case it's even noted that he has sought help but even that wasn't enough. That takes a lot of strength because the rational mind works really poorly when experiencing any form of sorrow.BanicRhys said:I think suicide is a way for weak willed people to run away from their problems.
I just refrain from saying so every time it's mentioned because all it accomplishes is upsetting people (especially when it's a beloved celebrity), something the "omg rip in peace, you hero" crowd don't have to worry about.
Having suffered through depression at the hands of anxiety med side-effects I can tell you it freaking sucks. In the span of half a year it turned me into a enfeebled mess who ended up unable to leave my bed except to eat when it feels like my stomach would eat itself if I didn't. Some people aren't even so lucky. I didn't even know what the feeling was because never experienced it before in my life but it sapped away at me even before the bedridden state no matter how good a day was the moment I was left to my thoughts it all disappeared into self-inflicted psychological torture and then that would make the next day harder. Suffice to say it all spiraled downward.
I count myself lucky that all I had to do was stop taking a pill to get better. Other people suffer through this their entire lives and I could barely handle a half year of it. It isn't a matter of weak will it's more of a fact that their will has been broken having fought a long battle to no avail.
TLDR those who experience depression are experiencing a form of torture most people never experience. It destroys rational thought, it eats their mind, and crushes their will. Suicide is the end result of not receiving enough help in enough time. It cannot be overcome easily. Please instead of realizing it offends people think about why it offends people because it's still insensitive to think poorly of someone when you don't understand their strife.
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1) People who say people who commit suicide are cowards don't understand that the victim has suffered some significant emotional trauma that most of us could never dream of.
2) Hell no. I only wish that they could have been saved in time but it's never that easy.
3) It's terrible. No one should willingly take their lives. It may seem like it's the only way to be free of pain and maybe they see it as doing a service to the world but it only hurts those they care for and throws away everything including a chance however slim to overcome whatever caused their pain. I can only wish that whatever the next life is that it be free of pain so they can live on in peace.