I just wanted to bring this up. It has been a sore subject for me in particular.
People will say "You can't kill yourself, how will (fill-in-the-blank) feel?"
My mother told me this constantly. She never said "You can't kill yourself because I love you" or something like that. It was always just look what you will do to this person or that.
Believe me, I would have been gone a long time ago if I didn't already worry about my children. But to be reminded of that in that sense was so painful.
I understand the effect it has on loved ones of course but isn't the suicidal person as important?
People will say "You can't kill yourself, how will (fill-in-the-blank) feel?"
My mother told me this constantly. She never said "You can't kill yourself because I love you" or something like that. It was always just look what you will do to this person or that.
Believe me, I would have been gone a long time ago if I didn't already worry about my children. But to be reminded of that in that sense was so painful.
I understand the effect it has on loved ones of course but isn't the suicidal person as important?