Posted by Cass on October 23, 2001, at 1:46:42
In reply to Precipitating suicide?, posted by Jane D on October 19, 2001, at 1:21:36
> Quote:
> "Many people on the edge of suicide hang from this earth from a filament, a mere spiderweb, and the most inconsequential action can make them decide whether to go or to stay - a hurtful remark, or a child's cough from the bedroom down the hallway."
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> If you want to see the context it came from http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20011015/msgs/81573.html
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I always had a moral compass and an inner guidance that let me know I was not as bad as my abusive family made me out to be. But nevertheless, I was battered and beaten, and people can only take so much. This was compounded by undiagnosed medical problems. I wouldn't say it was impulsive. I had been planning it for a long, long time, but a recent rejection had destroyed the little thread I had been hanging onto. Obviously, I didn't succeed in dying. Now when I ponder it, the prospect is less painful and less frightening to think about. I no longer believe in a judgemental God. If life becomes impossible to live without severe pain, emotional and physical, I'll do it. I hope that day never comes, but it may. I'm prepared in terms of the method. I've had years to do research. (I wish I could have gained a tough skin, and that nothing would hurt me. I've never been able to attain that although I try to pretend sometimes.)
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