Posted by SandyWeb on July 7, 2004, at 11:58:21
In reply to Re: Thank You..(Trigger), posted by Jai Narayan on July 6, 2004, at 20:35:13
I am so sorry to hear about your Uncle. Undoubtedly he was suffering a great deal of distress to take his own life. This world of ours can certainly be a cruel game to play sometimes.
I can only speak from my own experience of attempting, and I've never been in the position of being a survivor of somebody's suicide, but I know that I had thoughts of my family beforehand. If your Uncle was anything like me, he probably had already rationalized within his mind that his family would do fine with his absence. I didn't necessarily have the thoughts of, "They're better off without me." Rather, my thoughts were along the lines of, "They will be fine when I'm gone." I had a lot of confidence in the strength of my family. Your Uncle probably did not have the motive of punishing his family through years of heartache. He may have believed in the resiliency of his loving family, much as I still believe in mine.
Hugs,
Sandy
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