One of my nephew’s best friends took his own life this week. Just graduated college, landed a good job made a visit back home and ended it all at age 30.

Beyond my comprehension.

[quote=HobbieTrapper]One of my nephew’s best friends took his own life this week. Just graduated college, landed a good job made a visit back home and ended it all at age 30.

Beyond my comprehension.[/quote

Mental illness is hard to understand or predict. Read the poem Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington.Kind of reminds of this person you described.

I can't imagine life being that bad for someone that age. A tragedy for a lost young life and his family that has to deal with it.

I feel bad for his family and friends.

I don't believe though that all suicide is mental illness. A lot of times it's the cowardly way out of a situation that puts undue hardship on the family

Hobbie, just love on your people. Yes, we as humans can't understand it but as you know there is One we can turn to find some sort of peace in crazy situations such as this waste. Blessings to you and yours...

Prayers for his family and friends.

That's awful. I feel sorry for his family. Probably never completely heal.

It's becoming an epidemic.

That's something I'll never understand either Hobbie.

So sad for the ones they leave behind.

I cant understand that either,apparently the poor people who do it see no other way out of what is bothering them so much.

I don't talk about it much, but there was a time not long ago when I thought about hanging myself almost daily. For years. Have a good job, greatwife and 2 great kids. No specific reason just didn't find happiness in this world.
That all changed when I accepted and truly truly put my faith in Christ and what he had done for me on the cross. In an instant, yes an instant I was a new person. Thoughts of suicide gone, not a drop of alcohol, smiling all the time, no cussing, no looking at other women.
I read the poem referenced. Just goes to show money, education, prestige is nothing without God in your life.
Knowing that heaven an eternity with God is an amazing feeling. Praise the Lord.

I was reading a report about the very small percentage of people that survived jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to try to commit suicide. Everyone that was interviewed said the moment they jumped they instantly regretted it. Apparently, realization immediately kicked in on what they were doing.

It’s only going to get worse we have generations coming up that many have never been taught how to deal with hardships I’ve seen it grow over the years. I had 3 transports in the last 2 weeks all mental health issues and others did transports during that same time.

The place we often go to went to a 24/7/365 staffed intake to handle the flow.

Godspeed

the phrase "fake it till you make it" well a lot of what you would call HIGH functioning people with depression are Really good at faking it , faking it in nearly every way , but sometimes that stress is eating them.
the keep up the illusion that they are good but they are not good.

makes it hard to understand when it happens

A co-worker of mine early 30s took his own life had a solid job , was moving up in the company had lots of family around

the actor Robin Williams we know as a comedy genius they say had a lot of dark times and what the public saw and all but a few very close freinds and family , was his faking it

it was a lot easier to understand when a friend and coworker took his life , he had retired 2 years earlier and then the cancer that he had fought so hard 8 years prior was back.
he had served in Vietnam, he had raised a family , his grandkids were in their teens , he had spent the first 2 years of his retirement doing a lot of travel and checking a lot of things off his bucket list.

Most concerning thing about it is how it greatly increases the likelihood one of there children will follow suit.

Praying

What your saying is so true. Following Christ gives you purpose.
Being a light to the world does also. I've known probably a dozen peaple who took their own lives and they all had one thing in common. They where not born again.

I am sorry to hear that happened.

The reality of it is that mental fortitude, self honesty and the conscious mind controlling the sub conscious mind/desires is a very lacking trait in todays society. It also seems that the folks in charge want to keep things that way and encourage more of the same..