Re: My recent experiences
Submitted by Drifter on 2003-02-20 09:16:30, Thursday
In reply to Re: My recent experiences submitted by Huckleberry on 2003-02-20 03:14:27, Thursday
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I think its safe to say that nearly every bl has thought of suicide at one point or another. Why do some people kill themselves while others dont? because they choose to. I dont believe it has to do with not being strong enough, thats just something people say because they have a hard time accepting responsability, its simply the choice they made. They killed themselves because they chose to. If I wouldve killed myself during my depressive years, would that mean I wasnt strong enough? No, of course not. I was strong enough and my being here today is proof of it. The only thing killing myself wouldve meant is that I chose the easy way out rather than the right way. That means if you truly believe in God, you wouldn't think of suicide? Tempting... I dont know where you read that statement. I reread Ghengis' post and couldnt find where he said that christians dont think about suicide. What he said was Thus when life seemed to tumble apart, they[non-christians] had nowhere to turn to. See, the thing about christians is that we have a connection with the creator. When there are things that are beyond our control, we have someone we can go to for whom it isnt beyond his control. That doesnt mean a christian cant think of suicide, that means a christian has more alternatives he can choose from than an atheist. Suicide is still ultimately about your choice of ending your life, there needs to be no more blame than the person who did it. Suicide used to be a very common thought for me. It used to be what I dwelled on every day while laying in bed unable to sleep. It wasnt becoming a christian that made me stop thinking about suicide, indeed I was already a christian long before this. What got me to stop thinking about suicide was coming to acceptance of who I am and what life has in store for me. I was only able to do this with the help of some bl friends. So in a way, God's role was to keep me alive long enough for me to deal with my emotional problems. Nowadays I think about suicide very rarely, and when I do its a distant thought that I know is unrealistic. I havent considered suicide a real option since 1999. e-mail: webnomad@ziplip.com url: http://www.fpc.net/sites/drifter/ |
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