A friend's suicide attempt

[aspiring]

I feel so surreal. A man whom I had dated for 8 months but had been broken up from since January attempted suicide. He overdosed on his perscription drugs on purpose. He remains vegetive and is very very likely to remain in this state. I feel sad, yet calm. Hell I'm not sure what I feel. He is 53 with no living relatives, it all seems so empty. We had remained friends since the break up, although not close. He apparently was having troubles with his current gf. He truly meant to die. I've said prayers that God give him the peace he sought.

Sorry for the ramble. I just feel sad.

[Astro]

But for the grace of God, there go I. Your friend is fortunate to have someone like you who cares and remembers. I'm sorry to hear this, prayers going out for him.

[ExNavyInHouston]

When I was five years old, my father took himself out in the garage, started the car and then waited to die.

After he lost consciousness, the car must of stopped running. My mother found him on the garage floor, foaming at the mouth.

Since the evidence of a running car wasn't obvious and there were pills on the table, it appeared as though he had overdosed on pills and the EMT folks acted on that suspicion.

It was soon learned he had severe brain damage, and I would never know my father properly.

My dad would end up living a strange life, much of it on the streets. He ended up being murdered years later.

So for me, I just have a hard time accepting or feeling sympathetic when someone attempts or is successful at suicide. I don't feel anger, but I grow very numb and just avoid much thought about it until the event passes.

[suki44883]

I'm sorry to hear that about your friend, aspiring. It's so sad to think about what makes a person feel that suicide is the answer to anything. Sure, they might not be around anymore, but what it does to those who love them is so cruel. And then, there's the possibility of not actually dying, but being unable to care for themselves for the rest of their lives, putting the burden, once again, on those that love them. It's a most cruel and selfish act.