Talking About Preventing Suicide

Anyone who has been through this , or has known someone who has been through this , talk to us , video responses are welcome , comments , messages , everything . We are here , and you're not alone .

http://www.halfofus.com

1-800-SUICIDE
(1-800-784-2433)

The Trevor Project also offers a 24-hour toll-free confidential crisis and suicide prevention helpline for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. Call 1-866-4-U-TREVOR (1-866-488-7386).

in [State name withheld] recently, a very beautiful boy committed suicide.
[Personal information withheld]
i went to his funeral.
i have NEVER felt such sadness as i did then, and i didnt even know him, but i was there to give comfort and support to one of this person's friends, but he ended up having 2 console me.
even more sad, was this person's younger brother, who was completely devastated by the loss of his older brother.
his nearly continual crying that was coming from deep within his soul and it was the most incredibly heart wrenching emotion i had ever seen.
the boy had to be nearly carried out of the funeral him when it was time to close the casket.
his legs giving out from under him all the way.
the pain and anguish that was displayed by [Name withheld]'s family and his friends -and strangers- was something i shall NEVER forget for the rest of my life.
i had once heard that suicide was the ultimate act of selfishness.
after what i witnessed, i think i would have to say that is true.
A young person commits suicide [usually, but not always] because there is something that they feel they cannot cope with, and decide, in a moment of irrational thoughts, that the only solution is for their death as a means of escape from the internal pain they feel - but never, i guess, realizing just how much INCREDIBLE pain and heartache they will put their parents, siblings and friends through. that they will forever be utterly devastated by the suicidal death of that person, and the agenizing sadness that will last them a lifetime.
i still cry often.
i hope that someone who is in the depth of depression or sadness from whatever is troubling them, will see your video and turn to someone and be helped and realize life IS worth living, even when things seem so bleak the death is the only solution - that it isnt, and the world is a good place to be in after all, no matter what.
hugs and kisses, [Name withheld]

p.s. being gay, and in the closet, i understand depression myself.

My reply was :

Aww :(
See what we were trying to say . Suicide hurts everyone , not just the person doing it .
And don't worry , I was in the closet and my life was so much better after I came out , sure I have to deal with ignorant a-holes but it's better than the mental . . . .arguments I guess you could say that I faced every day because I wasn't being true to myself or anyone around me.

Suicide is never the answer , no matter how hard the question .
- Garrett

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• garrett
• and
• nikki
• talk
• about
• suicide
• in
• teens
• adults
• how
• to
• stop
• it
• don't
• do
• it's
• its
• not
• worth
• talking
• instead
• of
• taking
• bullet
• the
• head
• or
• knife
• wrist
• put
• pen
• paper
• permanent
• fix
• temporary
• problem
• thekidsuwont4get
• preventing
• prevent
• prevention
• prevents
• health
• rings
• chat
• time
• talks
• live

[QweenGhost]

its usaully not family its friends its people that hate you its anger that u build up inside but dont know how to let it out its hurt and pain that you dont know how to find the right words for its jail not being able to see your family and be there... im not even a teen and i think of it more often then i should and i probably know why most people attempt or commit painless or painful sucide...

[thekidsuwont4get]

@QweenGhost Well if you know so much about it , please make a video trying to help convince people not to do it :)

[QweenGhost]

@thekidsuwont4get i should lol but idk maybe :)

[thekidsuwont4get]

@QweenGhost I hope you do :D

- Garrett

[cowssaymoo1108]

i just wanted to say thanks for uploading this video i used to have problems whith suicidal thoughts but i ended up getting over those whith the help from my friends the reason i reason i watched this video is because sometimes my girlfriend has problems whith suicidal thoughts and this actually kinda helped me whith that and i just wanted to say thank you

[Undecipherable1]

thank you for uploading this video, by the way.

[Undecipherable1]

i've had 3 friends that attempted or was that close to attempting suicide. 1 told me about it a few days before, 1 was texting me while she was thinking about it, 1 called me the day after she attempted it. all of them put horrible stress on everyone around them, & the really sad thing is that they dnt REALLY have anything to commit suicide over, u know? they just think they do, they dont understand the consequences for everyone else or that things will always get better and ppl r always there..

[thekidsuwont4get]

@wollclark Well then that gives you reason to live the ones you have left to the fullest !