Articles tagged with: suicide
Suicide is Not an Option
Ten years ago my brother, who was my best friend and only sibling, committed suicide. I tell you this, not for pity, but to explain to anyone who is even considering it, to know that this is not a viable option to the many curve balls life tosses at us. I do not judge my brother. He was a tender …
Chantix: Killer or Cure?
On Sunday May 17, 2009 Sean Wain, age 34 of a Pittsburgh suburb, was suffering from cancer. At 5:30 a.m. Mr. Wain shot and killed his 33 year old wife on the front lawn of their home with shotgun blasts to her hip and to her head. He then shot and killed himself. Three of their four children, ranging in …
Fractured Ego and Finally an Amen
Almost two years ago the call came. My father, then 91, was in an assisted living home. He was dying. His lady friend of almost 25 years was there at his side, as were two of my children. My son spoke. I listened. “He wants to see you, Mom. He doesn’t have long. He said he wants to tell you …
The Art of Self-Discovery, or Finding Monet
I do not profess to be an expert on this issue, though it is a journey we all take in one form or another. We make mistakes and forget that forgiveness should begin at our own core. We may have what society deems as success, yet we feel empty. And so the journey of “Who Am I?” begins. I look at life as a garden, though it has not always been so.
A Homeless Man Dies, Alone and Discarded
We must somehow look at these acts as indictments of society’s lack of caring outside the field of self. Unless we as a society begin to care about such heinous acts, we are as guilty as the perpetrators and those who pass by with little more than a glance.
School Bullies and Suicide of Victims
For this situation to end in the desperate act of suicide is achingly painful to think about. Children driving other children to end their lives so the taunting will stop is unacceptable.
Survival of the Unlovely
Through my childhood years, both parents became alcoholics and abusive to me verbally and physically. By default, I became their caretaker and my brother’s. “They give us crumbs for love,” my brother would say, and I would hug him through his stuttering speech brought about by the trauma of parents in the bottle.
How Many Tours For Our Soldiers?
Yesterday one of our soldiers who was being treated for stress, entered the very clinic where he had been seen. He shot and killed five fellow soldiers while wounding three others. Sergeant John Russell was on his third tour of duty in Iraq and attempting to deal with the stress of being in this war, as well as the stress …
Alarming Rate of Suicide Among Veterans
My brother had a wicked sense of humor and could make me laugh with amazing ease. He once called me and said, “I don’t know whether to go bowling or commit suicide.” He did the latter. And I learned he could also make me cry from depths I never knew existed. Though he was not a veteran, his death has given me …
Online Suicide and Wicked Voyeurism
As countless Internet onlookers watched via web-cams, Florida teenager Abraham Biggs committed suicide. He suffered from bipolar disorder and through an Internet community he considered his “family,” he told of his plan. His “family” watched as he descended into death. Some egged him on with wicked pleasure at this unfolding drama like watching a snuff film. Others tried to talk him down. Some …
