A Very Sad Day Today

This is very sad, in my long life I have known several people who have done this senseless thing. In my case it started with my younger brother back in “83”. They make victims of everyone who knew them and are left behind wondering WTF happened here. You don’t get over it you just learn to deal with it. I’ll put you and Stephanie on my prayer list.

That is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. My thoughts and prayers go out to all the people he left behind.

Today is the 27th anniversary of my bother taking his life. It is still just as fresh in my mind as it was then. It broke my Moms heart. I had no idea he would something like that, we had had lunch together that very same day and he seemed fine.

When I was in high school, there was a real popular person that his own life, he was 2 years younger than I was. I didn't know him all that well, but we talked frequently about unimportant things, his brother is my age. Huge shock when that happened, family had no idea. WHY?

Marc, I'm sorry for Stephanie, you and all family and friends of Roger. That's a sad deal. I'm not a fan of suicide, can't really understand how someone could actually do it but that's for brighter minds to figure out. A long time ago a friend of mine shot himself thru the head. Stephanie is going to need some help getting thru this.

I have know 2 people in my life that have committed suicide. Still don't understand it. "That is a permanent solution to a temporary problem" Thats a good point. I can see if you have a terminal disease or something like that but a healthy person just throwing their life a way like that over a girl? or vise versa. what a waste.

FLHTbiker, Sorry bout your friend. I've been to a few funerals but none are sadder then the ones for suicides. I had 2 friends go like this; the first was understandable since he was screwed up for a long time; the second one was a total shock - a young beautiful, funny, smart girl. It's something that I will never understand, and the people real close to her where mad at her for it,,, strange feelings all the way around.

I was watching this video about people who jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. This one guy who survived it said that when he jumped he was real sad for a long time and knew that jumping was what he wanted to do, but the second he jumped he realized that this was for real and he really didn't want to die. So he tried to hit the water in a standing position and broke his back but lived to tell about it. He says to this day he still is bipolar and has deep depressions but he knows for sure he'll doesn't want to die anymore.

It just make you wonder how many people really don't want to die they just think the do.

Sorry to hear about Roger. Thirteen years in police I worked many suicides but it never really hit home until a cousin too his live. Not much one can do or say but please be supportive of the family and if you see it is dragging you down talk to your friends to seek advice. I hope his girlfriend is doing well too.