Thank you for this, Emily. I, too, stumbled on the news last week and I hadn't read her blogs for probably over ten years. It still stung me somewhere. She was only a year older than me, and while her struggles were more acute than my own, I of course resonate with the desire to make the problems go away, the exhaustion of trying to hold it all together, and the craving for peace. As a superfan of personal sovereignty, I have to bow and honor the ultimate choice of whether to continue one's life or not. AND...I suspect that the moment it's done, there's a realization amidst a flood of laughter that they just missed the memo, and wouldn't they like another try? Reports from bridge jumpers who survive the fall suggest as much. Life is a gift, even when it doesn't feel like it. Maybe especially then.
It turns out I had already read that article your patient referenced! It's so interesting, even the non-sensical brain fearing getting hit by a car while on the way to try and commit suicide. It also makes me sad that some "means restrictions" on guns would make such a difference without impacting the 2FA hardcore fighters.
Thank you for this, Emily. I, too, stumbled on the news last week and I hadn't read her blogs for probably over ten years. It still stung me somewhere. She was only a year older than me, and while her struggles were more acute than my own, I of course resonate with the desire to make the problems go away, the exhaustion of trying to hold it all together, and the craving for peace. As a superfan of personal sovereignty, I have to bow and honor the ultimate choice of whether to continue one's life or not. AND...I suspect that the moment it's done, there's a realization amidst a flood of laughter that they just missed the memo, and wouldn't they like another try? Reports from bridge jumpers who survive the fall suggest as much. Life is a gift, even when it doesn't feel like it. Maybe especially then.
It turns out I had already read that article your patient referenced! It's so interesting, even the non-sensical brain fearing getting hit by a car while on the way to try and commit suicide. It also makes me sad that some "means restrictions" on guns would make such a difference without impacting the 2FA hardcore fighters.