A friend of mine once told me about her failed suicide attempt during her youth. She was in a deep coma and near death. Nonetheless, in her clinical oblivion, she could feel the excruciating pain ravaging through her body and numerous medical procedures performed on her in a frantic attempt to save her life. She could hear the conversation between medical professionals and her family. Eventually, she woke up from her coma but, to this day, still has lingering health issues because of it.
She said that it was the stupidest thing that she’d ever done in her life. Had she succeeded, she would never have had the chance of getting married, becoming a mother and having the wonderful joy of raising her two children whom she adored so much.
If you take your life, you don’t just take one life; you take the lives of your future generation with you.
People who committed suicide were in a state of immense despair; they could not see hope and find the courage to go on. They wanted to end their pain.
At the same time, they might not realize that they were also being selfish. Their actions did not stop their
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The new child may bring them joy and laughter. However, the new experiences, laughter and joy with this new child will never replace the experiences, joy and laughter that they had with you in the past and could have in the future, because you are a unique individual. The time they had and would have continued having with you is also unique, precious, and irreplaceable, and cannot be replicated. The pain and anguish you inflict on your parents and on those who love you, if you take your own life, would be so profound and suffocating that it will not be lessened with time, by anyone or anything. For the rest of their lives, they will be seeking your face, voice and touch among your friends and strangers, on the streets, and in their