Today, two of us went out to walk by the beach in Massachusetts State Park. (Google Maps Satellite) The river (actually a giant lake) is ~750 ft wide and very deep. There's a Boat Club with several ramps. It is a beautiful serene place.
We noticed we were the only two people in the park. As we approached the beach, we nearly collided with a man (Hispanic / Middle-Eastern, 20-30 years old) swiftly walking behind us. It appeared that he was late for a meeting. The man was wearing a thick black winter coat (backwards), big boots and heavy backpack.
The man ran onto a narrow boat ramp. I thought: "What is he doing? Waiting for a boat?" The man was ~140ft away from us. He was pacing back and forth on the ramp. Suddenly, he stopped, turned and fell backwards into the river. He wailed one last time. Then his head submerged into the deep water below.
Guy from the Boat Club ran onto the ramp. He looked down into the river and yelled: "Motherf--ker!" He quickly ran back into the Club shouting to his fellow employee: "Call 911!"
Within ~10 minutes, an armada of police and EMT arrived on the scene. We counted 50+ officers and emergency personnel, two divers, three ambulances and two fire trucks. It took them almost an hour to locate the guy's lifeless body in the deep waters and bring it onshore.
I felt completely numb. I have watched many gruesome videos on LiveLeak (people getting electrocuted, shot, fall from roof, run over by cars, airplanes crashing and burning, etc). In those instances, innocent people died by accident.
But I hate people who kill themselves. This guy was in his prime. Yet he was a coward. He could not deal with his problems, so he decided to "unplug" himself. Now his parents, siblings, girlfriend will be suffering. What a waste.
Let me remind you: You are not alone. Everyone has dark thoughts. This is Satan whispering into your ear. Pray to God. Don't give up. Never give up. If you have bad feelings, reach out and let someone help you. Don't be a coward. Do not commit suicide. May God bless you.
Depression is real… Just because he committed suicide doesn’t mean that he’s a coward. You should really educate yourself on that type of illness.
Being a person who suffered with depression, my entire life, and I probably spent at least half of my life, wanting to kill myself every single day, let me tell you it’s real, and it sucks balls.
However; I made a decision a long time ago that I would never do that to my family. But, and this is a big but, I don’t know what’s worse. Wanting to kill yourself, or knowing that you can’t.
Suicide is a Luxury!
For you to say, this person is a coward, without even knowing their circumstances, tells me more about you than him. I’m sorry that you had to experience this today, however, instead of running over to help him, all you’ve done is post here in judge him.
And many people don’t realize that the person suffering with depression has probably multiple problems. RX meds, insomnia, possible brain injury, self medicating with drugs or alcohol, domestic issues, etc. Rarely is it just one problem. So they get tunnel vision. They can’t see anything but the problems with no resolution, with clouds of desperation swirling around and the cycle of trying to alleviate making it worse. They sometimes feel the world would be better off without them. They’re mistaken but they do think that many times. And so many without God in their lives now.
Here is one truth that many don’t realize. SSRIs can make people suicidal, especially young adults. So many are on them now. The lockdowns, covid, job or lack of, failed businesses, school and social media exacerbated the problems and millions are on them now but they do not help. I’d love to see a study where it was proven they work. Big Pharma at it’s finest.
THIS SSRI’s were the beginning of brainwashing, and causing people so much grief. I’ve been prescribed so many of those, and I refuse to take them now. I just won’t. I’ve taken a lot of drugs in my life, and the worst drugs that I’ve ever came off of work, psych meds it was horrible. They started prescribing these like candy about 25 to 30 years ago. You can see the effects of that on society now.