Comments on: Suicide is painless?

By: Wolfie

Wolfie — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:41:43 +0000

@Mitchell:
Hey there Mitchell. Thanks for your comment.

I’m beginning to regret having written this post because it seems to have been taken as some sort of ‘call to death’ by a number of people - generally youngsters like yourself. You really should give life a chance before deciding that you’ve had enough of it. 18 is no age at all - and at that age, you have the opportunity to change anything you don’t like. There’s nothing so bad that it can’t be overcome.

Let me put you straight - hanging yourself is not “quick” or “moderately painless”. It’s a long, slow, painful death and you’ll regret the attempt just at the point when it becomes too late to save yourself. Any form of asphyxiation is to be avoided, too.

If you want to waste your life pointlessly, join the Army and get yourself posted to Iraq!

By: Mitchell

Mitchell — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:28:04 +0000

Dear Wolf,

My name is Mitchell and I am 18. Your letter has nearly described my exact feelings and mind set, although I can not say that I am as depressed as you, it’s more that we both fantasize about our own suicides and the different points of views on the subject. I greatly appreciate you writing this letter, as it has given me a somewhat adequate feeling of closure that I am not the only one who thinks as I do. The power of free-will has been by far my greatest reason to commit suicide, however so few would understand my reasoning behind it writing a suicide note would be like writing a book haha…but anyways, I often fantasize that being hung would be my favorite form of suicide, quick, moderately painless, and theres just something old school about it that peeks my interest. Should I ever not be up to it I would have to say nitrogen asphyxiation is my number two choice. Perhaps those two options will help in finding a way to either ending your life, or starting another chapter to it. Wolf, I thank you for sharing your thoughts and wish you the best of luck on your 60th birthday.

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By: brightfeather

brightfeather — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:40:48 +0000

Hi Wolf,
I let this sit here for awhile before responding of it. The long and short of this is that you are an intelligent man and you know that the symptoms you report above are classical symptoms of depression. Granted, you do not want to call it by that name because you are in a state of denial. You are self-medicating with a depressive substance - beer. What more need I say? You will either stop bull shitting yourself and get the help you need or you won’t. Nothing I say on the subject will matter a whit so all I can do is send you my best wishes for a sudden fall and speedy recovery.

By: Anonymous Person

Anonymous Person — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:58:30 +0000

Hey, man. I’m only 17 and I feel pretty much exactly like you do in every way. Except the drinking part. But lately (the past 2 weeks or so) I’ve been kind of obsessing (again) and I’ve thought out every way of killing myself and I couldn’t come up with anything that I would have the guts to follow through with besides jumping or hanging after jumping off of something. I’m not afraid of heights, but I don’t live near ANYTHING more than 3 stories tall. So I’m kind of outta luck. I’ve come inches and seconds away from committing suicide 3 times now. And I was going to do it again tonight, belive it or not. It’s just good to know that others feel exactly the way you do. And I hate calling it “committing suicide”. I don’t know why, I just don’t like how it sounds as opposed to how I think of it. And I think you feel the same way. Maybe. I don’t know. Anyway, maybe I’ll comment here again sometime. If I’m ever up late again and want something interesting and worth reading…

By: Francesco Bellafante

Francesco Bellafante — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:34:02 +0000

I am glad that you let the world see this one. Google saw it and told me about it via an alert. I need to get back in the habit of reading all the blog alerts for suicide. I am almost always drawn in by the writing. Your writing is very frank, which I find compelling.

It comes from knowing, maybe too well, what it feels like to think about ending my own life, just over a decade ago.

Thank you for sharing,
Frank