Anyhow, my purpose of the post wasn't this. Today, I had a talk with Supreet after ages. A couple of weeks back, I had received a mail from him saying that he is going to India for a month beginning 7th July. Now this plan was so sudden that I suspected that something had gone terribly wrong, just hoped there had not been a tragedy at his home. I had tried calling him up, but never got through to him. Finally, had a chat with him today. He told me that there was a girl in his university (in the US) he was friends with. The girl was of Indian origin, had a younger brother who was doing his undergraduation from another university in the US and her parents were back in Delhi. One fine day, she got a call from her brother's university saying that her brother had shot himself. Obviously, she became hysterical. When the parents got the news of their son's suicide, the father fainted and had to be hospitalized and the mother simply refused to believe it. The girl was so distraught and helpless that Supreet accompanied her to her brother's univ. Initially they had planned on getting the body to India, but then it was decided that it would be best if he was cremated there. After the cremation, they went to the shop from where the gun was purchased and with the help of a court order, were able to confirm that the gun was actually bought by the guy and not by somebody else in his name. Yes, US is an insane country when it comes to gun laws. In most states, anyone who is 21 or above can simply go and buy a gun. No wonder we hear about shooting sprees in colleges and schools every other month. Coming back to the topic, the brother had left a 7-page suicide note and an hour of audio. He was supposedly extremely depressed and lonely.
Depressed and lonely? Agreed. You might be terribly depressed, but is it reason enough to end your life? Long time back, I had written a post in favour of suicides. I am amazed at what a fool I had been. You might think you are an unfortunate soul, but trust me, there would be millions who would be going through something worse. Life is tough for everybody, more tough for some, less for others. But why do people forget that there are so many other people whose lives are intertwined with theirs? There are people who love them, some who love them unconditionally. Doesn't it ever cross their mind what would happen to those people when they learn of the suicide? It takes a second to kill yourself, but it would take years, possibly a lifetime, for the people who love you to pick up the pieces and move on with their lives. Grief is the biggest punishment of them all, and that is what those people get in return of loving a fool like you. Suicide is a selfish act. The below image sums it all.
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You know what, I had written a whole post on suicide after seeing the exact same picture on post secret. Wow.
where is the post? i dint see it on any of ur blogs?
well, it's still in draft mode ... i haven't gotten around to posting it yet ...
what i was alluding to was that an image like that can instill the same kind of reaction in a lot of people ....
oh ok...i thought had missed it...
agree wid u completely.....
Obviously, people who are depressed or otherwise mentally unstable do not think the way we do. They see their problems as theirs and not things that can be shared with others. They commit suicide because they feel alone, because all they see is their problems and how they have to face them alone.
Quite recently, I was shocked by the news of a family friend committing suicide by hanging. I think the worst part of the grief is the fact that you can't believe it has really happened, your mind is just reluctant to understand and believe even though the truth is absolute.
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