Comments on: The Impact of Family and Romantic Relationships on Suicide is Discussed at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Suicidology

By: willdawgg

willdawgg — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:05:59 +0000

man, yall are messed up. also god doesn’t exist.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:56:39 +0000

It’s hard to see someone so depressed that you love in this frame of mind and hoping that suicide is not on their minds. All you can do is do your best to reach out to them and let them know you are there to help them. Let them know you are willing to help them with whatever is going on with them. I agree that parents need to keep an eye out for symptoms or signs of depression so it won’t lead to suicide and i’m glad there are organizations out there to educate us on this.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:00:42 +0000

I wish there were resources (or maybe there is) on how WE can help someone we know and love that is going through thoughts like these and how to recognize signs.

By: Charla

Charla — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:59:25 +0000

Suicide is a terrible thing and we may not always know what is going thru one’s mind. I feel for the families who have to go thru this and hope that one day, others will see how hurtful their words can be.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:45:39 +0000

Glad to know that there are resources and groups available to those who have experienced suicide within their friends and family units. More is taken away in suicide than with any other type of death and these are people who need real support.

By: Carson

Carson — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:45:46 +0000

If you have not experienced the pain of suicide in your family then you have no idea just how hurtful this can be for everyone left behind. It is as if there is never any resolution to the issues. You are constantly seeking the answers for why this person did this and whether or not there was ever anything that you could have said or done to not only have prevented it, but that maybe you did that could have contributed to his or her pain. I have seen my own family members go through this when my uncle committed suicide and I do not know that healing will ever be there for any of them. There are just some wounds that time will never heal and suicide may just be one of those.

By: Evans

Evans — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:56:27 +0000

My cousin joined a cult which advocated suicide as a means to heaven.It was terrible getting him out of it and into a functional normal life. What helped was that his family stood by him and saw him through the whole episode. His dad and mom changed jobs, moved homes and one of them was always available for him. He is a different person.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:22:17 +0000

Its human tendency to brand people and to advocate the survival of the fittest. After being a parent who lost his child because of expecting too much and loving too little, I know what its like to let someone slip through your heart’s grip.

By: Ginny

Ginny — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:25:48 +0000

An even sadder phenomenon are those who get the idea from books that they read and music that they listen to as well as other stories that they see on the news. I am not saying that we can monitor everything that our kids see but we do have to take an active role in their lives, know the kinds of things that they are being exposed to and run interference when it is necessary. Too often kids are left alone to flounder through the world and during those critical times in their development they feel they have no one to turn to and that suicide is their only option. We all know that this is not true but they are too young to realize that there are other alternatives to solving their problems.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:43:08 +0000

It’s sad to see young people committing suicide over some words someone may have said to them, but it does happen. I wish these young people who are having problems will turn to someone for help or realize there is someone out there who cares enough to help.

By: Sonja

Sonja — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:17:25 +0000

I agree Connie that our words are sharper than weapons sometimes. My aunt was always yelling at my cousin for everything. Today he is a thug and has served time many times. He even tried to kill himself once. Noone can get him to therapy and it is sad. It all starts very close to home.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:07:14 +0000

I realised from my life that when you are given everything too easily you get fed up with life a little faster. Its also difficult to stay structured and functional in dysfunctional families especially if the parents have problems of their own like addictions or abuse. Not fitting in at all with peers becomes a biiiig issue. Well one solution for that which worked for me as a teenager was changing my school and moving out of a particular area.

By: Vaughn

Vaughn — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:02:03 +0000

It’s now considered old fashioned for kids, teenagers and young adults to spend time with their parents and extended family. Parents too are to blame as they dont have time or energy for parenting anymore. Career, traffic, hobbies everything is a priority bigger than children.

By: Connie

Connie — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:47:14 +0000

My brother killed himself because of remarks made to him by an ex girlfriend. How sad that made all of us, especially her as this was cited in his letter that he left behind. I know there was more to it than that but it still makes you think twice about the words you use with others.