No Do-Overs: #Suicide and #Suicidal Thoughts
On a cold day in winter,
after I had lived in Nashville for one year, a friend from New Jersey called me
who attended my church. He wanted me to be the last person he would talk to
before the overdose, he just took, began to take effect. He shared with me that
he just didn’t love life enough to stay with us. He said that his gay life was
too painful, and he would rather be with God. At that time, I was a very devout
Christian minister, and reminded him of the scripture that suggests, that if
you take your own life, this is the worst sin. At that time, I believed in
hell, and I thought my friend’s soul was destined for it.
As he was from 500 miles
away, for some reason, he thought I could do nothing about his fate. But, after
talking with him and saying goodbye, I looked up his address, called the local
police, and saved him from his own misdoing. About two months later, I received
a phone call from him. Though, he wasn’t angry with me, he was still depressed.
I suggested that he see a psychologist and find some medicine that would help
him with his depression.
My friend was one of 750,000
suicide attempts in the U.S. a year. This fact, according to Suicide.org, is
rather amazing; but, only 30,000 of those 750,000 attempts, actually die. The
main cause of these attempts is untreated depression.
So, most people who try
suicide are crying out for help. Can we hear them? I had a doctor friend who
had four children. His youngest child just couldn’t seem to kick drugs. He
would start college, be doing fine, then, suddenly, my friend would get a call.
His son was in the hospital because of an overdose. My dear friend tried to
help in every way, even giving up his personal life to take care of and nurture
his son. They went on mission trips together. They even both got engaged at the
same time. Two weeks before the intended marriage, my friend’s son hung
himself. Suicide is real. Depression is real. But, how much have we done as a
nation and a society to help stop it? I’m not sure that we’ve done enough.
Three of my dearest friends
in the world have committed suicide, with no indication in my mind that
anything was even wrong. In fact, I would say the successful suicides are well
thought out and are enacted without a hitch. The only issue is the right time
and the perfect storm of emotions to make the act actually happen. Two of the
three of my friends successfully killed themselves when they had begun a
regimen of a new antidepressant for only about two weeks. One of the issues
with taking an antidepressant is the risk of suicide in the first three weeks
of taking the medication. If you have a client or friend who just started a new
psychotropic medication, the effects of a new antidepressant can be euphoric
and cause a sense of fearlessness, which causes someone who is planning suicide
the perfect opportunity to enact a deed that would be frightening for most.
Be aware and get the fact.
Maybe, you, too, can help someone silently crying out for help!
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