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RE: What do you do when your friend posts a suicide note on facebook?
Difficult situation. It seems to have been your message that triggered the avalanche of support so maybe knowing that people cared saved your friend? Maybe the answer is to take compassionate action before it's too late?
Yes, absolutely. Because when it's too late it's just too late. When you have a friend who commits suicide, it leaves you wondering if you were really a friend at all. Of course, it's not always possible to prevent someone killing themselves if they're really determined to go through with it, no matter what what you do or how much you try to help them. Everyone is ultimately responsible for their own actions. Suicide is such a tragic way to go. It effects everyone and is sadly, remarkably common. Somehow, even with these amazing communication networks we have, people still feel isolated and alone.
I've never seen a friend commit suicide. That must be a terrible thing. But I was in a situation once where someone appeared to be trying to commit suicide - but I had to intervene and save him anyway because his death would have had devastating effects on a train driver and, possibly, a trainful of people. It was only after I took action that the rest of the people around started taking action. So it takes one person to make that move. And the others follow. So that was you. You might have saved a life. Respect for taking the initiative.