Posted by detroitpistons on January 21, 2010, at 15:39:08
In reply to Re: DON'T BUY A GUN!!! » detroitpistons, posted by floatingbridge on January 21, 2010, at 0:13:37
Floating,
Thanks for posting. Whenever I have suicidal ideations, I always picture a gun to my head and me pulling the trigger. That's why I won't own a gun. It just makes it too easy, especially if someone is drunk and/or prone to making impulsive decisions - some people are more likely than others to do this. My friend was a pretty impulsive guy, especially when drinking. BTW, he didn't drink very often after he got married. It was a once in a while type of thing.
I've never come close to killing myself. With really bad depression, I might see the image of the gun to my head many times a day, but I don't do anything. But, for example, let's say I did come close to doing it, with a bottle of pills sitting right in front of me. I think I would probably start to think and comtemplate, and that might stop me. Even if someone starts swallowing pills, at least they still have a chance to change their minds, call 911, and then take it from there and hopefully recover in a hospital.
I think I had mentioned this in my original message, but my friend had attempted suicide before by cutting his wrists, and it didn't work. He lived another 12 years after that. He was never properly treated. I told him time and time again to go see a psychiatrist, but he just wouldn't do it.
Again, guns just make suicide too easy. There are probably thousands upon thousands of people who have attempted suicide, failed, gotten treatment, and then lived out the rest of their lives. With guns, that usually doesn't happen. It's final.
I wasn't trying to get into the whole issue about gun rights, etc with my original post. I don't know if we can or ever will be able to legislate this. I guess it's up to the friends and family members, but there's only so much they can do. The minute he told me about buying that gun I thought, "Oh boy, I have a bad feeling about this."
> Well, at my worst, I had ideations about a gun. Fortunately, I had no access, and never had the temptation to take the fantasy further. I've also stopped stock piling meds based on the same principle.
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> Is this an urban myth: golden gate jump survivors recalling that mid-jump they had made a mistake?
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> Some make a deliberate, planned decision--who am I too say it is not their right? However, many of us know that impulses vary in intensity and are transient. Inebriation and despair are not good decision making frames of mind.
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