RIP Robin Williams

[GnashingOfTeeth]

Originally Posted by Sidelle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Often, the people closest to the depressed person will become desensitized after dealing with it for years and years. It's sad but understandable but at that point it's not possible to get any real support from family. Most of them will eventually put their heads in the sand and pretend everything is fine because they want it to be.

That, in addition to not finding a doctor that can effectively treat an individual's brain chemistry issues, will definitely cause a deeper feeling of hopelessness. That's when they start wishing to die. A person considering suicide will often rationalize that their loved ones are better off without them.

Ultimately, they end up killing two birds with one stone. Ending their own pain and ending their family's pain too (in the long run). I believe they see that as being the lesser of two evils, since it creates an actual ending to it all. The initial pain will hurt but will be nowhere near the pain of watching a person with mental illness suffer til the day they die over years and years.

I'm not saying it's the right thing to do but I can understand why people do it.

/Agreed. Good post.