http://billriddell.com/suicide-the-not-so-easy-way-out/ The thoughts, stories and advice of Bill Riddell. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:51:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://billriddell.com/suicide-the-not-so-easy-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Gina Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:12:36 +0000 http://billriddell.com/?p=190#comment-183 This was so touching my heart. I also had gone through several suicidal depression moments. I could figure out the cause, but there was nothing I could do to deal with it. I heard people decide to commit suicide when they are so overwhelmed by the degree of the pain they have been suffering and conclude they could no longer endure it. I truly understand this. I think I learned two things from my experience: (a) more I fight depression, it gets worse and (b) (I know it is hard) it is really necessary to try to see the niche in the middle of the pain - what is my pain trying to tell me at the stage? Then, I begin to realise living is not so hard as I thought... This was so touching my heart. I also had gone through several suicidal depression moments. I could figure out the cause, but there was nothing I could do to deal with it. I heard people decide to commit suicide when they are so overwhelmed by the degree of the pain they have been suffering and conclude they could no longer endure it. I truly understand this.
I think I learned two things from my experience: (a) more I fight depression, it gets worse and (b) (I know it is hard) it is really necessary to try to see the niche in the middle of the pain – what is my pain trying to tell me at the stage? Then, I begin to realise living is not so hard as I thought…

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