I was speaking to a rather troubled friend over the holidays. After he had a few drinks in him he made an admission that I found very troubling. He said he wishes he had killed himself 10 years ago when he first thought of it. His reasoning was he has suffered so much crap over the last decade (money, family, relationships, job trouble, depression) that he wishes that he could have avoided it all by offing himself before it happened. I didn't know what to say, all I could do was assure him that things were behind him and the best was yet to come. But when I was alone later, I realized that I was just trying to make him feel better, and that things may well get worse for him as he gets older. What he said really saddens me. Has anyone else ever thought of this or heard anyone else say it?
2007-01-09
10:21:06
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