It was ironic, really - you want to die because you can't be bothered to go on living - but then you're expected to get all energetic and move furniture and stand on chairs and hoist ropes and do complicated knots and attach things to other things and kick stools from under you and mess around with hot baths and razor blades and extension cords and electrical appliances and weedkiller. Suicide was a complicated, demanding business, often involving visits to hardware shops. And if you've managed to drag yourself from the bed and go down the road to the garden center or the drug store, by then the worst is over. At that point you might as well just go to work. .Marian Keyes
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Suicide is a serious topic that deserves to be discussed more often. It is a topic that causes confusion and misunderstanding, bringing up questions such as: Is suicide right? What is the purpose of life? What if we can’t go on any more? Should we seek professional help? A book on suicide called "Suicide Notes" by Kate Mulgrew and David Colander illustrates this point so well. They say: "The first thing to understand about suicide is that it's not an act of despair or of weakness. Most of those who commit suicide are doing it for reasons that have nothing to do with personal agony or emotional pain.
Suicide is a way of saying "I give up." "It's not an act of defiance or anger, but rather a desperate plea for help." "Suicide does not mean that you are weak or cowardly, but rather that you are tired. Those who commit suicide are people who have looked death in the eye and said, "No, thank you." They're not cowards - they're courageous - but they're tired. And they're asking for help." The idea here is that suicide is often caused by depression, which may not be the case with every person who has committed suicide.
It is also true that working hard at your job can make life seem less exciting and perhaps even less worthwhile. But what about all the people out there who are struggling to keep going even though they know they should stop? People who might be suffering from depression but are still managing to function just fine. These people are showing great courage in their struggle against depression, showing how strong their will power really is, despite feeling sad and depressed.
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