Lately, I have been struggling with negative thoughts and today the thoughts were even worse. I do not know if I would call it depression, but I can confidently say that my mindset was not where I want or need it to be.
However, in times when others state they are suicidal or display symptoms of potentially committing suicide, people will state that "suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem". For a long time I would have out of a shadow of a doubt agreed with that statement. On the other hand, a few years later and I do not agree with this quote. First of all, you are informing someone that suicide is a permanent solution. I do agree that suicide is permanent, but why are we telling someone who is suicidal that suicide is even a solution in the first place? Suicide should never be a solution to a temporary circumstance. Ever. I had someone tell me "After all you are human and humans make mistakes, but do not let [suicide] be the last mistake you make". This quote...this statement...put reality back into perspective. And no matter how hard or difficult life can get, no matter how worthless you feel, no matter how crappy your life is, suicide will be the last mistake you make. You may argue with me and tell me that you do not believe suicide would be a mistake, because your life is beyond what you can handle. Or the world would simply be a better place without you. Now a mistake is defined as an action or judgement that was misguided. When someone is misguided into believing their life is so bad that they turn to suicide as a solution, that is a mistake. Because in reality, the person is just misled into believing that suicide is the only way out of their hell on earth. So maybe we need to change that quote that everyone states to say "suicide is a permanent mistake to a temporary problem".
