I had a rather long post on here about a year and a half ago regarding a situation with my aunt. Aunt's husband had killed himself and her children quit speaking to her. We tried to help by moving her near us but it soon became too overwhelming and we had to back away from her. A few months later I noticed her apartment was empty and found out she had moved 5 hours away to a city her daughter lived and no one knew, not even her daughter.
She's dead. We found out several days before Thanksgiving that she shot herself in the head. Not a lot is known about her last days, she was dead for two to three days before she was found. She never did reconcile with her children. Not aware of any recent new stressors and she had bought the gun several months ago. I cant believe she did this.
There is the "was there something I missed, we missed"?
All the "What if's" that come with news like this.
My thought is that she was in a very dark place and this seemed like the solution.
I am sorry for your whole family's loss.
And to use a cliché...she is no longer in mental turmoil or mental pain.
May I ask who in the family talked to the coroner and made arrangements for disposition?
So sorry for your loss. Please, no guilt. Those who should have the guilt are her children. They could have helped without being totally involved.
May The Lord give you all strength, comfort and grieving mercies over this tragedy.
CBS morning news show just did a segment on suicide. The statistics blew me away.
A guest on the show stated that he tried committing suicide ten times during his lifetime. The first time at age six years old. He couldn’t even explain why he wanted to end his life as a child. He is a college professor. He said that we must talk about this tragedy with others to remove the stigma.
Some people are in tremendous emotional pain. Others are in horrific physical pain.
Suicide prevention and hot lines helps saves lives. They have talked people out of taking their lives on a daily basis. So many teens have committed suicide.
They stated that the number one reason for suicide was loneliness. It’s truly tragic when this occurs.
I have suicide in my family also. It is devastating to become aware of someone ending their life.
I have a couple of close friends who committed suicide many years ago. It haunted me for years. I hope they are finally at peace.
When I was a young girl, a teenager I thought about suicide after something awful happened in my life.
My father happened to find me and I didn’t go through with it. I was walking along the bayou and considering drowning myself. My father insisted that I go home.
They say that mothers have intuition but in this case it was my dad who suspected something was wrong. I often wondered if he knew that he saved my life that day. We never spoke about it afterwards.
Some say it’s selfish act. In any event.. it makes family think more,