I've been thinking about suicide and responsibility. I think when some people talk about suicide as an option, they don't recognize the incredibly huge impact that has on others. Of course killing yourself has a big impact, but even just talking about it creates a ripple of energy that is not at all inconsequential. I'm not saying shut up about feelings of self-destruction, not at all. I'm saying that real responsibility means looking boldly at the fact that you don't just disappear and leave nothing when you die, and the act of killing yourself is a not just self-destructive, it is just plain destructive.
When you take your life, you're not just taking it from yourself, you're taking it from everyone else, and I see that as the ultimate act of stinginess. It is not an act of generosity to remove yourself from the playing field.
And yet it must be really hard to think of it that way when you're depressed enough to consider suicide as an option.
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