galump wrote:
Suicide is simply a choice.
I want to make it clear this is not a personal attack but merely a disagreement because it could be taken the wrong way.
I believe one must be cautious not to characterize suicide in such lowly terms. The effects of suicide have a habit of rippling outward and causing more damage to those around the person who commits them a "regular" death. It leaves people to ask questions, and ponder. Not everyone is effected similarly. When my mother committed suicide I recovered far easier then my father, despite the fact that many people thought thought I was effected to a huge degree. However people in my family were effected and I noticed it.
This is not the same as to say I blamed my mother because I didn't. She was clearly not of entirely stable mind, and I have heard of other complications since.
Still suicide is a painful and traumatic event. It is not just a choice.