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Apr 28, 2012, 12:06 AM
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Member Since: Oct 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 6,543
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That is a HORRIBLE statement to make, even if it's supposedly "joking." There's nothing funny about suicide.  But it amazes me the amount of people I've heard make that statement.
Unfortunately there ARE a lot of people who don't "get it." Many people are ignorant of the seriousness of mental illnesses. A lot of people think that if you have a mental illness, you must be crazy or mentally challenged, which isn't true. Anyone can be depressed, or have Bi-Polar disease, or any number of other mental illnesses --- but that doesn't make them crazy! They can still hold down jobs, and raise children and keep house like anyone else -- it's just more difficult.
When someone says that they FEEL suicidal it doesn't necessarily mean that they'll DO it. To have someone symbolically "offer a gun" is despicable!!! It's as bad as murder in my book!
People can be so ridiculously CRUEL -- it just amazes me. And to say that this makes me MAD is an understatement.
Thanks for bringing this up! Maybe some of the offenders will see it, although I doubt it. God bless & take care. Hugs, Lee
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