Personal Story: Suicide

Anonymous

I’ve never really thought about suicide before, I’ve never had someone close to me kill themselves, but today I found out that one of my really good friends who has been missing for a few days was found dead and they suspect he shot himself. I find this really hard to deal with because of course the first thing you think of is why didn’t I spend more time with him, why didn’t I try to help him. My friend had always been kind of a lost soul, he didn’t have a very good home life so he’d always be running away or staying with friends. He was the nicest guy in the world, never ever was mean or rude. But it seemed like he was always searching for a place to be accepted. He just needed someone to talk to and be there for him and I guess he couldn’t always find them. He was really good friends with my brother and he’d phone or come over looking for him, if Jer wasn’t here he would always sound so disappointed. I really feel for the guy and I wish he could have found the sense of belonging that most of us have. I just wish he could have been at school today to see how many people were upset with the news and to see how many people cared for him….