Posted by Gracie2 on May 26, 2002, at 17:29:56
In reply to Re: The snowglobe is settling but the hollowness , posted by Zo on May 25, 2002, at 21:04:41
Snowglobe. I like that. It seems like every once in awhile someone picks us up and gives us a good shake, eh?
I'm a devout believer in John Edwards, a medium, who has his own show, "Crossing Over", and has written a couple of books. On one show he discussed suicide, saying that people who take their own lives must still deal with the issues
"on the other side" that they were facing in this world, so suicide is not an escape.
After my suicide attempt in February, I had to convince a psychiatrist that I was well enough to leave the hospital, sort of like a parole hearing.
Rather than being kind and understanding, this guy was sort of nasty and sarcastic. He said something to the effect of, "Congratulations, not only have you screwed up your own life, you have done untold damage to your marriage and your children." He told me that my son (who is 20)would surely need counseling and, despite myself and my dislike of this doctor - who, I found out later, had been in charge of the pyschiatric unit of the largest hospital in our city - I found myself weeping and begging him to let me out of the hospital so I could "make it up" to my son, I felt so wretchedly guilty.
So that is the way I feel now - if we can find no reason to stay here for ourselves, we must stay here for the people who love us. Death will come soon enough, when it is our time to go.
-Gracie in the Snowglobe
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