|
|
|
#81
26 May 2015, 10:37
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
On the Nose... HK
__________________
- A Pessimist will tell you the Glass is Half Empty... - An Optimist will tell you the Glass is Half Full... - An Engineer will tell you the Glass is TWICE AS BIG AS IT NEEDS TO BE! Sometimes you just gotta hoist the Jolly Roger and start slittin' throats! 
|
|
#82
30 May 2015, 11:41
|
|||
|
|||
|
This thread is humbling.
IMO this checklist not only addresses issues related to suicide, but in general good healthy living practices and related to the wisdom in this thread - relying on family, friends, peers to help through difficult times. It focuses on improved sleep, gratitude, play/being in nature, man's best friend, etc. I hope it is helpful. Prevention Checklist
|
|
#83
8 June 2015, 16:42
|
||||
|
||||
|
I just got home from burying my nephew who took his own life. He was only 29. It was awesome to see how many of his friends drive for hours to attend his funeral. It was a testament to the man he was, which makes it that much worse. Such a great kid/man who cut his life too short. I can image how many more lives he could have touched in the future, guess we will never know.
Please if suicide ever runs through your mind reach out to another member on this board, a friend, family member or battle buddy. My phone is on 24/7.
__________________
Quote:
|
|
#85
30 August 2015, 09:27
|
|||
|
|||
|
TFG
Thank You. DR.
|
|
#88
30 August 2015, 21:33
|
||||
|
||||
|
Chimo...sorry for your loss pal. It's a terrible thing that happens much too often.
__________________
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them. John Wayne as J.B. Books in the Shootist
|
|
#91
19 September 2015, 21:00
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
#92
19 September 2015, 23:36
|
||||
|
||||
|
I responded to a call last week of "my husband is lying on the kitchen floor bleeding from the wrist and a plastic bag over his head".
Slit his wrists in the basement. Ton of blood but nothing that would be a fatal amount. Must have decided that wasn't working and then went to the kitchen where he suffocated himself with a plastic bag. 2 cops were doing CPR when I got there. His 4 y/o daughter found him when his wife came home with her. He had visited the VA that morning for treatment due to a mental health diagnosis and had recently been hospitalized for same. He was an Army 0-3 according to the ID card. Real nice house. His civilian job was in some sort of logistics role. Rescue worked him hard all the way to the hospital where ER worked him for another 30 minutes. As The thread says: Get help or call a buddy. Call me. Call someone you hate. Just call someone.
__________________
Freedom costs a Buck 0-5
|
|
#93
20 September 2015, 09:30
|
||||
|
||||
|
I like it.
Fuck Suicide.
__________________
No one will take better care of us, than us: Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
|
|
#94
20 September 2015, 17:01
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
I read that article in the NYT about the 2/7, and other articles in other papers. In general, posting a link without comments is a no go on this site. That said, I am still saddened that men who served our Country think this is their best way to be... I don't know what those Marines wanted.. And now I have two: Fuck Cancer, Fuck Suicide. S.
|
|
#95
20 September 2015, 17:39
|
||||
|
||||
|
We have to stop allowing the machine to push us to the VA -- the VA is neither equipped to respond, nor does it care. Only WE care.
I won't lie -- I've had my share of dark thoughts. Still have them. But what keeps me happily trodding through this strange journey that is life, is friends. Family might want to help, but how can they? Who in your family understands you? Friends do, especially those like us. I have my support team. Its small, but I know that if I reach out, I won't be ignored. Its our responsibility to be the same to someone else. Don't coddle. Don't patronize. Don't judge. Just be a friend. I think that is more than enough....
__________________
Losing faith in humanity, one assclown at a time....
|
|
#96
20 September 2015, 19:07
|
||||
|
||||
|
For me the biggest take-away from the NYT article is the use of social media in reaching out. My old Battalion has a very active Facebook page where lots of dudes have reached out for no-shit help, or just to talk things through. It's definitely been beneficial for a lot of us.
|
|
#97
20 September 2015, 21:26
|
||||
|
||||
|
Just read about 2/7 in the Stan-2008. No one understands unless you have been 'there'.
Being in CAP in Nam and interacting with the people and running ambushes every night I think was a different feeling or story for us.msybe we came home with a different feeling in our heart's and mind's.
__________________
Guy "Landmine"Melton We all died a little in that war-Josey Wales This is War, this is what we do Last edited by CAP MARINE; 20 September 2015 at 21:31. Reason: X
|
|
#98
30 December 2015, 14:51
|
||||
|
||||
|
This is one of the best threads I have seen in my 5+ years on this site. SB - my already high respect for you has increased immensely. I was consistently wrecking my life and relationships up until 2008 when I finally realized much of what has been spoken in this thread. Has made such a difference. Fucking awesome.
[QUOTE=Silverbullet;1058473415] My suggestion is that anyone who has suffered any type of head trauma or the effects of a blast get checked for TBI. [QUOTE] Yes!!! My TWO TBI's were found only when I had an MRI of my brain during a cancer appointment. They found two different residual brain bruises on my brain stem. Finally understood why I couldn't smell, taste, couldn't control upward eye movement, etc. Also understood a big part of the reason I was so fucked up, half retarded, and mean. Knowing, understanding, and employing healthy compensatory measures are so important.
__________________
If I had known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself
|
|
#100
17 January 2016, 01:55
|
||||
|
||||
|
Here's to a year of no one hurting themselves..
Fuck Suicide.
__________________
No one will take better care of us, than us: Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
|
 |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Linear Mode
