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Originally posted by Memnoch1207
I seriously doubt his problems had anything to do with computers or programming.
Most suicide victims are tortured by their reality or their supposed reality. A distorted view of their life, underachievement, feeling worthless, unloved, unwanted, etc...
A friend of mine killed himself over an ex-girlfriend who wouldn't get back together with him. Another friend killed himself because he didn't make the olympic judo team in 1988.
Many things are taught in school and lessons are learned through out our lives, but nobody is ever really taught to cope with adversity or deal with their problems.
For some people their problems are maintainable and fairly easy to handle, but for others they can become overwhelming, even the smallest things can seem like a mountain of pain and trouble.
I contemplated suicide when I was younger, but there was always the optimism inside me of "Tomorrow's another day, and good things could be right around the corner".
Since those days, my philosophy has always been..."Is this going to matter when I'm dead?", if not, then it isn't worth me worrying about.
I think the only thing that is going to matter when I die, is how I treated others.
I always remembered what a counselor told me when I was younger..."Suicide is a permanent solution, to a temporary problem."
I wish you hadn't done it Mike, things would have eventually gotten better. You'll be missed.
Don't tell me for a minute that the net has no influence at all...