Forty years ago, a young woman jumped out her 4th Floor window, me & my little son actually saw the whole thing, and under her window was grass and she only broke her hip or something. She was a neighbor's daughter on my floor; clinically insane, btw. I felt she wasn't really serious.
She said it was the minute she jumped.
I think it's pretty well established this woman did a horrific thing. So to get a little off topic I am asking Pepper.
Odd question knight. No, not part of my plan at all.
OMG...OMG!!.... thank god she survived, can you imagine feeling that emtion the second you take the decision to jump, and knowing you're going to feel the worst pain ever in 3 seconds... and die ?
where did that come from?
I think she was very lucky, and maybe would have survived on concrete.... some people do.... you try falling from a height on grass ( unless it's very thick and high)..I can bet you you're more likely to die....
Because those are the ones most likely to be successful as in this case.
From the dark recesses of my mind. The tragedy IMO is the impact that kind of sight had on those that saw the result of that woman's choice of ending her life.where did that come from?
This young woman's older sister years later told me she walked into the East River one cold day and drowned herself. She accomplished her mission.
yes absolutely, and particularly was the fact that she was beheaded, and her arm torn off... anyone who saw that will need some proffesional therapy I think...
you can't stop anyone who is determined. Some people will be saved on their first try, and really it's a cry for help, but people who have completely given up on life, can stand not another minute more... will go on until they achieve their goal.
I can assure you the hanging which is what my ex husband's son did..locally.. from a tree ( fortunately not in his home where his wife and baby were )... apparently was a very unpleasant sight...
that's exactly what caused my mother to take her own life. She'd suffered for years with severe depression....
she was only 39 years old.. but she'd tried to take her own life first at age 24 when I was just a toddler...and then tried several times after that...
That is truly awful.that's exactly what caused my mother to take her own life. She'd suffered for years with severe depression....
I have mostly seen the word "selfish" used in relation to suicide as referring to the person having no thoughts for the survivors and how they will be affected. However, a person who is at the point of suicide is in so much psychic pain they are not capable of thinking anything beyond the desire to end that pain. They simply want that pain to stop. They are beyond the point of thinking rationally, of thoughtfully considering how shattered their families and friends will be if the suicide is completed. I get frustrated when suicidal people are slammed as selfish; for one thing, that exhibits a total lack of the compassion that they clearly badly needed.
Unimaginable.
I just looked it up on Street View... the church is directly opposite the aparments..in fact so close if you threw a stone from an upper apartment it could very easily land in the church grounds...
