Bruce Moen wrote on Sep 12th, 2011 at 5:13pm:Some of the reasons we incarnate are to work through emotional issues we carry with us from previous experience. It appears that at least some of these can only be dealt with during a physical lifetime.
Killing oneself over petty emotional feelings that we convince ourselves are insurmountable takes away the lifetime we took on to resolve them. What a colossal waste of time!
Bruce
Commiting suicide isn't something typically done when in the right mind. Those deeply emotionally damaged states of mind that cause one to think about and carry out suicide, I would imagine, is something the person would horribly regret upon passing over and realizing the harm they did to themselves. Hopefully that's the case, rather than die and be stuck in that same horrible state of mind of worthlessness and helplessness.
I've hit that rock bottom at least a couple times in my life but managed to find a way out. I can't imagine dying that way. I had to tell myself, "if I can feel anything else at all just briefly enough to not feel this pain and I still want to die, then I'll do it." And so I looked for anything I could to get me feeling any kind of happiness, however little it was, and I realized I didn't really want to die. I just didn't want to feel those horrible emotions anymore.
It's not an easy thing to do in such despair. Things don't feel petty when you cannot see anything clearly in that kind of state of mind.
But I know you're right Bruce, my emotional suffering, (anyone's suffering), in this life is what we're here to work on and deal with. I just wish we could get to see some kind of score sheet along the way to know how we're doing!
It's tough when you think you're doing great, but then life doesn't seem to reflect it always. Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom again to be reminded, or to receive a little lift from someone. Thank God for myself and anyone else who does get a little help now and then from friends and loved ones.
Vicky