On Suicide And Depression

 

I work Uber and mostly at night. Last week I was going over Lambeth bridge in London and I saw a lot of police. Immediately I knew what has happened. Someone just committed suicide. There were police boats looking for the body. I wanted to feel sad, but I couldn’t. Because I see doing this as extreme courage on the person’s part. I don’t condone suicide. I used to, but I don’t anymore.

I believe that this is the greatest power that we have. The power to choose whether we live or die. We truly are the masters of our fate. But we have been thought that this is not a power. We have made it something bad. We have criminalized it. In hopes that people wouldn’t do it and to keep them in fear.

We are told that we need to go on living no matter what. But why? Nobody knows! If people love life so badly. Then why are they miserable 95% of the time? I drive Uber so I meet a lot of them. That is a fair percentage.

Now I am not saying I agree with suicide. I think you should not do it. But I also think that you should not see it as something bad. Because when you are depressed, you see only the bad side of things. I know, I was there! And it makes it easy to see it as a f**k you to everybody and everything.

So, it becomes just another bad thing to end it all. But what if instead of that…

We see it as a great power and something that shouldn’t be condemned. Something along the lines of ‘’I am the master of my fate and the captain of my soul’’. And what if we don’t block the urge but accept it and then think…

‘’I can always do this tomorrow’’

Imagine that you can always do it tomorrow. So today go on and look at what needs to be done to steer you out of this negative state. Suicide is always on the table. It’s your power and you can always use it. So why not face your anxious fears? After all, they are nothing compared to death. No matter if you had your heart broken, lost someone, are in great debt, lost precious things, lost your house, or been raped, no matter! They all are insignificant when compared to death.

So just accept them and feel the freedom that accepting death gives you. Why should you feel bad when you can do whatever you desire now? When you no longer care what people think and just do your own thing. Go for it and…

Your life might just change!