How Do People Take Their Own Life?

Everyday I drive to work over a long bridge. Usually, I hear of someone taking their life off this bridge once or twice a month. I often wonder how people get to that point. I have a friend who is a single mom and she is battling Cancer. She would do anything to not be ill and miss work. She is about to begin chemo and she will be most definitely weak and miserable. How can someone who doesn’t have Cancer just go to a bridge and take their life? How can they not see how lucky they are? I understand depression and suffering. I know that feeling of desperation. You are in a place where you are in pain whenever your eyes are open. I guess depression is mental cancer. It eats away at your body and takes over. You lose your appetite. You don’t care about anything. You are desperate for relief. Now, I get it. Do you?

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