Ten reasons NOT to commit suicide.

Here are ten good reasons why committing suicide might not be a good idea.

1. Circumstances change (sometimes overnight). ‘Leaving’ too early before things have a chance to resolve themselves may be a big mistake.
2. Someone somewhere needs you.
3. Someone has to discover your body (which for them could lead to major trauma etc).
4. Your story needs telling and the best person to tell it without exaggeration and accurately, is YOU.
5. Someone has to deal with the aftermath. Your clothes, your personal effects etc. Not a pleasant task.
6. Other people’s guilt. ‘I didn’t do enough to save/help him/her’.
7. The positive contributions you could have made…GONE.
8. The BAD/SAD example you leave behind.
9. The young people in your family and their puzzlement, bewilderment and fear.
10. You are leaving a ‘YOU’ shaped hole that no-one else can ever fill.