Suicide is never the answer – just reach out for help
Dear Sir,
I wish to highlight the tragedy of suicide, because that’s what it is for everyone – the person who opts to ‘end it all’, and the many people who’ll be devastated by the sudden unexpected loss, and the grief that never goes away.
With so much awfulness in the world, it’s understandable that ending one’s own life might seem to be the only way out, or the best way out of this world: wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, endless talk about climate change, the housing and homelessness crises in Ireland, the cost of living, and the age-old challenges to our quality of life such as bullying, depression, addictions, exam worries, debt, failed relationships, and abruptly ended friendships.
But there’s hope too, and help for
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anyone, without exception, who reaches out. Debt can be managed or got around; bullying can be tackled once the victim (regardless of age) shares his or her ordeal.
There’s help for even the deepest, darkest depression. Nobody need be alone in facing the slings and arrows of life. A trouble shared is more than halved.
The key to avoiding an early and unnecessary exit from this world is simply to pick up the phone, or talk to a friend. Studies show that the majority of people who had neardeath experiences after attempting suicide were relieved afterwards that the attempt failed.
The ‘big D’ comes to all some day, but I reckon that life on this flawed but also in so many ways beautiful planet is worth living, while we’re here. Help or support for anyone afflicted by thoughts of suicide is never far away. Just reach out!
Yours faithfully,
John Fitzgerald,
Callan,
Co. Kilkenny
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would like to thank the general public for their kind donations during the street collection on St, Patrick’s Day, 2024 in Belleek.
The amount raised was £546 and €200, which will be very useful in helping maintain a rescue service on the lakes of Fermanagh.
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Lough Erne RNLI Fundraising Branch