Well coming from the other side of the boat I do and don't believe suicide is a selfish act. I suffer severe anxiety issues and Bipolar. I was once not medicated when I was 13-16 because my parents didn't believe there was any such thing as a mental health illness and it was is everybodies head. How the systems are set up is they either work for you..or against you. Many people like me the system works against and it leave you backed into a corner where you feel trapped and cannot get out. If someone attempts suicide and suceeds and they have tried every angle, every group, every possibly source of help out there, then they have a right to take their own life. If the person took their own life without even trying to get help..well then I believe that is selfish. There are so many people with mental health issues and no Doctors. My region and lots more in Ontario (not sure about other provinces or coutries) are facing a Doctor shortage. The only places to find GOOD Doctors are in major cities like Toronto or Ottawa that many people do not have access to. Me personally have been with my pysciatrist for more than 3 years only to have him put me on a new medication everytime I go to see him which he only allows his patients in every 60 days for 10 minutes. I gave up and do not take meds, and that is why sometimes I get into mood swings, Small things set me off. I have searchde for another Doctor..none will take me. So the systme is somewhat working for me and thats why I am still here.
As for than man who tried to help him, he should be jailed for attempted murder regardless of what the man he pushed was thinking.
What ticks me off is when someone is admitted to the hospital under a 72 hour hold or after that a mandatory lock hold that these people escape from the hospital. That is not rightm they should have more precautions out there to prevent these things. Eight months ago a 19 year old escaped from our mental health unit and jumped off the bridge into the canal. That would of been prevented if the hospital had better systems to keep these people under evaluation. Then there is the police, they need to take mandatory courses on how to deal with mental health instead of treating them like sh*t. I have seen fair cases of police brutality on people with a mental health illness.
You have cancer..everyone feels sorry for you...you have a mental health disorder..people take 10 steps back. Is that right? Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, this is mine. Yes there are alot of people out there who attention seek...and they are what put a bad name on mental health.
