Most depressing website ever

[LDS Jock]

http://1000deaths.com/photos/index.html

Tribute site to those who have taken their own lives. Sorry.. no joke.

[LeighAnn]

1. Why Why Why???

Why would these beautiful young people take their own lives? This is so tragic, what a f*d up society we live in.

Never growing up did I think that someday I'd consider America to be a nation of disgrace.

:(

[AlienGirl]

2. Not all were young, or beautiful

People associate suicide prevention with teenage suicide, but the demographic with the highest per-capita rate of suicide is actually the elderly.

As to why--people commit suicide for a variety of reasons. What they all have in common, though, is that they are in unbearable emotional pain, and their future shows no way out of that pain.

Tucker

[dietdpfan]

3. So sad....

how on earth did you find that site?

I would never even try or think to try to look for such a site.

[LDS Jock]

4. A suicide in my family (uncle)

lead me to searching around online about it. I had bookmarked that a LONG time back and came across it again while organizing bookmarks. It was a natural for a copycat thread for "Most exciting website ever"

[truthbetold]

9. Lds, I know how you feel.

My uncle committed suicide five years ago. Still hurts to think about it- it's the kind of pain that will never go away, no matter how long you live.
I've been dealing with depression for many years now, but the one thing that seems to keep me going is remembering how my family reacted to my uncle's death. Suicide is definitely not the answer to solving my problems.

[ikojo]

5. July 17 will mark three years since my brother

was found dead in his apartment. He chose to end his life because sometimes the pain it takes to stay is more than the pain it takes to go.

[Skittles]

7. my dad would have been 70 next month

he shot himself at age 50 following a lifetime of depression.

[LDS Jock]

11. I didn't mean to bring up sad memories

when I posted that site. Looking through it can break your heart, whether you've lost someone yourself or not, you can't help but feel the pain of those who took their lives and the pain of those left behind to wonder why. I'm sorry to hear of your loss Skittles. :hug:

[AlCzervik]

17. My best friend also shot herself at age 27

leaving behind a 3 year old little boy. I'm firneds with her sister, she adopted her nephew and he looks just like his mother.

[LDS Jock]

12. I'm sorry for your loss

I didn't mean to bring up sad memories for everyone. Suicide is a serious problem in our country, as are mental illnesses which frequently accompany it. Why can't we spend money to save these people instead of on invading countries for fictitious WMD?

[ikojo]

20. In my brother's case, no amount of money would have helped

He tried to get help throughout the years but there just was something in him that could not accept the help. I think he feared therapy and talking about his demons. There were so many things that he was angry about....class, being gay and his inability to accept that part of him, feeling like he was less than everyone...the list is almost endless.

My wish is that he has found the peace in life that he never knew in death.

JSM
1964-2001

[liberalhistorian]

15. My condolences. My nephew committed suicide four years ago

at the ripe old age of 21, and you're right, usually the person's in so much pain that they're unable to see any other way out or to see the lifelong pain and suffering it will cause to their family and friends.

In his case, it was the stigma of paranoid schizophrenia and the fact that most of his friends and too many of his family members didn't understand him and turned away from him because of ignorance regarding mental illness, an unwillingness to learn because of the very strong stigma that still exists in this country (my parents and I tried often, and without success, to educate them), and their own selfishness. Mental illness is a major cause of many young adult and even adult suicides because of this goddamn stigma and continued widespread ignorance.

[Droopy]

6. Just looking at the first page makes me want to cry

You're right. That is the most depressing web site ever.

[IronLionZion]

8. There were a bunch of 12 and 13 year olds there

:wtf: How in the hell does a little kid kill himself?

[Xithras]

10. In junior high, a 13 year old friend did it by finding a tall building

She did it to get back at a boy who'd spurned her. Such a waste ;(

[Nikia]

13. Kids are impulsive

As they go through puberty, their hormones make their feelings more intense and they have a harder time than most adults of seeing beyond the moment. Teenagers do stupid things that seemed like a good idea at the time, but really weren't. Whatever they do though, the one thing that they can't undo is death.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

14. It's always been such a terrifying subject for me

my mother attempted it several times (never successful) and I attempted it three times when I was 16 (obviously not successful and very glad now I wasn't!!!).

A very dear friend of ours shot himself in Jan of 1999. We were absolutely devastated. And you know what? When I think about it, I STILL get pissed off at him. No one connected the dots. He was 38 years old, had a girlfriend for the first time in YEARS, so we thought he was happy (was going to marry her, supposedly). He had cashed out his 401K and quit his job but he kept saying he was just taking a one year sabbatical. He bought a brand new truck he couldn't afford, but still we didn't hear any alarm bells.

Then he checked into a hotel room with a gun, shot himself. I couldn't even believe it for days. Couldn't go to his funeral. Still mad at him and sad for him and his family.

[newsguyatl]

16. i don't understand the anger...

i think for the most part, suicide is most definitely a desperate act, not a selfish one. i believe the pain's just too overwhelming to cope with.

[Droopy]

18. You've got that right, newsguy

It is an act of desperation. I hate it when somebody calls it a selfish act because they obviously don't know the kind of pain that a person who is suicidal is going through. A person in that situation really sees no other way out of the pain.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

19. I know I know

I never understood anger at the person until I knew someone who did it.

I guess I was mad at him (much less so now) because...he LEFT us! Yeah that's selfish of me, but he hurt his family and friends horribly and the worst part is I can NEVER tell him how I feel, NEVER! No closure whatsoever, he's just gone. Like he snuck away in the night. We adored him. He was SO full of life and joy.

How could he LEAVE???? Why did he not tell us or reach out or ask for help? He never did, no one who knew him ever said he said a word about being to the point of wanting to die.

For the record, I never called suicide a selfish act. I know he must have been in an enormous amount of pain, but why oh why didn't he let someone, anyone try to help???? Why did he want to leave us? Leave the world?

[Enraged_Ape]

21. Holy shit. You're not kidding.

I just looked at the first page of photos, and now I almost feel suicidal myself.

Just looking at these people, you have to wonder just what in the hell was going on in their heads. It had to be a whole lot worse than I could ever imagine.

[Wapsie B]

22. I agree.

To look at those photos makes one pause and wonder how bad it must've been for them to end it all.

[devilgrrl]

23. This site is VERY UPSETTING!

I clicked on a few of the profiles and my heart is just aching right now. :cry: