Comments on: Sylvia Plath’s Son Commits Suicide http://booksfilmandmusic.com/2009/03/22/sylvia-plaths-son-commits-suicide/ Civil War History and General Commentary on Issues of Import or Not. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:17:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel http://booksfilmandmusic.com/2009/03/22/sylvia-plaths-son-commits-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Daniel Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:26:36 +0000 http://booksfilmandmusic.com/?p=255#comment-165 Fish, Thank you for your comments. Folks who make the decision to commit suicide rarely take into account the devastation and horror and pain that they leave behind them. Folks who commit suicide are overwhelmed with their own situation, they feel as if they've fallen into a hole with no light. They think they cannot escape, so when they've made their decision to leave sometimes, in the days and hours before, they seem to have a demeanor of relief or comfort about them. In their pain and confusion they think that they now have a way out of the darkness and pain. Looking back upon it, people who loved them who saw this demeanor can only wish they would have better understood, or if only the person in pain had asked for help. Daniel Fish,
Thank you for your comments. Folks who make the decision to commit suicide rarely take into account the devastation and horror and pain that they leave behind them. Folks who commit suicide are overwhelmed with their own situation, they feel as if they’ve fallen into a hole with no light. They think they cannot escape, so when they’ve made their decision to leave sometimes, in the days and hours before, they seem to have a demeanor of relief or comfort about them. In their pain and confusion they think that they now have a way out of the darkness and pain. Looking back upon it, people who loved them who saw this demeanor can only wish they would have better understood, or if only the person in pain had asked for help.
Daniel

]]> By: Dale Fishel http://booksfilmandmusic.com/2009/03/22/sylvia-plaths-son-commits-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Dale Fishel Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:34:13 +0000 http://booksfilmandmusic.com/?p=255#comment-164 Dear Daniel, Your post evokes memories of our own family tragedy from years ago. I was 9 when my maternal grandfather took his life; the effect upon my mother was the first real trauma I experienced in an otherwise peaceful and loving home. He did not leave a note of explanation, love or regret which as you can imagine served only to amplify the mystery. We still judge it to be among the cruelest and selfish acts one can perform and is a dramatic testimony to the effects of depression (my personal diagnosis). Fortunately, there has never been a repeat in the family and I pray there never will be. Fish Dear Daniel,

Your post evokes memories of our own family tragedy from years ago. I was 9 when my maternal grandfather took his life; the effect upon my mother was the first real trauma I experienced in an otherwise peaceful and loving home. He did not leave a note of explanation, love or regret which as you can imagine served only to amplify the mystery. We still judge it to be among the cruelest and selfish acts one can perform and is a dramatic testimony to the effects of depression (my personal diagnosis). Fortunately, there has never been a repeat in the family and I pray there never will be.

Fish

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