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It amazes me to read about a person who has so much going for them committing suicide. As I'm sure most everyone has heard by now, Heath Ledger died yesterday, January 22, 2008. It has been suggested by the media that it was a drug related suicide. It is sad news, indeed. He was only 28 years old, and he had such a promising life ahead of him.
Things like this make me think. It's a shame when someone takes their own life at such a young age. I look around me sometimes, and I wonder what will happen next. Maybe this is just bad timing, making me think about this too much. I have already lost 3 people this week in my personal life, then to find out about an actor taking his own life. A life that meant so much, to so many people. It almost makes me mad, because I am grieving for people who wanted to live, and here this guy commits suicide. But then I think again, and realize how sad it is that he was so depressed that he did this.
Organizations are starting to emerge to help people so desperate. One, To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA), has made it their mission to help end the sadness. There is also an organization that does marches, Out of the Darkness. If there were more organizations like TWLOHA and Out of the Darkness, maybe people wouldn't feel like they were alone in dealing with their demons. Maybe all someone needs to do is talk to come back off of the proverbial 'ledge', and decide to live. There are crisis hotlines, and there is a Silence Hurts campaign in some schools, but it's not enough. The numbers for the hotlines aren't readily available to someone who is indeed in a crisis, and the programs in the schools fall short.
I guess I just think that there should be more help for people who need it. Being so unstable is not good for anyone. One person committing suicide effects so many others, and leaves so many people wondering why it happened, and if it could have been prevented.
