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In reply to the discussion: Do you personally know anyone who's committed suicide? [View all]Igel
(35,387 posts)Planned it. Bought a gun 3 months before, replaced tires and got oil changes in the vehicles the week before, the day before he replaced all the batteries in the house (and used masking tape to let others know when the replacements happened). Mowed the grass, cleaned the pool, ate dinner, did dishes, lay down on the garage floor to pull the trigger when his wife was in the shower. (She had dementia, and had been delusional for 9 months by then).
Jury's out on whether a cousin who ODed did so intentionally a week after his mother died or accidentally because she'd kept him clean for years and he didn't know the potency of whatever he used.
Jury's also out on whether my FIL committed suicide: He was suffering from neuropathy, end-stage-renal failure, and calciphylaxis and was in the hospital. He ripped out his shunt and nearly bled out. Did he intend to rip open a major artery or was he delirious? He never regained conscious, was alive for maybe 3, 4 hours, then died.
A couple of students from my graduating high school class killed themselves, I was told.