“A successful suicide doesn't just happen, although, of course, there are exceptions. Someone happens to be walking across a bridge when the feeling hits. Or they're on the roof of a building and realize they have nothing to live for. But most of the time, suicide takes planning. That's the way I figured. The was I was figuring...” PtsdSuicide ThoughtsPtsd RecoverySuicide QuotesPtsd StigmaWar MemoirMichael AnthonyCivilianized Book:Civilianized: A Young Veteran's Memoir Source: Civilianized: A Young Veteran's Memoir
“I couldn't see killing myself if I had a book that was only half-read: Fountainhead, Catcher in the Rye, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, One Hundred Years of Solitude? No. I figured that those who killed themselves first had to finish whatever book they were reading...if it were any good, that is. Of course, there's always the occasional book that makes you want to throw yourself off a bridge just for having wasted your time reading it. But I usually finished those ones, too.” MilitaryArmySuicideVeteranSuicide QuotesPtsd StigmaWar MemoirVeteran SuicideBooks On PtsdBooks On Suicide Book:Civilianized: A Young Veteran's Memoir Source: Civilianized: A Young Veteran's Memoir
“Tonight the thoughts were about how to end things, with a heavy emphasis on the how. The process of suicide isn't exactly easy. It takes preparation, scheduling, and a certain level-headedness to kill yourself. A person has to be ready for it. He has to make the necessary plans, take the necessary steps. And, most importantly, he has to not only feel like dying, but also like killing. And the two feelings couldn't be more different.” PtsdKilling YourselfSuicide ThoughtsPtsd QuotesSuicide QuotesSuicide AttemptsSuicide NotesVeteran Suicide Author:Michael Anthony
