My son committed suicide, Mysticism, reading, forums, Numerology, Sun Signs, Divination

Posts: 13 · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:45 pm

My son, Preston Marquard (050676), killed himself June 5 of this year. He had been clinically depressed for years. I'm trying not to blame anyone, like big pharma (prices of drugs), the court system (begged for help), the mental health dept. (HE had to make appt.), myself (feel I could've done more), or an ignorant society (he'll get over it). I don't know what I want, except to tell him how sorry I am I couldn't fix him.

I know he was immediately enveloped by the Light and cocooned on passing and I know he's healing. Is there a better way to educate the public on depression?

To see him in pictures where he was briefly happy, go to:

address: http://prestonmarquard.snapfish.com/snapfish

room code: 05061976

You people are so generous. I'd almost forgotten about this site until I started going through my mail yesterday. Will post regularly will I feel a little better. Thank you.

Posts: 722 · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:54 pm

Cajajo,

I just wanted to thank you for sharing your story. May you have strength and comfort.

Posts: 4135 · Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:06 am

Dear Cajajo,

Firstly I wish to extend my sincere condolences on the loss of your son. I empathise with your pain as a parent myself, and at the same time wish to mourn the senseless loss of so many similar young lives that I believe could potentially have been saved, if the system as a whole had not failed them or let them and their loving parents down.

While I feel that there is no specific person or part of our society to take the total blame for what continues to happen on an almost daily basis, all to a certain degree must be willing to accept a portion of the responsibility, and to begin to develop a definite public education strategy instead of employing temporary patch up measures after yet another precious young life has been lost to the "common cold of the mind".

While I think that the medical profession has a lot to answer for and can continue to provide the relevant medical information and work consistently to improve diagnostic methods for detecting depression before it develops to such an extreme, the most effective public educators are the people who are either depressed themselves, or who have a loved one who is.

Why is it that human beings only seem to finally learn what needs to be learnt, as the result of experiencing other people's tragedy? It is very easy to become so cynical that you can come to imagine that there is some critical body count beyond which the authorities feel that they need to act, under the terrible pressure of a public outcry and their own shame and guilt for not acting sooner.

Those patients themselves suffering depression, and/or their loved ones who are in the front line of the battle are I feel the most effective public educators of all.

Love, Light and Healing,

EOT

Posts: 7 · Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:15 am

that is sad. I am so sorry. You did the very best you could.

Posts: 13 · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:53 am

Thank you for the condolences.