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Topic: How to console someone whose friend have committed suicide?
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Aen
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posted February 12, 2004 11:44 AM
 
Actually, third friend in four months??How to help people left behind to keep breathing?? What to do when all words lost their weight? What to do when you see someone's pain, but can't get close enough to touch? IP: Logged |
lllog
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posted February 12, 2004 12:42 PM
Thats a really tough situation to be in. All that you really can do is to be there for them, as much as you can, and be ready to talk when they are ready to hear. I don't know if you believe in reincarnation, but understanding the cycles that our souls are going through, and the reasons we are born again and again, helps someone put such events in perspective. I wish that I could be of more help. Lanny IP: Logged |
astro junkie
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posted February 12, 2004 01:17 PM
Needless to say, this person needs to be referred to a friendly and smart psychologist-type. I hope that you've gone in that direction already.As for astrology, do you know your friend's birthday and time? So many loses in so little time...??? Perhaps there are astrological clues so that you can approach them in a psycho-astrological way as well. What do you think? I would think your friend may be thinking suicide is a valid "option". Like deciding between whether to brush one's teeth one morning, or not. Hmmmm.... lots of concern here. It must be a living hell, like a nightmare that never ends. I've experienced times like that and you need tried-and-true tools that only someone who devotes their whole life to studying it can provide. Hang in there. Remind them we base all our decisions on our beliefs, and questioning one's beliefs is a sensitive process. with love & support, .gloria ------------------
it's better to light a candle than curse the darkness... IP: Logged |
Carlo
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posted February 12, 2004 01:30 PM
Take them up to a higher energy with love rather than joining them in sorrow or anger, which is a low energy. Just put your finger on their lips and then wrap your arms around them and keep them in the light of love. Love,
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Aen
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posted February 12, 2004 01:46 PM
Thank you all!Situations like that really test one's limits. I'm grateful that at least for today I had that strenght to give.
Your words are helpful. lllog, I believe in reincarnation and that perspective has been of help here. Gloria, He is a Leo with Sorp Moon.
Venus-Merc-Saturn stellium in 12th hit by Saturn return?
Carlo,
Can't but smile. So true! IP: Logged |
NikiSpeedy
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posted February 15, 2004 06:17 AM
I totally disagree with the automatic assumption that "counseling" is in order.Aen, your thoughtful presentation of the question just assures me that this person already has much of what is needed. A friends who cares. I am particularly struck by "to keep breathing" -- as this is a feeling i have personally experienced through the loss of 3 through suicide. The brain is now making new grooves for this information to process. IP: Logged |
Aen
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posted February 15, 2004 10:17 AM
Thank you Niki!
And strength to you too.
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