You say it’s the weak way out. That tells me right there that you have never felt it, never gone through it, never had a loved one lost to it. You’ve never felt the pain, yet you sit there and argue with me that it’s weak. That you could easily work your way through it. I doubt it. Suicide, and depression aren’t that simple. It makes me even more upset that you’d say this in front of another friend, who is trying to overcome it, and say it without thought or care. It’s not weak. It gets tough. Working through it will make you stronger, but its not exactly ‘only the strong survive.’ Some of the strongest emotional people that I know just can’t take it. You get stronger working through it, but you aren’t working through it because you’re strong. You couldn’t do it if you had to. It’s sad that I have to say that about someone I consider a friend, but I do. I truly believe it. You can’t take the simple things, yet you think you could overcome a depression, and not take the ‘weak’ way out?? Right. Let me know how that turns out. Suicide isn’t weakness. It’s there. It happens. It’s hard to cope with, and if you really feel it’s the best option, let it be, but listen to everyone who cares enough to listen first. They can help you get through it, but you have to have the willpower. YOU have to be the one to make that last choice. YOU have to do it. Not them. It’s not the weak way out. It never has been. You try, and make it through something that tough, and then answer that. You don’t have the willpower it takes. You might think you do, but you don’t know how wrong you are. You will never know until you stare it right in the face. Then you’ll be rethinking, ‘only the strong survive.’ You get stronger through it, not before it, so don’t even begin to argue. Suicide knows no strength.