To all those reading this thread, suicide isn't the answer. I know you've heard this and it's not special coming from me.

We all heard it's a permanent solution to a temporary problem and so many other quotes. I've lost a lot of people growing up to suicide and the impact it has on those who continue to live on that you love is traumatic.

The man who raised me like I was his son told my mother that he would never commit suicide. He had stage 4 cancer that eventually took his life on my 17th birthday. His reason for enduring through the pain was to teach me that suicide is never the answer because it hurts all those around you.

Although he passed away on my 17th birthday of his illness, he forever changed my life in so many ways. Each and every day I aim to be a better man because of how he loved me.

Please take a moment to utilize this time you have to change those around you. You don't need to create a massive company, be a CEO, have a career people admire, etc.. all you need to do is be someone that inspires others to improve like John did for me.

By the way, 2026 was the 30 year anniversary of his passing. I'm 47 years old and I still think of him almost daily.

What I really don't like is to hear people who aren't struggling with it, to call someone else's on-going struggle "a temporary problem".

That's a nice perspective, but sometimes life is just too much. Sometimes it is the solution

Let them eat cake