In grief it comes out how it comes out. You have to vent, to say how you really feel. I’m not going to judge Kilmer for feeling how he feels and expressing it how he did because I completely understand it. I also think what he wrote was sadly, beautifully, poetically, expressive of how he feels. And I understand lows so low that there doesn’t seem to be anything to live for, too. I think, in my case, the devastation it would cause to a few people I’d leave behind is enough, and knowing there’s help, one day at a time, is enough, that I would not do it. I also don’t believe my life is my own to take. It’s on loan, and not up to me to decide how long for. I do understand that people commit suicide to escape deep, deep, pain and they are not thinking clearly due to mental illness. But, when they do it, they take the life of a loved one...who happens to be them, in an altered state.
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