Now my pain is under control. Now I don't want to die. Now I'm so thankful that I didn't go through with my suicide plans. And even though life isn't easy, I've been forced to grown psychologically and spiritually by having to deal with the challenges of dying. Death is not the opposite of life.
Death is the opposite of birth.
We come into this world physically helpless. It may come to pass that we may also leave this world in a helpless condition. Perhaps this enforced helplessness is one last opportunity given to us to learn to gracefully receive love and assistance from others before we move on the Great Unknown. An extraordinary study of suicide survivors was conducted by psychiatrist Dr. Bruce Greyson. He found that people who had attempted suicide, even up to eight times, ceased further attempts immediately after their first near-death experience.