The saddened young man went away because he just wasn' t willing to do that. And Jesus was sad, too, because He really cared about that young man. Jesus knew that the man had to make the choice for himself. The issue with the young man in the Bible was spiritual life or death, but the story can serve as an example for us concerning how we have to allow each person the choice to live or to die. Often, there is a lot of anger, too.
Some towns have support groups for persons who have lost someone they cared about in suicide.
Feelings are extremely painful and very complicated because of the anger and other issues like feeling deserted or abandoned or personally punished somehow. As I said earlier, we are finding that persons who have had some family member or someone they cared about kill themselves are more likely to kill themselves, too. If someone you know dies like that, support in one of these groups or from some person who is willing to listen and listen and listen is extremely important. Let me say one more thing about help that is available. Many towns have a 24-hour crisis line of some sort, a hot line.