avatarRiku Arikiri

Summary

A person recounts the harrowing experience of saving their friend Sher, who attempted suicide after receiving a distressing text from his fiancée.

Abstract

The narrative describes a desperate attempt to save a friend's life after a suicide attempt triggered by a relationship crisis. The author vividly recalls the panic and urgency of the situation, from finding Sher in dire condition to the frantic rush to the hospital. Despite Sher's previous acts of strength and bravado, he succumbed to emotional vulnerability, which led to his attempt to end his life with toxic substances. The incident leaves the author reflective on the complexities of human behavior, the impact of emotional distress, and the importance of communication and support among friends.

Opinions

  • The author expresses deep concern and emotional turmoil over the friend's suicide attempt.
  • There is a sense of regret that the friend, who was seen as strong and self-reliant, did not reach out for help.
  • The author appears to grapple with understanding the friend's decision, neither fully condemning nor endorsing it.
  • The incident has led the author to recognize the limitations of their ability to help, especially when faced with someone's determined choice to self-harm.
  • The author reflects on the friend's changed demeanor post-incident, suggesting a sense of betrayal or disappointment from Sher towards his friends.
  • The text conveys a message about the fragility of life and the unpredictable nature of human psychology, particularly in the face of romantic heartbreak.

To Save A Friend’s Life

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It was another night, a night filled with despair I came outside to find my dear Sher, lying on the floor with a mouth full of foam and words he couldn’t bare speak or breathe, oh dear

I screamed, help but no one came to hear he lay there dying vomiting blood everywhere I knocked on the doors, and then came everyone He was puking his guts all over the house floor

They found, an acid bottle in his room near I picked him up, and but no one really dared to touch him as he lay there, I asked my uncle to drive to the hospital we persevered, we asked him to wait

As we rushed to the hospital in haste, I pick him up in haste and put him in the wheelchair, taking him to the ICU where he lays there, The doctors substitute IV and ask me to wait outside, I call the authorities, and his family to bear

Witness to night, that was a horrific sight my dear friend who was all right tried to commit an act of suicide, it broke me to tears, as I prayed to wait for him outside, as he lay there on the bed

Vomiting blood everywhere, the doctors switched and transplanted blood, to ensure his survival they worked, to clean his body from the acid’s damage I came back home, as the authorities arrived

They inspected his room and his belongings I heard that he did because his fiance sent a text “you’re nothing to me, Sher. I’m leaving you forever” This perhaps made him anxious, and he lost hope

He called her 50 times, and couldn’t get her to hold he first tried to overdose on pills before, and then drank the toilet acid, Clorox — to end his suffering once and for all, he never shared his pain and he did it right there

He used to boast of strength and would belittle others too he would talk a big game but never would agree to anyone in the end, he could have at least talked to us, we who thought of him as our brother — perhaps that is something he never thought

As the life, that made him strong — was the one that ended it all of how he boasted of a mediocre game, he threw it all away and survived to live as a mock, I don’t blame his choice neither do I support his cause, I do am sorry though

Perhaps it was written this way, so I thought — his attitude changed after he came back, he wanted to die perhaps he blamed it on us that we stopped, there is nothing you can do when someone makes a mockery of a deed that you do only out of love, and trust

Poetry
Life
Love
Relationships
Suicide
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