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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
For someone to kill themselves with a hand gun to escape their tinnitus suffering, it must have been a very loud and constant hissing/ringing that drove him to actually do it.
Ever hear this saying?
"It's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." ..... 
So's in a moment of total desperation he actually pulled the trigger on himself? |
Well I'm sure if anything is severe enough it can cause people to reach their limits, and at that point does it matter if its a bottle of BP meds of driving a car off a cliff or a gun. The notion that the gun is critical to the option of suicide doesn't make sense to me. I personally think if there comes a time when I have outlived my ability to care for myself or are suffering some awful medical problem that there is no fix for that a chemical option is best. The gun option is too risky, things go wrong and you could end up much worse off if you survived. But thats all way too far off topic.
Hoping the tinnitus being so bad it causes suicidal thoughts is something that only happens to the very few and only under the worst situations.
For the rest of us one would we each find coping methods.
I certainly hope none of you fellow sufferers reach such a point of desperation from tinnitus.
Sorry I have no meaningful coping methods to share. My tinnitus is really annoying, but I mostly just ignore it and focus on my many other problems and working on being a cranky old guy driving my family (and I guess sometimes you all) crazy and trying to enjoy that.
ATB