Wow, sorry to hear about your friend. That is really sad. So young. Did he take his own life? Sorry to have to ask, but if something really bad like that happened to me, and I couldn't recover, I might do the same thing to be fair. I don't think I could fault anyone for that.
He did. C's life became a hell and he had lost hope of that changing. He stayed at two different hospitals plus Bethesda, he did everything the Drs wanted. His family is Catholic, and I know suicide is a big deal to them but damn I wanted to go up and smack the shit out of that priest at first.
Couple hundred people all crying and this mofo starts berating the dead for not understanding how much their god loved him, if he could have just been a bit more pious he'd still be with us and everything would be just peachy. C's dad took the podium and did his son right. It was a masterful display of feting your loved one while artfully and politely slapping down the previous dogma riddled speech, one that bordered on disrespect. Amazing fortitude, he only broke down once.
I can't judge C at all. I accept there are times when ending your own life may be the best option, and I simply cannot blame anyone for not wanting to suffer. I hope none of us are ever in the same situation. Been thinking about this ever since I posted that yesterday, I keep fixating on that damn priest, watching C's mom just lose it. Here endeth the rant.