THE MENTAL PRISON

"Why do I live?" is the most frequent question haunting the thoughts of a suicidal person. While society often dismisses suicide as a "permanent solution to a temporary problem," we must be honest and recognize that for the individual, the problem feels permanent. This is because they have lost the ability to perceive anything beyond the immediate suffering.The root cause of suicide often lies in the failure to grasp what gives life true meaning. When a person relies solely on the fragile and insecure pleasures of social status or external affairs, their foundation is easily shaken.In truth, many suicidal people do not "die" only when they commit the act; they have been enduring a form of living death for a long time. If a person has no purpose or internal anchor, their existence becomes a long, painful march toward an inevitable end. The mental prison is built when the walls of hopelessness become so thick that the light of the future is completely blocked out.What is the key to breaking out of this prison? What is it that truly sustains us when everything else fails?I will tell you next time...