Conflicted Survival Game:
BEFORE the SHTF!
Conflicted is a Survival Game. Each card in the deck has a scenario that will stretch how you would respond in an SHTF situation. What would you do? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below!
SCENARIO – One of your friends tells you that he can’t live in this world anymore, and he has confessed to you that he wants to commit suicide. Talks with his wife and kids who are still alive and depend on him seem to do nothing to change his mind.
The children are too young and his wife too depressed to be of any help with this situation. As the leader of your group, what would you do with this member and his family?
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each of us have to make our own decisions in life, there were times when i tried to end my life because of the pain of loosing my family and loosing every thing associated with them. looking back i can see God had protected me knowing he had a plan and future events proved i had a lot to live for and was fortunate His hand prevented me from messing up His plan. telling of my past circumstances could put a glimmer of hope in the situation, he still has his family and would need to be convinced of their needs and how they would suffer with his selfish act. when its all said and done and you feel everything has been done to help him overcome his feelings you must realize too that its not your fault and don’t blame yourself for anothers actions if he follows through. sometimes there is just nothing you can do.
All you can do is try to talk some sense into him. Reason with him that things will get better, etc. Maybe you have some anti-depression meds ?
Mental issues are hard to mitigate even in the best of times.
Give consideration to his wife and kids. Sometimes these things turn into murder/suicide.
Make a good effort and then whatever happens is between him and God. You have others counting on you.
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
Take it Day by day
During a SHTF event, I will not have time for the weak-minded. I must get my own family to safety. With no anti-depression meds or a psychologist in the group, any mental person will probably die of their own accord.
This is a good reason to learn about natural remedies. St. John’s Wort is a good anti-depressant. (If in fact he is depressed, but it is stated the wife is) If you can use natural remedies to fix the wife, she might be able to help her husband see the reasons to live, even in the mess of a world they find themselves in.
If you are currently stocking up on things you might want to add some natural remedies to your First Aid Supplies and some Vit B complex, in addition to the multi-vitamins you already have. (Vit B deficiency is a common cause of lethargy in society today, imagine how much more it will affect us with limited diets)
But regardless of the outcome YOU are not responsible for what anyone else decides to do about going on after the SHTF.
If all of the good recommendations stated do not work…I would do what was done to me in S.E.R.E. training. After beating him with the help of 3 others I would take him down to his underwear and tie him up with a stick behind his back attached to his neck so he chokes if he moves his arms. Then, I would repeatedly hold him under water until almost losing consciousness (legs kicking) and each time you bring him up ask him if he wants to live. And do this repeatedly until they can not speak or stand regardless of what they have affirmed. In between these sessions they also water boarded us with our T-shirt wrapped over our nose and mouth and swamp mud caked on and they would frequently hit us with pepper spray. This torture phase lasted a whole afternoon after we were hunted down and captured in the woods. What I learned, at 19 years old is that as you get close to death and you have no control over your life you are in abject horror of dying and will do or say almost anything for the horror to stop. Sometimes you have to have a precious thing (air) held back from you or taken away to realize its true value and to realize what is real and what is just immature hand wringing and attention getting. If he still wants to commit suicide after this then give him the knife and show him how to do it correctly and send him on his way.
This is why a faith in God and being a follower of Jesus is so vital to life. No matter the problem facing us we can have hope and joy that peace that just should not make sense. Know Jesus and you will know life. I would lead this man and his wife and children to Jesus. He is the answer. I would also add the natural supplements. To help with the physical needs.
I would talk to him as much as I could and try whatever I could to make him changed his mind. That would also mean like everyone else, if the group didn’t have psych meds or a pastor. If he still wants to end his life after all means have been tried, so be it. I would tell him to leave and go find someplace else to do it because no one in the group or his family should see it.
That depends. Is his wife hot?