TIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicide
Consciously I know that. But having lived under cruelty for many years I cant compute it emotionally in this case. The amount of cruelty needed to drive someone to suicide (not saying its always like this) is just not bearable for me.
Nobody can really say what drives a person to suicide but afaik, it is a culmination of things:
hardship
loneliness
lack of positive perspective
Having hardship but still having friends and family to combat it or a positive perspective on life might save someone.
But leaving someone who already spent effort to help others in particular need - likely having a history of spousal abuse themselves - ridiculing them which drives them to suicide is beyond cruel imo.
Thats why I‘m pretty devoid of empathy towards the people responsible.
I fail to see a path to rehabilitation for people who drive others to suicide. For me its a lot worse than murder. The amount of cruelty needed to really drive someone to do it is incomprehensible to me.