hasunoha

Being alive doesn't necessarily mean happiness.

I'm indebted to you.
This is the mother who lost her 17-year-old daughter to suicide. I lived safely on the 49th, found a job, and started going outside to work.
I can now talk about my daughter normally even when I meet someone.
I also have a son, and from now on I will live until the end of my life while doing memorial services for my daughter,
When I met my daughter, I thought I'd do my best to be able to say, “Mom, I've lived this life since then.”
I also thought for myself that I would definitely be able to get back on my feet like this.
I went to school to pick up my daughter's personal belongings last weekend. Textbooks, class notes written by my daughter the day before she passed away, and the results of the last mock test she took.
The mock test had the best results so far. My daughter must have been very happy to see it.
“How are you, you did your best!” I think he bragged about it with a happy face.
I wish I had watched it and then passed away...
Then, suddenly, if I don't go to my daughter's place, I have to go quickly for her.
I was obsessed with that thought. Until now, there have been times when I wish I had died in the morning, but I didn't think about dying myself.
I feel a rush of impulses that even my son won't be a stopper.
As for my daughter, she said, “Being alive isn't necessarily happiness; there are people who are easier when they die.” I was told such words.
Somehow that applies to me right now. It's easier to die, but we have to live.
We must not inflict further suffering on the families left behind.
Is there any other reason? Please tell me if there is anything that can be a stopper when I want to die.
One more thing in my daughter's notebook
“Are we holding hands with God? Are you going to join hands with that teaching?
It said, “I don't know which one it is.”
Could you tell me about that too? Please go ahead.

5 Zen Responses

Suicidal thoughts may be a symptom of “depression”

If suicidal thoughts continue for 2 weeks and 3 weeks, there is a possibility of “depression,” so please consult your medical institution.

There are cases where people commit suicide because their brain and nerves are not healthy, and it is not a question of whether they are happy or correct.
Just as you have a fever or runny nose when you catch a cold, your brain tends to think about suicide when you become “depressed,”
If you solve the health cause of “depression,” you may not want to die.

It was unfortunate about my daughter, but there are experts who say that 90% of those who commit suicide are “depressed.”

In Buddhism, it is said that the cause of worry and suffering is worry.
Also, even if they die while being worried, they will simply be reborn as another creature.
In order to be freed from the pain of living, it is necessary to practice to eliminate worries, and today's life born as a human being is an opportunity for ascetic practice that is rare in Buddhism.

In Buddhism, we worship the Buddha who teaches us, the Dharma, which is the Buddha's teaching, and the monk who conveys the Dharma.

Death is healing, but

I am very sorry that my beloved daughter has passed away.
“There are people who find it easier to die,” and certainly dying can be a kind of healing for humans.
However, once they die, they are irretrievable.
My daughter would be very sad if you followed suit. A mother who was still supposed to be able to live gives up her life for herself, and it is very painful for someone to be sacrificed for herself. If that is your favorite mother, how much suffering would that be.

Even if you do good and follow suit, no one is looking for it, and far from making no one happy, you will make many people even saddened. Also, my son and husband will be deeply hurt and sad because of this, and there is even a possibility that they will be further followed.

I'm sure my daughter has become a Buddha in the Pure Land and is watching over Minori.

Same as how to take medicine

 Hello. I think a lot of feelings have come and gone about my daughter. Namu Amida Buddha.
Well, as for the “medicine” in the title, even if they look like the same “white pill,” there are prescriptions for each, and you have to follow them. Buddhism, which is the Buddha's teaching, also has “so many teachings,” as it is sometimes said that “there are 84,000 teachings.” So, if you match them one by one, contradictions will also come up.
What's more, there are various people and various teachings in the world, and each one is circulating as “this is correct,” but not all of them are “teachings that apply to anyone at any time.” Of course, if the level of abstraction is high, the range that can be covered will be wider, but that's why it can also be used as a puzzling word.
“There are times when it's harder to be alive”... it was probably a phrase used in response to “you after losing your daughter” to “assume your daughter's feelings, so you can move forward a little bit”. In other words, it's a word that is only used because of the current situation.
If one of your friends says, “It's hard being alive. There are only disgusting things. If it's the point where I talked to you, “it's better to stop being alive itself...”, “Right, it's painful, why don't you stop it?” You wouldn't say the same thing. That's because the situation is different.
Even the same medication is useless if you misread the status. However, “Please use this medicine in such a situation” is not written on the medicine itself! And also to the words themselves.
Did the person who spoke to you want the woman who heard it to go in the direction of “well then me too...”? I imagine it must have been to “get you back to your daily life for a bit.” Please read those feelings that are not on the surface of the words.
Even with the same words, there are things that can or cannot be used depending on the situation.

There's no point in you dying

I am sad to have lost my daughter. But now you're not calm anymore. What I can definitely say is that even if you follow your daughter, there's no guarantee that you'll meet her. I don't even know if there is an afterlife in the first place.
Even if it works negatively for anyone, it's unlikely to be positive.
Please give top priority to healing your heartbreak while supporting each other with your remaining family.

I want you to be alive

Minori-sama
I'm Tetsuya Urakami from Nagomi-an.

I've started working, and I've also been able to talk about my young lady.
Just when I was thinking so, let's move forward positively from now on, the fact that I went to school to pick up my daughter's personal belongings triggered me to get caught up in the thought “I want to go to my daughter's place.”

I think it's such a great anguish that I can't even fathom how much pain and suffering they are experiencing. It may be a terrible thing to say to Minori, who is suffering, but I want you to live.
We have a relationship and are interacting with each other through this Hasunoha. So I would be so sad if you passed away.

From now on, I think my feelings will improve slightly, and I will be feeling a lot depressed over and over again. On anniversaries such as your daughter's birthday, when you see people of the same age in town, when you pick up your daughter's personal belongings... your feelings will be shaken at various times.

When you come into contact with such a relationship and think “I want to go to my daughter's place,” please tell us your thoughts, whether it's just Hasunoha or in a message.
We look forward to seeing you.