I need to vent this. [View all]

Look. I have a mental illness. My mental illness are major depression, PTSD and an anxiety disorder.
The trigger of mental illness was the suicide of my 33 year old son by hanging. I also found his dead body.
Since his death I have attempted suicide 3 times. Once by hanging. It is incredibly difficult and physically painful to die that way. Leaning into that rope hurts and you know you could flap there for at least 5 minutes in terrifying pain. The other 2 times were by overdose. I took many many pills. A ton of pills. Did not kill me. If I had an access to a gun at that time, I would most assuredly be very very dead.
I also belong to a support group of grieving parents whose children died by suicide. Many of them literally children. If they could do anything over again, it would be to not have guns in their house. They certainly do not want their surviving children to have access to guns if they suffer with depression.
This is not about discrimination. This is about empathy and common sense.