“If you leave me, I’ll kill myself”

Have you heard these words before?

How did you react to them? I’ll tell you how I did… not well.

You see, I’ve seen self destruction in others and in myself. I saw people rise above it and make it. I’ve seen people who wallowed deeper in self-muck and never made it back.

To hear these words said to me is pure blackmail. I feel helpless, I feel bad… I feel constrained. Particularly if I care enough for that person.

No one has the right to push another to a corner battling with his or her conscience. This is the lowest of the lows. It’s pathetic.

What if he really does push through with it? Maybe the idea that he has someone he cares for at the other side waiting for judgment day for the rest to join him/her, and what if maybe he wants badly to join that person and just looking for a reason to do so?

How will I live with myself If he does kill himself because I left him alone in his depression?

It’s effin’ effective but equally mean. I wouldn’t stoop that low.

A person’s free will is weighed down by his guilt. No one is safe from emotional blackmailers. They should be avoided at all costs.

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