I have dealt with plenty of death brother and have given much counsel to soldiers of have had false guilt about their comrade in arms falling. So listen please, you did everything you could and thought was right to save your friend. He took his life and no one could stop that we don't have that much power or control to change the will of another period! You will be useless and a burden to those around you if you don't snap out of this guilt, this is where you can still help those around you and his family. If someone fails to do there job in combat and another dies because of that error we in the teams make it crystal clear you fucked up, he is dead because of it, own it and get the fuck past it.

If this was the case here with your friend I would tell you the same no matter who thought it was harsh, rude , or uncaring. From what I have seen you are a good young guy, who cares and shows an interest in those that are close to you, I am deeply sorrowful for your pain and loss but this is the time remember that you were there for him in the only way that one could have been. You did what was good and right so now get up and go further for the family and friends. My heart goes out to you brother!

Had an ex workout partner and dear friend do this dreadful act in early May.... all over a divorce. I did everything I could to get him to see the sun instead of doom n gloom.... to no avail. Xv, I went to see a suicide counselor to help deal with the guilt.... It helped! And NoPain is right on, YOU FAILED NO ONE!
Best wishes my man ;-)

Very sorry to hear this bro. You did what you could and you should always remember you tried to help. Most people would have never done what you did. You obviously cared enough to put yourself in harms way to help him. Sadly, his mind was made up and nothing anybody could do to change that. You failed nobody.
Keep your chin up bro.

Respectful condolences for your loss.

I am sorry this happened bro, condolences to you and his fam. Speaking from experience when a person is set on taking there life its almost impossible to prevent it. You didnt fail him the system did, the same system that failed my first troop who was severely depressed. Two days after leaving the hospital he took his life in his dorm room. You did everything you could.

It wasn't your fault. you would have felt worse had you not called and something happened. you did the right thing, brother.

Sorry for your loss. Damn if you do, damn if you don't. There is never the right way to handle these situations.

I'm sorry for your loss. My best friend shot himself our senior year of high school. There is not a day that goes by that i wonder why i couldn't tell what was going on with him. You would have never guessed by the way he was acting that he was fixing to do something like this. He was the type of friend that is like your brother. That's how close we were. You didn't fail him bro. I know that it doesn't feel that way right now but i pray that somehow you will be able to come to terms with this over time, and trust me it takesI a lot of time. If you need to ever talk about whats going on in with your thoughts or what keeps on replaying in your head. Please feel free to send me a friend request. The door is always open. It's those of us that they leave behind that are affected the most. I think about Travis everyday. I'm so sorry bro.

I would have done the same thing bro. That's an awful experience to go through and clearly he needed psychiatric help. It sucks that he didn't get what he needed but i believe there's a reason for everything and maybe you're meant to go through this so that you can offer support and comfort to somebody else going through the same shit some day.

That's tough man but I'm telling you from experience there is almost absolutely nothing you can do for some people, they only way they can get out of it is to dig themselves out on their own and believe me I'm not talking shit on your friend at all. I've seen this sort of thing close up myself and it isn't pretty.

Damn... Sorry to hear that bro. My condolences

sorry to hear that brother. You didn't fail him. you made a gut decision to help him and that's all you could do. Don't put that shit on your shoulders. You did a good job getting him in a safe place when u did. I'm sure you got plenty of people to talk to if u need but you can holler at me if u need to...your a good dude keep ur head up

Sorry for your loss

damn brother... idk what to say, man... so sorry for your loss and don't hesitate to hit me up if you need to vent brother.

sorry to hear about your friend. you did the right thing trying to help him

I'm very sorry to hear this but I am dead serious when I say that this isn't your fault. You got him help. It went down the way it did because of his choices not yours. He chose to take his life. You didn't do it for him. Keep your head up man. You will get through this

It's not your fault beast, by reporting him you gve him a chance to live. That's piss poor execution from the psych ward. He shouldn't have been released until he was stable. I'm sorry for your loss brotha but you isn't fail him, the system failed you both

Holy shit...Im sorry to hear that man...pm about to be sent