I cannot understand why someone who presumably had so much going for him would kill himself. What did he think was missing in his life that he couldn’t go on with it?
“I cannot understand why someone who presumably had so much going for him would kill himself. “
People kill themselves when they lose hope.
He had chronic depression...according to other storm chasers.
You need to read about reasons for depression.
I once questioned how someone could think a certain way because it was so foreign to my way of thinking, and I found out they had been abused and almost tortured by their parent. I got close to the person and I read about it, and studied it a little. Even now I am getting a headache from the conflict it produces.
So. Be prepared to find out the answer to your question and have empathy, or, understand that there are times you won’t understand and thank God you don’t.
Also, have a little compassion and don’t sound so belittling. There is help for people who have struggles and the belittling from others is what causes the stigmatization that prevents those who need help from getting it.