Wow, and I thought I was the only one. My parents said something similar.
Can I ask people: What kind of toxic, sick parents would endorse their child's suicide? How common is this? And do they really mean it?
Back when I was at the peak of my game I was the Apple in my parents' eyes. They were so afraid of something happening to me that they prevented my brother from buying a handgun, for fear that he'd shoot me. I graduated from top 20 University and had a bright future ahead of me. From what I heard through the grapevine, they said that they didn't care about my other sibling, but if something happened to me my parents would blow beyond devastation. Fast forward after a traumatic brain injury and accident, I'm now trying to rebuild my life but in their camp and they're preventing me from doing so, I guess my value depends on my status and what spotlight of perception I shine on my parents.
What are these people called in psychiatry? Sociopaths, psychopaths?
Also wouldn't suicide still be a stigmatizing for the surviving parents?
So when parents endorse suicide, are they doing it with intent or just to bark out?