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Navy SEAL: “Not Killing People Is Hard” - DJ Shipley - #1112
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The Suicide Attempt and the Beach
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Coming home to 30 boxes of his belongings and divorce papers, DJ drives to a private beach with a pistol, chooses a song, and is stopped by his wife's tracking app at the last moment. [1] — DJ Shipley "DJ Shipley drove to that beach in Virginia Beach with a gun, sat in his truck, put on a song, and told himself that when it ended, he would…" 2:23:48
DJ Shipley drove to that beach in Virginia Beach with a gun, sat in his truck, put on a song, and told himself that when it ended, he would walk into the water and shoot himself. His wife's tracking app and two phone calls are the reason he's still alive.
After 5 rounds of 5-MeO-DMT that weren't working because he was still fighting it, DJ Shipley took the sixth hit with the explicit intention of killing himself. The medicine killed his ego instead. He woke up and wanted to go home for the first time in his life.
