Honestly? To remind you that you’re not alone in thinking about the dark stuff. The guy on the platform who joked about the train? He told me later he had just lost his job. He wasn’t suicidal—he was just tired. Tired of pretending everything was fine. That’s the part we forget: the leap isn’t always about wanting to die; sometimes it’s about wanting the pain to stop for a second.
Man jumps in front of speeding train in Moscow and what happens next
If you’re reading this and you’ve ever stood on a platform and felt that pull, or if you’ve known someone who didn’t step back, know this: it’s okay to talk about it. Really. You can say, “I had a thought about trains today,” and the world won’t end. Actually, the world might get a little lighter.
And for the rest of us? Next time you’re stuck on a delayed train, maybe spare a thought for the person who made it stop. Or the driver who can’t unsee it. Or the weirdo like me, who writes about it so we can all admit, yeah, life is weird and heavy, but we’re still here.
Now go grab a coffee, say something nice to a stranger, and please—stay behind the yellow line. I mean that literally and metaphorically.
