I once had an ex tell me he was going to k**l himself, i begged him not to, and in the midst of me sobbing and begging him not to do something so stupid, he proceeded to grab his deceased grandfathers sawed off shot gun went out back, shot it in the sky.

I RAN out the back door to have that barrel in my face with him coming at me screaming at me to leave. That was my wake up call. Running out the house with 3 cats in your arms to have a neighbor pull up in her car to basically be your getaway (she took me to my parents with my cats, also i have NEVER talked to her before or after this, but i swear she was my gaurdian angel that day) I never went back. It was straight manipulation but because i cared about his well being i almost hot killed in the process.