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Suicide: Did it have to end this way?

March 17, 2009 | Print This Post

 

“Suicide is not chosen; it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain.”

suicidehotlineSuicide.  Self-inflicted death. The pain that drives an individual to commit suicide is mirrored by the pain experienced by those left behind to mourn.

In the past year, suicide has touched a number of families and individuals in our community. Two newly married men.  A high school boy. A college student. A friend. We react with shock that spirals into grief punctuated by a simple question: Why? And “was there something we could have done? Or noticed?” «Read the rest of this article»

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