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Originally posted by Capo di tutti I can understand suicide when it comes to the mentally ill. Being close to a few people in my age group, some who have taken their own life i had a glimpse of what they go through. When meds don't work, therapy, special attention or anything else does not help...they lose hope, and in many cases can't control their own thoughts...imagine that, a prisoner inside your own mind that you have no say of what to think or feel or when or when not to. Who would want to live through that. The catholic church has even changed it's views on suicide and has become sympathetic. I attended a funeral few years back of someone who was a little younger than me and had taken his life, it was bizarre to me as it was a catholic service, most churches 10-15 yrs prior would not conduct a service for people who had committed suicide as its seen as one of the worst sins. anyhow, i sympathize for this girl and who knows if its fair, to assume all these what ifs, when maybe not living this life was the best thing for her.

Very well said. I too have had friends who committed suicide, and no one knows what it's like to walk in their shoes.

I appreciate that it is hard to fathom why a person would do this, but it is not a reason to say you have no respect for them [in response to douchebag that posted earlier]. You do not know them, and chronic severe depression is a very, very difficult thing to deal with. And yes, for some people, they see no way out. It's a sad outcome, the worst possible in fact, but please respect the person and know that they themselves saw nothing that could make them want to keep on living even if everyone else did.

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