Thread: Suicide why?
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Old 05-31-2003, 06:25 AM   #9
johnny
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Quote:
Originally posted by Epona:
Have you never heard of depression? Schizophrenia?

These are illnesses. Illnesses like flu or measles, but they affect the mind and emotions rather than the body.

9 out of 10 people will suffer from a mental health problem such as depression at some point in their lives.

No-one takes their life because they are just 'sad' - to think that is really quite naive. They end it because death is preferable to the crushing misery of living with depression for years on end.
Yeah, and by doing that, they commit the most selfish deed imaginable. They don't even leave you with a chance to kick their ass for doing such a thing.
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