<p>I think it is quite natural for folks to feel sad about the loss of a life, especially in a young person who apparently had a lot of potential living yet to do. Your perspective is another way of viewing things.</p>
<p>One of my HS classmates who attended Brown U suicided when he was home for vacation. It shocked his classmates since he was young and very talented. He had felt special in his HS but not so special at Brown among many other even more talented people (from his perspective).</p>
<p>I had a HS boyfriend who sometimes threatened to jump over the freeway overpass, especially if I mentioned possibly breaking up. Finally I had to go 3000 miles away to college to end the relationship since he refused to get help, despite my pleas and begging. He married someone else shortly after I left town. I still wish I could somehow have gotten him to get help. He was a wonderful, brilliant young man who was facing a lot of issues very young (like being the sole breadwinner for a family of 4 at age 17).</p>