Have you ever known someone who has committed suicide

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<p>I agree, ek - thanks for saying it so well. We can’t tell the depressed individual to just see that he’s better off than many others, any more than we can tell the person in a wheelchair to just stand up, or the person with COPD to just take a good deep breath. It’s an illness.</p>

<p>Great quote from Dr. Joiner in the article (this is an expert talking):

“We need to get it in our heads that suicide is not easy, painless, cowardly, selfish, vengeful, self-masterful, or rash,” he says. “And once we get all that in our heads at last, we need to let it lead our hearts.”

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