[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'm so sorry to hear the sad news about your friend. There are a lot of > reasons why someone commits suicide. Sometimes they want to punish someone > that they love. Unfortunately suicide is final. Genrally speaking, people usually commit, or attempt , suicide because they want the pain to stop and can't see another way. It has always baffled me why many an unsuccessful attempt is sneeringly categorised as 'attention seeking'. If someone is willing to harm themesleves to get attetion they NEED attention! Thinking that a successful(or even attempted) suicide was just a way of 'getting back' is much easier than to face the fact that the person just couldn't stand the pain anymore. It absolves everyone else of any responsibility. Not for the suicide but for the lack of attention prior. A young man we knew(not well) committed suicide at age 18 by throwing himself from the 14th floor. This young lad had been abused. He had cried for help. He was turned away. He was balmed to clear other's consciences. bw colin
