Posted by roscopeeco on December 23, 2010, at 0:59:42
In reply to Re: suicide in my therapy group... what now..., posted by bleauberry on December 14, 2010, at 16:45:56
> I'm so sorry Jereon. I've been shocked twice in my life by unexpected suicides. I understand how traumatic it is.
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> All of us with our illnesses learn how to be strong and do a good fake job. Sometimes we are so good at it others cannot see we are on the edge of ending it all.
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> On a birthday, a friend brought over a guy and we talked. He said he was a little depressed and the drugs the doc gave him didn't seem to help much. We talked about alternatives....meds, herbs, other doctors, etc. But honestly, it was a light hearted conversation because he really did not look or act like he was depressed. I know what depression looks like, and I just didn't see it. Two days later, his sister came to me sobbing in tears saying he "was gone"....he had hung himself in his apartment.
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> I'm sorry Jereon.
I wonder if he was just rx'ed the meds. If so, he probably had a reaction to SSRI's similar to me. They make me really bad before they start helping. Regardless, these stories are so painful to hear. We all want to alleviate suffering and sometimes are suffering seems validated by these actions. Depression is serious and governments need to take a hard look at it and forget about the moral implications of making better drugs that can actually end human suffering from a mental illness.jf
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