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On Survivors of suicide discuss prevention, how to cope
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dontbesilly 6 months ago
I may be more than a little sensitive to the wording in this article because of the agony a friend is going through, but this paragraph I've copied below could have been written more carefully so there is no question to whom the participants want their message spread. People who are confronted with absolutely shocking news of a suicide where there has been no warning at all are not likely to have discussed it and they do not need to be confronted with more reason to feel guilt than they've already been given.
"The message those participants wanted to spread was that suicide needs to be openly discussed before tragedy happens, as well as after. Mental illness, they said, should be treated just like physical illnesses, such as cancer or heart disease, and not stigmatized. Many regretted that their loved ones never found lasting treatments for the chronic depressions that ultimately ended their lives."
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