Have You Ever Lost A Friend Or Loved One To Suicide?

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Some of my co-workers just lost a really close friend of theirs to Suicide. He was only 32 and had a lot to live for. He left behind a lot of people who cared about him, and the mood was quite somber in our room as well. But this made me think and wonder how many here have Lost a Friend or Loved one to Suicide, and what was your reaction when you found out? I hope you did not choose to blame yourself. Personally I have lost people I knew to Suicide, and was dating a guy even who tried to kill himself once in my own apartment. To loose someone close to you by suicide leaves a lot of unanswered questions for sure. I lost a guy I was dating to suicide, and tried everything before it happened to stop it. It was all because of financial issues, etc. and I did try to talk him out of considering suicide and thought everything was OK. But when I found out he actually did kill himself I was in Shock, and disbelief as well. I even questioned it for a long time, but have moved on from this for sure, as it was many yrs. ago as well. Then there is the questions and nagging thoughts in my mind knowing my Mom tried to kill herself only 4 months before she actually died, if she did not somehow succeed in killing herself. I lived over 13 hrs. from where my Mom did when she died but knowing that my sister who lived in the same town never went to see her before she died continues to be a mystery as well. My mom did have a lot of Health problems in the end, and a lot of severe depression. From someone who has suffered from Depression, and suicidal thinking in the past, I have learned to work thru all of this, but often wonder if there is something more that could be done as well to keep so many out there from considering something like this as their next step as well. ~~TINA~~