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I lost my first friend to suicide when I was 12.

Fucking 12. Not even a teenager.

Give your daughter extra understanding, V-man. Losing a friend to the devil within just rips your fucking heart out of your chest, stomps on it with golf cleats while you watch, then kicks you in the ass and tells you to clean up the fucking mess.

I am so very sorry to hear that. There is nothing sadder than a suicide, especially in one so young. And, there usually is a lot of underlying issues. We managed to save one a while back...like a wild animal was he.

so sorry...tough to imagine life being that bad at such a young age...i'll be thinking about your daughter, man...she's got to be hurting...

... just back from bootcamp?... most people leave that changed for the better.. not suicidal... what a shame and a waste...

How said to hear something tragic like that. How low he must have felt to believe that suicide was his only option. It's something that is never understood...that amount of pain. I'll keep his family, as well as your daughter in my thoughts and prayers.

There were a lot less teen suicides before the age of electronic media. A lot less.

The saddest part is that, statistically, a few more in their circle tend to go along with them. A cluster. Suicide is the single most selfish act a person can commit.

Unfortunately, I've been there on more than one occasion.

How is she doing?

"Suicide is the single most selfish act a person can commit."

Slow down there, cowboy...and judge not. Been there, am a survivor and it's just not that simple.

V-Man --

Send your daughter a big hug from me. I have also stood in her shoes.

I lost a dear friend to suicide the year after we graduated from high school... and he had been president of our senior class. I remember being mad as hell at God for a while. Confused about why my friend had done it. Upset that I hadn't been a good enough friend to him. Angry at his parents, who knew he'd tried it in the past, and still kept a loaded weapon in the house.

But I was angriest by far at God, who LET THIS HAPPEN.

Fortunately, another good friend of mine gave me a copy of "When Bad Things Happen to Good People." When your daughter is ready, it might really help.

Again, big hugs to the #1 Veloci-daughter.

Leslie

I lost my mother to suicide 43 years ago, and it still hurts like it was yesterday.

My deepest sympathy to your daughter, V-man.

There are no words.

Yes I think suicide is the most selfish act. I think most people have suicidal ideas at some point in their life but contemplating that act is selfish. Why? Because I think if you believe you are made in the image of God, than you have been given life to live and not to die. Death wish is the opposite of life gift and therefore any act that destroys life is based on selfish motivation which includes euthanasia. Labelling something as selfish also makes it unacceptable behaviour then one that is glorified.