Suicide victims
My brother committed suicide in 1975 at the age of 21. He had been molested by John Geoghan in Hingham, Massachusetts several years earlier. I'm interested in talking with family members and friends...
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Jesse -- I received your email, but couldn't respond since your email address was blocked out by the emailer system.
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I have been having a very rough time this past week. I was taken to the hospital for what may have been a mild heart attack. If it was not then it was one of the worst anxiety attacks I have had. I...
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to camp58 and all others. i felt like a burden to my family and children. yet death IS NOT THE ANSWER. i tried sucide.i almost died. today i have MANY HEALTH PROBLEMS DUE DIRECTLY TO THE SUCIDE...
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This may not be the appropriate strand for this discussion, but there is another strand started under another topic to memorialize suicide victims.So, since we're here, then I guess it is...
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Thanks to all of you for your support and word of wisdom. I just got some of my test results back today, I have been on medication for underactive thyroid. That needed to be increased and I am now...
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Good for you!What you are doing is reclaiming your life. Affirming your life. Taking charge.I went to my therapist today and told him how despite all my progress, I still have times when I find myself...
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Sugar thanks for the words of encourement. I am really wanting to focus on myself in a positive way. We all need to be good to ourselves. Yesterday is gone, We only have today, a minute at a time is...
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the black pit of despair is a place that seems to come out of nowhere and sucks me in. i dont feel like i have control over it.... how do others keep from getting into the pit? i would love to know...
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Dear Star1,Your post hit home with me. It comes out of nowhere and sucks me in too - sometimes. Less often now than before.I remember the very first time I SAW it coming and I was able to command...
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thanks sugar for your post. i will ponder your thoughts.i get worried that the pit will swallow me up and i wont be able to get out. peace, star1
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Dear Star1,Somehow I don't think you need to worry about getting swallowed up and not being able to get out. Because if you remember, the pit is where you've BEEN already. You've ALREADY climbed out...
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to sugar, do you know my therapist? lol lol She says "it is not real, it only feels that way........... gee, you must be smart. to me the flashbacks "feel" like i am back there. i had some emdr not...
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Star1 - It was good of your therapist to consult with me, wasn't it? LOL You say you had some EMDR. The way my therapist approaches it is like this. As long as your're not "cleaned out" you gotta keep...
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I would like to add my brother's name to this sad list, although his death wasn't a suicide in the traditional sense. He died last year at age 46 after many years of severe alcoholism -- alcoholism...
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How very sad to read of so many suicide victims. We, as survivor/victims, must be their voices. This is the best legacy we can leave and the best way to turn our own pain into something positive. My...
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I'm sorry to hear of your brother's painful life and death. The shame and blame of the enigma of suicide AND alcoholism -- are self-perpetuating. Those of us whose loved ones have suffered and died as...
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Dear Telescop, I am so sorry for you and your family. Sometimes we all see people who are alcoholic and self destructive walking around and wonder how they have come to such despair. One thing that...
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I was suicidal in 1992. I was thinking I was the cause of all the problems in my life (my 2 children were obviously emotionally disturbed and I thought I had caused it...I didn't know they were being...
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