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Message from: Mairead, 24 Jan 05

Subject: Suicide

My uncle Eammon commited suicide last year, and my other cousin Ben commited suicide on Christmas Eve. I feel so lost without them, and I really don't know how to cope. Being with Ben always made me smile, and I never thought he was so unhappy. Why is life so unfair?

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My mum died a week and a half ago. My mum and dad have been divorced since i was 7 (now i'm 16) and me and my older brother live with my dad. My mum suffered from a mental illness for a lot of her life which made her depressed. She commited suicde too, i suppose she couldn't cope any more and just had to go. Even though she also seemed quite content on the outside and seemed to finally be rebuilding her life and enjoying it, sometimes what's on the inside can be very different. Some wise words my mum left me in a letter were that "time will heal the wound of my passing, but i will always be with you wherever you go."

Subject:Suicide again

To Mairead & Alison,
Having just sent a post about feeling low after a death & wanting to escape from the world, I read your posts & it made me think - suicide has such a huge effect on so many people - although some days I wish I could escape from the pain I'm feeling, if I was to commit suicide, my family & friends would all feel this pain too.

I'm so sorry for your loses - I hope you have good friends to talk to, & keep posting on here I will try & reply to you both if I can. Yahoo have some good message boards too.

Take care both of you,
Han xxx