Comment preview: My deepest condolences to your entire family. I've been a lurker on Reddit for a while now, but felt compelled to create an account to respond to your question. I am a survivor of suicide (that's the common term used for people who lose a loved one to suic ....

Comment preview: I made this comment as a reply to someone else here, but since everyone is making the same "They're gonna kill themselves anyway" argument, I'm posting it at top level. This (the idea that if you stop someone they'll just do it again) is a widely stated, b ....

Comment preview: Suicide is a complicated kind of loss, and while each grieving process is unique, suicide can present some particularly challenging bereavement issues. No one can answer why your friend and soldier committed suicide, nor would we dare to try. Some things i ....

Comment preview: I am so very sorry about your mom and pets. I am a veterinarian, and a pet owner, but also a suicide survivor. My dad was schizoid/bipolar. He took his life 6 years ago. While it was the worst thing that ever happened to me, I was still so proud of my d ....

Comment preview: My sister committed suicide this year. People tend to wonder how someone could take their own life. Immediately after my sister's death I was having all kinds of emotions about how it all went down and how all the signs were so clear after she had done it. ....

Comment preview: While OP says he's not planning anything, nobody can be sure of the common Reddit browser. Here's some useful stuff if you're thinking about stuff. ["Contemplating Suicide: No Way to Understand Unless You've Been There"](http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog ....

Comment preview: So I signed into my anonymous account to comment.. I agree with you. And I am not arguing that the bullshit these kids are discussing is appropriate. I just want to say that as a survivor of suicide, It WAS the defining moment when I was basically emotiona ....

Comment preview: My brother killed himself a little over a year ago a few days after a girl had broken up with him. I can tell you from a family perspective that you were NOT the cause and they know that. Her family and friends are reeling right now and unfortunately it is ....

Comment preview: Our 18 year old son went to a friends house to play video games with a few friends. We went to bed and were disturbed by the dogs barking in response to a knock at the door. My husband went to the door and came back to the bedroom and told me I needed to ....

Comment preview: As someone who has suffered from depression and as a survivor of a suicide attempt, the biggest help when I was recovering was simple kindness and empathy. The amount of friends and family who, when they found out, said, Oh God, I ve had those days, I ve ....

Comment preview: It's also plausible that the dog had a meaningful fear / protective response related to the gun. In some southwest states, basic puppy training includes "snake proofing", where a dog is trained to freak out and run away if it sees a snake. It's such an emo ....

Comment preview: Seriously. My sister's husband started off like this, and then kept upping it and and upping it. She didn't get to see her family, didn't get to choose what kind of peanut butter to buy, and didn't get to decide what their baby would wear or eat. She had t ....

Comment preview: I can't believe that Bowling For Columbine has been out for a decade now and the main message is still not that high in the conversation: Guns are not the problem. Access to guns is not the problem. The romantic, dangerous, obsessive *culture* of guns is ....

Comment preview: My father committed suicide when i was 11. I have abandonment issues, relationship issues, commitment issues, trust issues. I can't seem to trust the men I date because it seems subconsciously I ASSUME they are going to leave me eventually, so he is probab ....

Comment preview: >The sad lesson of life is that you treat a girl with respect, and the next guy comes along and he's banging the hell out of her. Another lesson of life is that respecting a woman and banging the hell out of her are not mutually exclusive. Its 'nice guy ....