[saraid216]

> (Who would commit suicide in order to get attention? You can't get attention when you're dead.)

As someone who has contemplated suicide, I've had significant moments when I'd (1) recognize that my ideation was a direct reaction to someone else's actions or inactions, (2) remind myself that this was a bad reason to commit, (3) stop myself. It was not "getting attention" so much as a willful desire to punish. It was not sane. But it was also real.

Not saying that this is what Aaron went through, but if you're going to generalize, that's not the right question to ask.