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by primitivesuave 4507 days ago
My best friend from childhood threw himself in front of a train almost exactly 1 year ago (Feb 18th). He had just got his college degree, had an amazing family and all the support in the world.

When he took his own life, I had an initial period of unanswerable questions and great sorrow, followed by deep resentment. He had so many people he could have reached out to and so many people reaching out to him, and he just decided to take an easier way out. It was selfish to leave his family hanging like that with so many questions, and the worst part is how difficult it was for them to move on.