Posted by JohnL on September 28, 1999, at 18:21:14
A girl participant at another depression forum just committed suicide. I was stunned. It's hard to read someone's post, and then a few days later realize that person is dead. I was just a forum spectator, not a poster, but it still took me by surprise. Rude awakening. It made me realize that even though many of us are far from being as well as we would like to be, and we deal with all sorts of difficult side effects, we aren't usually in as much pain as that girl was. I've been terrifyingly close to being that ill at times, and I'm sure many of you have too, but I feel fortunate to have never crossed that line. Once again, if friends and family could have understood the nature of the beast a little better, maybe things would be different. May she rest in peace.
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