Posted by Penny on January 20, 2004, at 8:45:47
In reply to I wish you were all there Saturday...., posted by Angielala on January 19, 2004, at 11:13:52
Well, you might have said something that you regret, but perhaps it was what the girl needed to hear. Craziness is subjective, and it makes me angry too when someone says something like that. Just because her aunt committed suicide doesn't make her crazy - and if the girl's view of her aunt's illness is indicative of the family's general view, then the aunt probably didn't have all the support she needed.
Not that anyone can stop the suicide of someone who really wants to take their own life, and not that others are ever really the 'cause' of someone else's suicide - I firmly believe that ultimately suicide is our own decision and we have to take responsibility for that. But it certainly is helpful when other people understand, especially people who are supposedly close to you. But anyway, I guess this is going off on a tangent a bit.
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