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empty solution...and before you think i'm being snark...read first.
Having experienced friends who have thought of suicide and known folk who carried it out, it seems no amount of help or overdoes of love seems to stop the person who's mind is made up.
Oftentimes, those that are helped by friends, family and other suicide prevention agencies...are those who haven't reached the point of no return yet. They are reaching out in hopes that somebody will here them.
For those who don't realize it, THIS kind of stuff is the reason why you can't say OKP is JUST a message board or expect people not to be adversely affected by words, even in type. If the swigga/truth thang hasn't proved it to you, maybe this will. No, I'm not implying that what somebody said to 3rd I caused her to take her life. But what I am saying is that, her lost has indeed affected many people in a real way. Some were very close, some were not, some only enjoyed her postings here......however it be....many are hurting.
I can only pray that no more of us hurt so much that the only way we see out of the pain is to be out of our lives.