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Subject: Re: suicidal tendencies
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Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 20:21:40 EST
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> I normally don't read this group, so excuse me if this has been brought
> up before.
> 
> I just found out that a friend of mine committed suicide last July.  I
> suspect taht I should have kept better contact with him, but
> occasionally I get caught up in big hacking projects or whatever, so
> it's sometimes several months before I try to re-establish contact.
> 
> Losing a friend like this is like losing a big bundle in investments.
> You invest your quality time and build better friendships out of them.
> I'd like to not lose an investment like that again, so I'm asking:
> 
> Are there any signs that I should watch out for?  How can I tell if
> someone I know is having suicidal tendencies?  Suppose s/he does have
> these signs, how do I help stabilize them?
> -- 
> 
> Ken Turkowski @ CADLINC, Menlo Park, CA
> UUCP: {amd,decwrl,nsc,seismo,spar}!turtlevax!ken
> ARPA: turtlevax!ken@DECWRL.ARPA

Please respect my privacy and do not attempt to trace the origin of this entry.

     I was, at one point in my life, extremely suicidal.  NOTHING my friends
could have said or done would have stopped me (I won't here go into what did).
If your friend was anything like me, you couldn't have done a damned thing.  So
don't kick yourself.