ALL HANDS AT WORK
ON A BOAT,
MOZAMBIQUE
A friend's son (in his twenties) killed himself last week.
It seems to have not yet sunk in fully, that Riri's gone. We've dropped around a couple of times, and we end up chatting. sometimes it's about the family and the boy who's gone, sometimes it's about all the usual gossip.
We've had a few hugs, and everyone is talking. We're all terrifically polite, everyone listens to everyone else. The funeral will be next week. I can see how easily a person can slip from being angry and not communicating clearly, to self-harm, and then going further.
I found a web-site
http://www.be-foundation.org/index.asp
which seems to be addressing young people. Are they more at risk than us older persons ?? Maybe so . . .
another [ statistical ] link is
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/178/3/282
W H A T __ D O__Y O U__T H I N K __?__?__?
1 comment:
honestly anyone could at risk. any one could feel like theres only one way out. its very sad.
-Smiley Riley
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