Re: โFive stages of griefโ, March 17
I just wanted to say thanks for publishing the article โThe five stages of grief.โ A friend of mine committed suicide last year in April, and after that I could not function.
I didnโt write my exams in April โ08, and fall semester this year (second year) I failed some courses.
Back in December I was so anxious and stressed about school and exams that I couldnโt eat anything.
I pushed everybody away and felt like I had absolutely no support system. This Janurary, Iโve finally started getting some help.
The anti-depressants help a little bit; I feel some emotion again, sometimes, but for a long, long time I stopped feeling anything.
Itโs been almost a year and itโs not really any better. Some days it is, but then other days I feel like Iโm right back at square one.
Heโs on my mind literally, every second of the day, and I dread the week of the 11th in April. My heart practically stops when I think about it. It will have been one year.
Every day when I wake up I wonder the exact same things. And how in a building of 326 students, a boy my age felt like he couldnโt reach out to any of us for help.
โAnonymous