Death is a struggle to overcome

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Re: โ€œFive stages of griefโ€, March 17

I just wanted to say thanks for publishing the article โ€œThe five stages of grief.โ€ A friend of mine committed suicide last year in April, and after that I could not function.

I didnโ€™t write my exams in April โ€˜08, 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 couldnโ€™t eat anything.

I pushed everybody away and felt like I had absolutely no support system. This Janurary, Iโ€™ve 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.

Itโ€™s been almost a year and itโ€™s not really any better. Some days it is, but then other days I feel like Iโ€™m right back at square one.

Heโ€™s 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 couldnโ€™t reach out to any of us for help.

โ€“Anonymous


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