[Amelia]

I mean, if your life is unbearable, change your life. We all have the power to do that. If you can't bear being whatever in wherever and are really on the verge of killing yourself, chuck it all and go somewhere else and do something else....Simplistic, I know, but it's not meant to be judgemental and I can't help thinking it when I read about somebody taking their own life.

The closest friend I had who committed suicide, I hadn't seen for a couple of years before he actually did it -- he was a former co-worker, I'd changed jobs, and we only kept in touch sporadically.

I do know that he was on medication, and he'd changed his life radically trying to escape the depression, but apparently it just kept following him. The ironic thing was, if you didn't know him well, you'd think he was the happiest fellow around - always a joke or funny story.

[Lazamataz]

The ironic thing was, if you didn't know him well, you'd think he was the happiest fellow around - always a joke or funny story.

He was the classic Sad Clown.