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		<title>Suicide over a guy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You say you wanna get the knife. He cheats, he lies and he makes u cry. And now you just wanna end your life.. You stay up late at night asking yourself why? You sit at home and you go crazy. Does he still care about me? hm..Maybe. Keep your mind off it don&#8217;t stress. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You say you wanna get the knife.<br />
He cheats, he lies and he makes u cry.<br />
And now you just wanna end your life..<br />
You stay up late at night asking yourself why?</p>
<p>You sit at home and you go crazy.<br />
Does he still care about me? hm..Maybe.<br />
Keep your mind off it don&#8217;t stress.<br />
Please don&#8217;t do suicide over a guy.<br />
These are the feelings ppl warn u not to catch<br />
I know u feel like an angel that just fell from the sky</p>
<p>you feel like your wings are broke like you cant fly.<br />
I can help u fly but u need to help me.<br />
Im begging u dont do suicide over a guy please.</p>
<p>What happen to my friend..I&#8217;ll never know.<br />
She fell in love with the wrong person<br />
But I know she&#8217;ll find someone tho.<br />
I just dont want my friend to be hurting.</p>
<p>She telling me this is her last good-bye<br />
Her happiness comes from pills<br />
Dont leave me, plz dont make me cry.</p>
<p>She wasnt the type to fall in love, never that.<br />
Dancing, drinking, smoking but it wasnt enough.<br />
Partying was her life, drinking was her pride.<br />
She fell in love, he fell out, now she just cant hold up.</p>
<p>Im telling u again dont do suicide over a guy.<br />
Open your eyes plz dont make a huge mistake.<br />
But She doesnt care cause she feel dead inside.</p>
<p>Things in life happen for a reason so we learn from them.<br />
You gotta stand strong people go thru worse<br />
Suicide is a huge sin this is what He will condemn.<br />
You just need God in your life.</p>
<p>You fall in and out of love in life.<br />
Dont let it beat you.<br />
Until you fall in love with the right one.<br />
I hope one day that you choose right.<br />
Please dont let this defeat you.</p>
<p>What you&#8217;re going thru now is normal its life.<br />
its gonna hurt for a while then you&#8217;ll get by.<br />
You&#8217;ll realize soon these tears aint worth to cry.<br />
Till then please dont cry dont do suicide over a guy.</p>
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		<title>I was trying to kill myself</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I grew up knowing that my grandmother committed suicide when my father was just 12 years old. I know it was extremely hard on him and his family not just because they lost a mother but because my father had four younger sisters and his father was self-employed. I was hyperactive as a youth and [...]]]></description>
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          I grew up knowing that my grandmother committed suicide when my<br />
          father was just 12 years old. I know it was extremely hard on him and<br />
          his family not just because they lost a mother but because my father<br />
          had four younger sisters and his father was self-employed.
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<p>
          I was hyperactive as a youth and many people predicted that I would<br />
          never amount to anything. (People were rather surprised when I got my<br />
          third college degree.) People predicted that I would never make it to<br />
          adulthood because I was so wild and accident prone. I suffered from a<br />
          great deal of rejection due to my personality and hyperactivity. I<br />
          got in trouble in school a lot.
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<p>
          As I grew up, I battled with depression and feelings of worthlessness<br />
          and sadness but I made a promise to God and myself when I was about<br />
          15 that I would never commit suicide because I didn&#8217;t want to do that<br />
          to my father, because he had already been through that with his<br />
          mother, and also because I came to the conclusion that desires to<br />
          kill yourself almost always pass. I didn&#8217;t want to do that foolishly<br />
          to myself so in the times when I wasn&#8217;t suicidal, I reflected on<br />
          those mistaken beliefs when I was suicidal, that things would never<br />
          get better. They always did. I decided that I would be an optimist<br />
          intellectually, and no matter how bad I felt or how hopeless I felt,<br />
          that I would not let my feelings dictate my life but rather my<br />
          intellect. I promised myself I would always just keep on truckin&#8217; and<br />
          wait to let things get better.
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<p>
          I was eventually diagnosed as being bi-polar. My usual mental state<br />
          was one of hypo-mania or mania with infrequent bouts of severe,<br />
          suicidal depression.
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<p>
          Eventually, my cousin on my father&#8217;s side also committed suicide and<br />
          then one of my very closest friends that I had grown up with<br />
          committed suicide when I was about 29.
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<p>
          I have had about 5 serious bouts of depression in my life lasting<br />
          anywhere from 6 months to a year each where thoughts of suicide were<br />
          my most constant thoughts and desire. It was the thing I thought<br />
          about 95% of the time during these periods of depression&#8230;..just<br />
          wishing I were dead. When I was in these suicidal times all I wanted<br />
          to do was die but because of my promise to God and myself that I<br />
          wouldn&#8217;t commit suicide, I have never even attempted it.
        </p>
<p>
          Now, I am 47 years old, again having tough times but am not now<br />
          suicidal. Just a few months ago I ended another 6 month bout of<br />
          suicidal depression but I again came out of it.
        </p>
<p>
          I just am thankful that I gave a lot of thought when I wasn&#8217;t<br />
          suicidal about what to do when I was suicidal. In other words, I<br />
          decided, when I was not suicidal, that when I was suicidal, I would<br />
          not kill myself. It was my thoughts and decisions made when I was not<br />
          depressed that I reflected on when I was suicidal.
        </p>
<p>
          I think that while there might have been bad things going on in my<br />
          life when I was suicidal, that the ideation of killing myself was<br />
          caused by problems with my brain chemistry and that the thoughts that<br />
          I would be better off dead were caused by chemical imbalances; that<br />
          they were not the result of rational thinking. I tried to always<br />
          remember that the past bouts of suicide eventually ended.
        </p>
<p>
          I would tell anyone who is suicidal to first of all, have a cup of<br />
          coffee. It&#8217;s a stimulant and can raise the spirits. I know it sounds<br />
          simple but it helps many people get through the day and suicide<br />
          prevention can be a moment by moment process sometimes.
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<p>
          I know it might sound trite but I would always tell them there<br />
          shouldn&#8217;t be any rush to kill yourself, you can always do it later. I<br />
          would also tell them that emotions are often big lies. Don&#8217;t listen<br />
          to your emotions, listen to what you told yourself when you weren&#8217;t<br />
          suicidal. Your intellect should tell you that you have to remain<br />
          alive for things to get better.
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<p>
          I would also tell someone that even though things might look bleak<br />
          now and that they don&#8217;t look like they&#8217;re gonna get any better, that<br />
          they should be patient to give themselves time for things to get<br />
          better. I would also tell anyone suicidal that many people who are<br />
          suicidal are suffering from chemical problems in the brain and that<br />
          there are many, many good medications out there to help them and lots<br />
          of people to help them. Many people believe that they can&#8217;t afford<br />
          medications (at one time my meds were $1200 a month which insurance<br />
          didn&#8217;t cover), so, I would inform them that Walmart has three<br />
          anti-depressants that cost $4 per month. That&#8217;s right, my Prozac is<br />
          $4 for a one month supply. Most anti-depressants are 300-500 dollars<br />
          a month. Anyone who is suicidal should make it their #1 job to find<br />
          help.
        </p>
<p>
          I would tell anyone that they are not alone. That life is often hard<br />
          for many people but that no matter what is going on, to continue to<br />
          live is to have an opportunity to get better.
        </p>
<p>
          Finally, I would ask them if in the past they had ever felt like life<br />
          was not worth living only to eventually feel better and realize that<br />
          they benefited by continuing to fight to live. I would tell them this<br />
          is just another one of those times when their thoughts are wrong<br />
          about things being hopeless and that they just need to be patient<br />
          even though things seem hopeless.
        </p>
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