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Why did my father commit suicide?
Tri-City Psychology
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6-28-2008 9:48 AM
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6-28-2008
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this is such a sad thing to happen, I'M sorry for your loss.
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He ticked all the boxes for a likely suicide. I only know this because he pulled his Jeep into a field near the home he shared with my mother last August and shot himself. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article4225493.ece">Men aged 45 and over are more than twice as likely to commit suicide as women in the same age range. 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