Why did my father commit suicide?


	Why did my father commit suicide?

Tri-City Psychology

6-28-2008 9:48 AM

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6-28-2008 5:37 PM

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this is such a sad thing to happen, I'M sorry for your loss.

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the same age range. To my knowledge, two of my father's friends committed 
suicide in similar circumstances</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"></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">“I don't want to get old! I'll be a useless old git getting in everyone's way”, 
seem like unmissable clues now. I remember my mother saying a few months before 
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