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maybe we are ultimately all alone to deal with our struggles. maybe that is as it should be. everyone has their own problems and for all of the pretend support we give one another -- here and in "real life" -- it is fleeting. we spend the moment concerned and genuinely trying to help, but ...

thanks for your reply, but i think you do not understand the point of my posts. i am most certainly NOT expecting life to change or anyone else to change my life, nor am i, hav i ever, or would i ever put the responsibility for my life -- good or bad -- on anyone else. my decision to do this is not ...

i read through others' posts, especially those from people contemplating the same sorts of actions that i know i have to take. where there are replies to those posts, there is something of a consistent "theme" that goes something like this: you can't end this now because things might get b...

i have to say that i am really disappointed and upset that no one associated with this site could be bothered to respond to my inquiry. after i was kicked out of the chatroom, i followed what i understood to be the proper protocol for addressing the matter -- i sent an email requesting an opportunit...

i was in the chatroom this morning. i wasn't really talking to anyone, just reading along and once in a very great while, i would chime in with agreement to something someone said. i find that reading along that way settles my mind a little sometimes. another chatter made a comment directed to me de...

isn't it possible that sometimes a person might feel an overwhelming desire to end all of this not because they are depressed, and not because they want to "end the pain," but because it is the best rational choice under the circumstances? in my case, for example, i recognized that the bes...