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Tiggeroshii

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12. Pretty sure suicide can be a response to the incessant and overwhelming numbness

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Fri May 19, 2017, 01:26 PM

May 2017

and loss of feeling, emotion and sense of belonging that comes from years of depression. Even therapy can have difficulty resolving it because so many people who contemplate suicide will never admit it, keeping many issues from truly being addressed.

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Wife of Soundgarden's Cornell calls suicide 'inexplicable' [View all] Initech May 2017 OP

I don't believe it was Ativan that killed Prince. cwydro May 2017 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Initech May 2017 #4

How are they not regulated? Nt hardluck May 2017 #8

Prince od'd on fentanly, an opiate. Dr Hobbitstein May 2017 #2

Fixed it. Initech May 2017 #3

The media also needs to be accountable as well MagickMuffin May 2017 #5

It is very difficult to causally link these drugs with suicide, but I just hope that if the belief hlthe2b May 2017 #6

He shouldn't have had a script for benzos janterry May 2017 #7

Sure the drugs are dangerous. hunter May 2017 #9

That's what I was trying to say. Initech May 2017 #14

I take Ativan, but I restrict it to 2 a day mvd May 2017 #10

"These drugs are dangerous." NCTraveler May 2017 #11

Yeah sometimes the cure is as bad as the disease it treats. Initech May 2017 #13

And sometimes it's a lifesaver. NCTraveler May 2017 #15

Pretty sure suicide can be a response to the incessant and overwhelming numbness Tiggeroshii May 2017 #12

Fact is, no one knows. Pain makes you want answers but no one knows. nolabear May 2017 #16

Not familiar with Ativan Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2017 #17