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Why I React So Strongly to the Phrase 'Committed Suicide'

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Why do the words “committed suicide” in a news story stir such deep feelings for me and maybe for others who have lived through this loss?

When my son died by suicide, I was totally unprepared for the reactions from those around me. “I thought you were such a good family,” one neighbor said. “You couldn’t save your own son,” a message written to our family in a sympathy card. “How could he do this to you?” My 97-year-old stepmother made the comment that most surprised and most supported me. “Something had become unbearable for Andrew and we can understand that for him, can’t we?” she said.

In one sentence, she said everything that I needed to hear, capturing my exact feelings. Until her comment, I had been struggling to find words that

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