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Mental Health Support

Tobin S.

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3. It makes me wish I could have done something, but she was just here with no hint of anything wrong.

Reply to hunter (Original post)

Wed May 14, 2014, 06:19 PM

May 2014

I didn't know her beyond the board, but the event seems to have taken her husband by surprise as well. It suggests to me something that a lot of people don't understand about severe mental illness. The depth of the disorder is not always apparent. It may not be apparent at all. These people suffer in silence and terrible loneliness. Nobody knows how bad it really is for them.

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I'm really upset about onestepforward. [View all] hunter May 2014 OP

I understand and can relate to how you feel. TexasTowelie May 2014 #1

Thanks for the PM. hunter May 2014 #2

It makes me wish I could have done something, but she was just here with no hint of anything wrong. Tobin S. May 2014 #3

Is it possible that sometimes this is done on the spur of the moment? No Vested Interest May 2014 #4

I've heard of that, and that may be the case here, but it is unusual. Tobin S. May 2014 #5

It's hard to describe the pain. hunter May 2014 #7

Yes, it really hit me hard, too. polly7 May 2014 #6

Her loss made me sad too get the red out May 2014 #8

It's a reminder of just how close some of us are postatomic May 2014 #9