Suicide: You Don't Have to Die to Live

Suicide is something no one wants to talk about. The act conjures up everything that we fear. It requires that we look at our mortality.

Because we confuse happiness with contentment, we aim for something unobtainable by their very nature. When we view life through the eyes of the mentally ill, it adds the unique complication of their inability to achieve either.

Her own attempted suicide has afforded the author an intimate view of the thoughts and emotions surrounding this short-sighted act....