Happy World Suicide Prevention Day. I've learned it's best not to assume why someone took their own life, because chances are I'll be wrong. In the case of Chr

Happy World Suicide Prevention Day. I've learned it's best not to assume why someone took their own life, because chances are I'll be wrong. In the case of Chris Cornell, if I hadn't assumed I wouldn't have even had to know, but it helped for me to search and find out that he had a very severe physical pain problem that was treated, understandably, with prescription drugs that carried risks. It doesn't seem his mental strength was much of a factor in his death by suicide. Now I can enjoy his music more. While I haven't got to the bottom of some other suicidal behavior that I've been affected by, I've started to see it as extreme pain and lack of sufficient means to deal with the pain. Every situation is tragic, and most who survive a suicide attempt are glad they survived, and 9 out of 10 will not die by suicide at a later date. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/means-matter/survival/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/means-matter/survi... Suicide prevention is about providing help, not interfering with someone's wishes. When someone makes it through to the next day, that's another opportunity for them and others to build up resources to deal with whatever it is they're struggling with. Please be careful talking about suicide. The phrase "died by suicide" doesn't bring assumptions into it like some other phrases do. Finally, here's a good article about it that addresses both grief and what it's like to be suicidal: https://tim.blog/2015/05/06/how-to-commit-suicide/ https://tim.blog/2015/05/06/how-to-commit-suicide/