re: Third friend to commit suicide in the last month

I agree. Get some professional psychological help (no shame with this situation) and go see a police detective. Something is not right.

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I would start to think that is a pattern. Could drugs or gambling be involved?

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Def seems highly unlikely. The only explanation that I could see is 1 did it and then another couldn’t cope with what happened and did it himself then another couldn’t cope with losing 2 friends and did it.

damn brother....i cannot even fathom it. keep positive no matter how badly you get to feeling - and by all means vent here - inevitably it is the OT and you will be the usual dickheads that come in and talk shite, but at the end of the day were all here man.

I'm so sorry to hear this. I was told by a therapist years ago that the late twenties can be difficult. You know you are a grown up and sometimes filling that role can be difficult, especially when your shite isn't all together. Good luck.

I'm echoing what everyone else is saying - seek out a therapist.

One death, no matter the circumstances, is difficult to process. It could take years, or, never, to fully come to terms with it.

A suicide, doubly so. You missed all of the signs leading up to it. You think there's something you could have said, or done to stop it. A suicide of a friend of loved one should be an automatic trip to the therapist. It's torture to process it alone.

Three suicides? I wouldn't even attempt to go it alone at that point. Don't rely on friends or family to talk through your grief. They probably aren't equipped with proper mechanisms for dealing with it either.

Therapy doesn't make you forget the pain. Therapy doesn't make you forget the person. It just helps you process it in a healthy way.

Suicides, overdoses, and domestic abuse is up 40% during the lock down. But hey if it saves one life

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Just remember, it is an illness caused by a chemical imbalance...

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This is not an absolute fact. This idea just promotes the idea that it's impossible to remove or remedy depression other than taking pills.

It is a condition that should be taken seriously either way.

I can’t fathom this. I also can’t imagine that they were unrelated. I’m not asking you to share circumstances here that you’re not comfortable sharing, but you definitely need to talk to someone.

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I can’t comprehend it right now. Three of my best friends from high school have now committed suicide in the last month. All of us extremely close and part of the same friend group. What the fricking frick. Just had to vent. Idk what the frick to even think rn

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Definitely seek some counseling. I had a lot of friends pass in a short period of time about 8 - 10 years ago now, like an almost baffling number. Many of us were very close group and I didn't really deal with it for way too long but you can get mild forms of PTSD from these kind of events - often manifesting as survivor's guilt.