Sorry about your friend; if he truly was the man you make him out to be, then the world is lesser for his loss. It's easy to judge someone for committing suicide when you're standing on the outside but bad things happen to good people, no matter where they are, and sometimes the damage just doesn't heal. [quote]Seriously? Posting someone's suicide on Bungie's forums? WTF? I have Bipolar Disorder and this sends a very negative message. I wonder if anyone here understands why? **If Bungie truly cares about Suicide they will remove this thread. This could have a very negative affect on someone who is on the verge of suicide. This should have been removed as fast as it was put up. Take it down before someone else has their story posted in these forums. This is a Trigger, for real.[/quote] ~Manicmethod I was going to post this as a response directly to Manicmethod, but I figure it's something that a lot of people probably need to hear so I'm just going to post it in this comment instead. Pretending that bad things don't happen doesn't stop them from happening. Avoiding discussing bad things that happen just for the sake of sparing someone's feelings, if anything, only ensures that bad things will continue to happen. Increasing awareness can stop those things from happening, however, so long as the people who are aware choose to act. If Bungie truly cares about suicides, they'll keep this thread. I wonder if anyone here understands why? Spoiler alert: sad story ahead. >. > [spoiler]One of the strongest men I've ever known is buried out in Arlington Cemetery. He was active military, Infantry, my squad leader, but it wasn't a bullet or a bomb that killed him. His life hit a rough patch and he started rolling downhill, but he never showed it. He never told anyone in our unit, and he never let his problems get in the way of his duties; he bore his burdens and "soldiered on". That's why I never said anything, even though I could see the signs when no-one else seemed to. Then again, maybe they just chose not to say anything as well. The increased drinking, the occasional slip ups where he let his frustrations show. I watched him crumbling, but I never said anything because I knew he was strong enough to pull through and I respected him enough to allow him his privacy. After all, everyone hits a rough patch in life, and he was one of the strongest people I'd ever met. He was coping, and while I didn't like the fact that he was drinking, I knew that a lot of soldiers took up drinking as a coping mechanism. Heck, when I got to my unit, the advice I got from multiple people was "start drinking". I am a man of many regrets; I've got my fair share of ghosts that I carry with me. One of those ghosts is the memory of watching one of the strongest men I've ever known being buried because he took up drinking to help cope with his depression and one night he got drunk and went for a drive. He died because he made a bad choice, I'll admit that, but that is a choice he might not have made if I'd chosen to speak up.[/spoiler]