Reply #82: "Respect" is no as important as compassion.

[Bridget Burke]

There have been some people I have not particularly respected--but I still was sorry when they took themselves out.

Severe depression was the reason most of them died. I've had a few mood swings, but nothing on that level.

Relatives of suicides often feel guilty--they wonder what they could have done. So they call the ones who died "weak & selfish."