(SERIOUS) People who were named for negative reasons in suicide letters, what is your story? How did their death impact your life?

my grandma killed herself and then 5 months later my dad did. they were both drug addicts and overdosed. i didnt live with them but i was the only one that cared about my dad. on his birthday when i was 15, i didnt call him. i was hanging out with my friends. that was it for him, he scribbled out a note and took one last shot of heroin. the next day i find out. almost two years and nothing like that has ever made me feel like that again. 3 months later i was in the hospital for attempted suicide. i'm better now and on meds, but i think of that phone call as the worst feeling in the world. i would just like to say that if you see signs of depression, SPEAK UP. a text from you to someone sad can bring light to their day, and going as far to tell a professional that someone is sad shows that you care. i didn't call my dad, and now he's gone. don't make the same mistake i did.

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