Suicide affects thousands of families each year. Last year, many people were shocked to hear about Madison Holleran’s suicide. She was a beautiful, intelligent college freshman, but like many college students, she was having difficulty adjusting. Her suicide took her family by surprise and if you read her suicide note, it appeared to have taken her somewhat by surprise as well.
I’ve read a number of books on suicide and have unfortunately read a number of suicide notes during my career as a psychotherapist.
Reading suicide notes, especially from people who have completed suicides, can help us understand what that person was going through at that time and may be able to help us prevent other suicides.
Many times families and friends have no real ideal of the internal struggles and emotional pain that suicidal people are dealing with.
Madisons’ family recently released her suicide note to the public. If you’d like to read it, it gives a brief but heart wrenching account inside of Madisons’ mental and emotional state.
Family Shares UPenn Student’s Suicide Note – FOX 29 News Philadelphia | WTXF-TV.
