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I find it most likely that depression can run in families. My friend is on antidepressants, as are both her siblings. Her mother should be but isn't. Something's up.

The other thing is that family patterns replicate themselves just as much as DNA. If those patterns create a suicidal ideation once, it can create it again.

Some of our societal freak-out I think is because we can't deal with death. We can't talk about it, we can't think about it, and gods bless it, we can't face it head-on. I wish we could talk with terminal patients, and those who choose their exit date ought to be accepted. I wish we could talk about pain. I wish my dad could have talked about whatever drove him to suicide (we have no clue why or what happened).