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phylny

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21. Many years ago as a student speech-language pathologist I was given orders to evaluate a man who
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 10:00 PM
Mar 2021

had failed in his suicide attempt. He was the father of two young children.

I will never forget him: Young, maybe in his 20s, with red hair and an entrance wound on the his right temple, exit wound on his left. The gunshot wounds were still horribly black and raw. He was on the bed playing with his genitals when I arrived to see him. He spoke nothing but nonsense and had no idea what he was doing. He would never be the same man, husband, or father.

Yes, I hate guns.

Numbers 1,3 and 5. tosh Mar 2021 #1
K&R smirkymonkey Mar 2021 #2
Need an option dweller Mar 2021 #3
Happened decades ago Auggie Mar 2021 #4
Also suggesting an option for one or more. yewberry Mar 2021 #5
+1 CountAllVotes Mar 2021 #7
No options for several CountAllVotes Mar 2021 #6
Yes, AndyS Mar 2021 #8
Many years ago as a student speech-language pathologist I was given orders to evaluate a man who phylny Mar 2021 #21
5 in the last three generations of my family. MerryBlooms Mar 2021 #9
I voted suicide but can only vote once. Also know 2 domestic violence killings. riversedge Mar 2021 #10
My first high school crush some years later at the hands of an estranged boyfriend. LanternWaste Mar 2021 #11
Not personally, but second hand. Tracer Mar 2021 #12
1 - 5. NT jaysunb Mar 2021 #13
3 suicides and 1 Accident TexasBushwhacker Mar 2021 #14
Just remembered two suicides in the family Auggie Mar 2021 #15
I needed two options dawg day Mar 2021 #16
Several. haele Mar 2021 #17
An aunt of mine committed suicide with a gun. ShazzieB Mar 2021 #18
My friend's sister was shot and killed by an angry next door neighbor LeftInTX Mar 2021 #19
Suicide,domestic,crime and accident xmas74 Mar 2021 #20
One suicide, two murders hatrack Mar 2021 #22
Three cases susanr516 Mar 2021 #23
A work friend was shot and killed by his girlfriend. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2021 #24
Multiple suicides, several accidents that could be catrose Mar 2021 #25
My husband's uncle Duppers Mar 2021 #26
Son of a friend XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #27
1977 friend murdered; 2000 brother suicide jxla Mar 2021 #28
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