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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sluggo the sleazebag" data-source="post: 1364395" data-attributes="member: 14332">Uzumaki...Your concern for your mother is well-placed. My brother commited suicide 15 years ago and it utterly destroyed my parents, especially my mother. She was a gentle, loving person who only thought of others, but she has blamed herself for my brother's death ever since he chose to leave us. What's more, her catholic beliefs place him squarely in the fires of hell and nothing she can do will alleviate the pain of knowing her youngest son burns for an eternity in which she will never see him again. I have watched her slowly disintegrate for fifteen years and, even now, it's still very difficult to forgive my brother for the choice he made...But then, part of acknowledging individuality is respecting a person's autonomy; their freedom to choose whatever course in life that they wish. The downside of that is witnessing the consequences people leave in the wake of those choices. Personally, I believe you should live because that is what you want to do, but if you can't do it for yourself, consider the soul-wrenching guilt your mother will carry to her grave after you depart this world.</blockquote>