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When suicide notes contain unbearable truths for survivors

I found my dad's suicide note three years ago but I've never told anyone in my family what it actually said because it would destroy them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Carrying the final words of the dead creates an impossible burden between protection and honesty.

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