Lives lost, kids struggling with identity and bullying, young people suddenly feeling adrift and abandoned, veterans returning home from duty, older people struggling with health and uncertain of the way ahead. What we now realize is a simple truth: Suicide is not just a personal tragedy, a life cut short, an existential decision that leaves disbelief and devastation behind. It has become far more. Just as those who take their lives have no sense of the impact their decision will have on those who survive them, we can no longer turn away and pretend something is not very wrong.

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Bob Rae
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail
Published Tuesday, Oct. 04, 2011 2:00AM EDT
Last updated Wednesday, Oct. 05, 2011 9:13AM EDT