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That is what I mean. If someone is determined to do it, they do. People threaten to get the attention and offers of help they haven't otherwise had up until that point.

Some guy threw himself off the apartment block across from my high school while we were all outside for lunch.

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Reminds me of the scene in lethal weapon.

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That airbag , wasn`t quite inflated though was it , looked a bit baggy to me and he didn`t hit the centre where it is most effective .

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A very good friend of mine went missing 2 weeks ago following an argument with his wife. His truck was found parked near the Severn Bridge later the following day. Apparently there is CCTV footage of someone jumping from the bridge.

As said before, sometimes you ain't attention seeking. Just hope it wasn't him that jumped.

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'You wanna jump, well lets do itm lets do it'

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Seen it twice, once a next door neighbour, and once my Uncle. A wife and two young daughters left behind in both cases.

IMO it's people who are of a certain character trait, and have reached a point where they can see no future for themselves. It's definitely an illness.

That doesn't excuse putting some poor train driver into early retirement with post traumatic stress disorder though. If you are going to commit suicide, do it in such a way that there's not much cleaning up to do, doesn't give an innocent bystander nightmares, and doesn't disrupt Joe Public for hours on end.

Think Euthanasia should be completely legal though, even if you are not ill. If my son was all grown up, his kids were growing up, I was a grand old age, already had a good innings, and my wife became terminally ill, I'd want to be allowed to climb into bed with her on the night she died, and have a needle stuck in me so I didn't wake up either. Whatever is on the other side, we'd arrive together, and I think my son would understand that.

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By way of a quick update...

Police recovered a body from the river Severn at Portishead on Saturday afternoon. A formal id has yet to be made but police have confirmed they are no longer looking for my friend.

I am very upset and distressed by this situation and turn of events. I have been in a similar frame of mind as him in the past but was unable to go through with it - call it self-preservation, cowardice or a glimmer of hope - but I can't reconcile myself to the fact that he has gone. Gone and left a 5hitty mess behind. I can only begin to imagine what his wife and kids are going through right now.

RIP Mark Peachey.

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It's not something I would contemplate in desperate times, I guess I can understand why people may do though.

For me, If everything went very tits up I'd rather sell everything I had (if anything) and begin walking to the far east where I would live on a beach on some uninhabited island.

100% agree with that.

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You can understand the temptation! Mind you, not everyone is attention seeking (I mean, he'd taken his rucksack and his hat with him - neither strictly necessary for a jump), so let's be kind and call it a cry for help.

Obviously, in this case, followed by a cry for medical assistance...

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feel for the loss of your friend mate and for the horror his family are going through-if your struggling to come to terms with it don't be slow to pick up the phone and speak to a bereavement councillor, a few shared words and tears can help find some peace.
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