A woman was found naked in a lake with signs of drowning and a suicide note? Is it suicide? your opinion?
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My guess:  This is most likely a case of homicide. Signs of drowning does not prove anything. The important clues is:\nThe subject was naked. Generally women always dress up before comitting suicide, to protect their modesty.
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I'd always thought it was a Scandinavian man who'd lost his daughter to drowning, but apparently not. There's a really good discussion of this on the following website:\n\nhttp://www.snopes.com/medical/emergent/cprannie.asp
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I don't know... Was she depressed?
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Well...it is good that the person has stopped complaining. I don't know what the situation is, but people should never thank that there is no hope because that is not true. The only time there is no hope is if we dwell on the problem and don't do anything to resolve the problem. \n\nThere is always hope. Your support is always helpful. Let her know that you care and are concerned for her. \n\nI would also suggest that she go get some counseling because often times, when people lose hope, they start to think about suicide. \n\nKeep in mind, you can tell her anything you can think of to tell her, but it is strictly up to her to break that spell that is binding her. \n\nBe positive. Don't offer pity because she will just thrive on that and it makes the problem worse. Be empathetic though. Let her know you understand the problem and you understand how she feels, but she just has to get up and get moving and stop feeling so sorry for herself and I would also recommend recommending counseling to her.
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I'm sure that we've all known someone or heard of someone who has threatened to commit suicide. Regarding to what one of the other answers was about, people do have the notion that those who threaten to commit suicide is just a way to get attention. Guess what? Essentially, that is correct. The nature of depression is that someone feels isolated and needs some kind of support in some way. If they didn't, then I don't think they would be depressed. \n\nFor some people who are depressed, it is hard to let others know that they really do need support. It's as if they must validate their condition in some way. For illnesses with a physical basis, such as leukemia, the condition could be validated via white blood cell count. It's harder for mental conditions, being as yet, there is nothing that can easily assess the degree to which one is depressed, except for testimonies. This, to me, seems to be the reason people think suicide and suicide threats are egotistical things to do. "If they say they want to kill themselves, tell them to go ahead!" I've heard that more than a few times. Suicide/suicide attempts seems to be the ultimate validation of whether or not someone is truly depressed.\n\nThe one thing that really gets me about depression is that someone who is depressed can't be optimistic about their future despite their illness - why? Cause depression is defined by the exact pessimistic ideology that those who are ill are trying to stray away from. We've all heard of people who have cancer yet still possess an optimistic view about beating their disease and the oncoming future. Obviously, the same cannot be said for depression. There is no one saying, "I admire her continual optimism despite having to fight depression." Because of this, depression is somehow seen as less authentic compared to other illnesses like cancer. I'm not saying that being depressed is worse than having cancer. I'm merely stating the catch-22 involving mood disorders.\n\nMental health needs to receive the same attention that physical health does. Insurance policies need to include treatment for mental illnesses so that mental health is at the same level as "regular" health. The public needs to be educated about the truths and myths concerning those with mental illness. With this education, the stigma involving mental illness can be quelled, and methods for prevention can be executed from early ages of children. If these things occur, it would possible for people suffering to get the help they need at an early stage and for mental illnesses to not result in extremities such as suicide.
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When a person you are close to commits suicide it is hard to forget. It has happened to me. Not a soul mate but a friend. \nYou always think that you could have done something to help.... This is a tough one to answer. It is not easy to lose your "soul mate". To lose her/him because they take their own life is even harder. It takes time to get over it. If something like this happened to me, I would be more concerned about the person who did this.\nI believe that we don't really have the right to terminate our existence. I would pray for him/her as much as possible and also pray for myself to have the strength to carry this heavy emotional load.
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I think she got drunk, someone drugged her and now she's dead.\nI think Joran might have killed her (but not necessary intentionally).\nI don't think she's involved in trafficking; I think she's probably dead.\nI think Joran's parents are definitely hiding something.
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I saw it too and I think they should find an oven or a big enough microwave and do the same thing to her. Mothers who drown their children should be drowned too. I am not the judge but in my opinion that is what I think ought to be done.
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From one who has attempted suicide twice--your revelation is wacko.  We can't know something God doesn't want us to know.  God is omnipotent (all powerful).  You can't out think God.  And by the way most weird revelations, if they don't match up with the word of God are straight from Satan himself.  People commit suicide because they fell hopeless and helpless and Satan wants them to feel that way.  He wants you dead.
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Well, I hope you don't recommend suicide.\n\nI have attempted to kill myself by drowning, hanging, crashing into something (by car), suffocating, etc.\n\nWhy? Um, hereditary mental illnesses like depression and borderline personality disorder. When I get upset, I think irrationally. I had an abusive mother (who suffers from the same illnesses but denies them), horrible grade school experiences, etc.\n\nI used to inflict harm upon myself. I would still do it but my fiance threatens to leave me if I ever do it again.
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One theory I have read, that I agree with, is that the suicidal thoughts were there before, as a normal part of the symptomology of depression...when a medication is started, energy levels get higher and thoughts get clearer, so a person who was so severely depressed before might actually get the mental clarity and energy to carry out a suicide attempt on their way up to a therapeutic level.  It's not exactly the drug that causes the suicidal thoughts or behaviors.  But the body has to slowly build up a level, and there is for some people a dangerous level between "so depressed I can't move even to kill myself" and "now I feel like I can live a normal life".
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First I'm sorry for your loss and hope that you can recognize your own opinions and thoughts right now might be crowded with some grief.  Fortunately "she" is in the right hands.  The authorities will take care of everything and find what they can and hopefully find nothing.  Think of the good times you knew of her and let those things that are beyond your control go until there are decisions in front of you to make - right now it does not seem as though there are any.
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I have been surrounded by suicide over the past few years.  As MASH (not that the song was created around MASH, but still MASH made it popular) says: "Suicide is Painless", but only for the one doing the act.  Everyone around that person is affected as myself and many people around me have been.  Now that could be "selfish" on my part to be thinking of myself and not the person who was suffering, but that's all I can do when they are no longer here.\n\nIf I was the one on the other side of the fence, I always wonder why I wouldn't be thinking "well if I have nothing to lose, I may as well live life as if I have nothing to lose and just do whatever I want to do."  I have never been able to completely put myself in any of my friend's situations, though.  It is not mine or anyone else's right to judge the person who is so depressed that they feel they are doing themselves and the world right by removing themselves from the situation, but the "selfishness" might come in not thinking about anyone except yourself at the time that you are going to take your life.\n\nIf there is someone saying that it was "selfish" to take your life after you have done it, then there is someone who cared enough for you that you had reason to stay alive.  Think about that before even THINKING of taking your life.
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Should we be worried about you doing something to yourself, or do you have a health condition that might cause your death?\n\nIf you're considering suicide, PLEASE speak to someone.
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I think "What's the point of being alive?" is a very important question that everyone asks (not just "wierd [sic] blood thirsty little girls").  Most people who don't ask it are afraid the answer might be that there isn't one.  A few have gained the personal wisdom to know that there is one but that for them the answer is always being refined.  The main point is not to believe in the infallibility of a "no" answer until you have gained the decades of experience needed to explore a question of this size.\n\nIf you look at her answers to questions she appears to have put a great deal of thought into a lot of things ranging from everyday life to the philosophy of it.  I'm actually not convinced she is a "little girl".  I don't mean to psychoanalyze her; it's not my place and this is certainly not the forum.  I just didn't come to the same conclusion.\n\nI guess my answer to your question is "no".
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I think it was a bit of a mystery, maybe a viral infection...I've been reading the Deleted Sessions (New Awareness Network), and it seems she never really had the best health...this means her inner self did not intend a long life as "Jane Roberts."
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If she commits suicide it is not your fault. It sounds like you have done everything you can to help her. Just be there for her without sacrificing your own mental health.\nDo not exhaust yourself for this woman. She has to help herself. And you don't need to be exposing your child to her. My advice would be to minimize contact, not completely, but enough that it doesn't affect you or your child, and do NOT let this woman control you. Don't let her make you feel guilty for her problems. Your first priority is your kid, and this drama could be messing him/her up psychologically. You do NOT owe your friend anything. But you do owe your child a safe stable home life.\n\nPlease ignore people who are saying she is only looking for attention. I have a bit of experience with suicide as well. And on one hand, she needs support, but on the other hand, it really sounds like you are exhausted. Be supportive of her, but don't get emotionally involved with it. Don't go out on a limb for her, there's no reason to sacrifice your own happiness(it hasn't helped you before has it?) for hers.\nPeople with suicidal tendencies tend to make many attempts before actually committing suicide. So the "if she's so serious why isn't she dead?" argument is *ahem* fatally flawed. Suicide is serious business, and I don't recommend completely abandoning her, that is not what I meant before. But you do have a child to consider in all of this, so minimum, but supportive contact would be the best. \nShe may or may not be "just seeking attention", but either way she is in serious need of mental help, and support from loved ones.\nThe site below has some insights about suicide and how you can more effectively help her and what kinds of things you should avoid saying.  It could be that she is not getting the right kind of support, because people tend to be uncomfortable with suicide and say the wrong things and make it worse. Be informed before you talk to her. Good luck.