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		<title>Suicide Prevention Awareness &#124; Top 5 Suicide Questions Answered</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jackie Smolyar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>There are many questions we ask ourselves about suicide.  The biggest question for families and loved ones left behind by someone who commits suicide is always, &#8220;WHY?&#8221; Why would they do that? How could I have prevented it?  The only &#8230; <a href="https://www.namiccns.org/suicide-prevention-awareness-top-5-questions-answered-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
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		<title>The Failure of &#8220;A Star is Born&#8221; &#038; Suicide</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jackie Smolyar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 22:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A Star is Born, a new movie remake by Director Bradley Cooper, left me with some concerning thoughts.  The movie is great, but also is one of the biggest failures.  Why does it fail? This movie digs back into the sad &#8230; <a href="https://www.namiccns.org/a-star-is-born-suicide-this-movie-fails-us-all/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
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		<title>Suicide Notes &#124; What Every Person Thinking of Suicide Must Write in Theirs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jackie Smolyar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 19:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dear Suicide, I&#8217;ve come to know a few things about you. You are a liar. I don&#8217;t need ways out of my life. I need life now more than ever. You give me false pretenses and thoughts that &#8220;others don&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="https://www.namiccns.org/a-suicide-letter-what-every-person-thinking-of-suicide-must-write/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
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