Let’s be blunt, Ladysmith has been hit by what can only be described as a suicide pandemic. Each and every day, we are assailed with more self-inflicted grief.

From hangings to guns, from Rattex to car fires, the spate of suicides is unprecedented in this town’s history. This is not counting the failed attempts and cover-ups.

I do not know when it became acceptable or even excusable to view suicide as a legitimate option?

What must be going through a person’s mind that the only option they have is to kill themselves? To take the precious gift God gave them and end it?

Now I am not going to talk about religion, but it is universally accepted that almost all religions view suicide in a bad light. So what am I trying to say?

No matter how bad it is, talk to someone.

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