Suicide Personal Life Changing Narrative Essay Assignment

             Suicide is a deep and complicating loss. It leaves a profound and everlasting effect on everyone it touches. The mere word "suicide" conjures up a sorrowful and tragic image coupled with pity and disbelief at such an outrageous, selfish and extreme act. When someone you care about commits suicide, the burden of guilt and pain are overwhelming. The aftermath of a suicide is complex and almost seems to consume you. The tragedy of loss is only magnified.
             I was present when one of my dearest friends, Kenny, chose to end his life. He was only nineteen years old. When Kenny died, my life, my world, was instantly turned upside down. Everything became immediately foreign and I was changed as a person. In a second, I lost all control over my normalcy.
             I went to school with Kenny's brother and roommate, James. We were all very close and spent most of our spare time in each other's company. They had a house, just down the street from their parents', in the mountains, about a half-hour from town. When I wasn't at work or school, I was there. I would frequently spend the weekend there sometimes just hanging out with the boys, doing a whole lot of absolutely nothing.
             We were really into punk shows, and, in fact, that's how I met Kenny. Right after they had first moved in the house, they had a show (a great party centered on live bands) to "break in the place". I hung out with James at school most of the time and whenever he stayed in town, but had only been to his parents' a handful of times (usually to get him and go back to town). They really lived in the sticks! I knew James' younger brother, Mike, but, until that night, I didn't know Kenny, his older brother.
             The show was fabulous, tons of people, several awesome bands, a huge mosh (love to watch, but am not big on getting thrashed around and bruised in that mess), people everywhere. I had lost James and the rest of our friends to the mosh and beer runs and was walk...

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