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Suicide can take many forms
other than physically killing oneself

There is professional suicide,
where one, consciously or unconsciously
(frequently unconsciously) breaks contacts and relationships
which have stood for many years

Where one offends customers for no reason
(or for reasons only imagined )

Where one lets business opportunities deliberately slide away
without caring, without a backward glance
except to say, “Good riddance.  I didn't need the aggravation, anyway”

There is marital suicide
where one allows irritations to build to rage
which leads to saying hurtful things (or worse)
that, previously, would have remained unspoken.

Where one, deliberately or not
lets situations get out of hand,
far beyond the point where logic would say,
“Stop this.  It isn't worth it. This must be coming from somewhere else.”

There is social suicide
Where one lets slide personal relationships to the point
where others take offense and break off contact.
Where one leaves groups that have been
the mainstay and pleasure of one’s past

There are many faces of suicide
other than physically killing oneself