So randomly today, I found myself the unwilling participant in conversation with a person who told me that he hurled himself off the top of a five-storey building in an attempt to end his life.
There was a moment of silence, in which he expected me to react, but to chase away the silence that met him, he topped off his story:
"That was the first time I tried to kill myself"
Not wanting to get into a touchy-feely conversation with the how or why behind this person's mental illness,I decided to try and end the conversation as politely as possible:
"It's true what they say - you never forget your first time."
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