It is with utmost regret that I must inform you that resident ILFer Twangasaurus took his life a couple of nights ago.
I'd been in contact with him a bit as I'm moving to Perth soon and was about to go to university with him but got a pretty worrying message and had to contact some friends of his, hence finding out.
There's no real need for further information here out of respect for his privacy and that of his family but he was a great member of our community so you all deserve to know, I care and I know that others will as well so I won't let him get away that easy. He was an incredibly nice and intelligent dude and I enjoyed sharing music with him and talking about anime and other nonsense. Rest in peace, buddy.
There are many things that can push people towards suicide and it's not always easy or possible for people to pick up on these things online in particular, but internet friends are friends all the same, we're here because we can talk to people with similar interests about the things we love and you should all know that many if not all of us would be more than willing to listen to your problems however big or small and offer whatever help we could without a hint of prejudice. Drop me a PM, drop kbit a PM, anyone else, whoever you think might relate to your experiences, whoever's pedalboard makes you moist, it doesn't matter, we're all chill, even the dudes who argue about pop punk and sandwiches. Please just don't bottle up those bad feelings until they become an exploding mason jar of sorrow.
Some resources you should take a look at and recommend to anyone who might be in need of assistance:
Befrienders (helps find suicide prevention services in whatever country you're in) - http://www.befrienders.org/
US National Suicide Prevention Hotline - http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
beyondblue (Australia, but lots of useful information regardless) - https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
If anyone has any other resources or thoughts or advice by all means please share. Thank you, and please keep being an awesome and supportive community 4eva.
