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Published: Nov. 22, 2021, 6 a.m.

I have a request to make \u2013 and I fully realize how difficult it might be for some of you to consider this. So my request is made very respectfully..

I am writing a second book about the potential dangers of destructive perfectionism, of suppressed emotional pain, of hidden depression \u2013 and at its worst and most cruel, how those secrets and despair can lead someone to take their life -\xa0 leaving others behind to wonder what was so intolerable. And how they didn\u2019t have a clue that anything was wrong. I\u2019m reaching out to you who may have loved someone who died by suicide \u2013 and their life looked not only perfectly normal, but even highly successful.

.What I\u2019m asking, for any of you who feel able and ready, is to email me with the stories of your loved ones who died by suicide. Most suicides are shocking of course, although some may occur in the midst of chronic and deepening depression, an illness that feels intolerable or a huge loss of some kind. Those are important stories, but aren\u2019t the ones I would like to feature in the book. The stories that will help this book come alive are the stories of your son or your daughter, your friend or your spouse, your mom or your dad \u2013 who killed themselves in the midst of what looked like a very successful and happy life.

If you\u2019re interested or can see your way through to do this, my email is askdrmargaret@drmargaretrutherford.com. Please put \u201cbook\u201d in the subject line so I\u2019ll be alerted immediately what it\u2019s about.

I thank you ahead of time. And again, am asking with all due respect, knowing that a conversation with me might bring up pain for you. But hopefully, it might also bring a sense of meaning. Maybe your story and your loved ones\u2019 story could help someone else.

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