That's a hard one. We lost one of MTC missionaries after mission to suicide

Mar 18, 2023
12:16:31pm

AF_Puma All-American

I lost contact with him after mission as I was in Ohio and he was in Pleasant Grove, UT. I'm not sure what his issues were that led him to that end.

I would hope his Ward was very involved in helping this individual. My heart breaks.

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Mission friend is suicidal. Not sure what to do. We were in the same MTC group

Chasicle

3/18/23 11:51am

Sounds like church needs some sort of VA program.

HingleMcCringleberry

3/18/23 11:53am

Interesting. I know a kid who committed suicide and the mission basically was

pink22

3/18/23 12:16pm

Sounds like some major underlying issues manifested themselves on the mission.

Great38

3/18/23 12:37pm

Mission not the cause. People with mental illness sometimes weave religion or

Rocketman

3/18/23 12:46pm

Mission was the end. Probably did have underlying issues but you can’t say it

pink22

3/18/23 1:14pm

You are correct, sir!

Snipe

3/18/23 1:14pm

I think mission reunions and social media pages done right can help

OU Cougar

3/18/23 12:31pm

Please just make it better than the actual VA.

Junior Deputy

3/18/23 12:45pm

That's a hard one. We lost one of MTC missionaries after mission to suicide

AF_Puma

3/18/23 12:16pm

Physical pain can take away the will to live.

lightmann

3/18/23 12:58pm

Yeah. He’s 40. His wife said he recently commented how he could live with this

Chasicle

3/18/23 1:03pm

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TrackCoug

3/18/23 12:59pm

9 times out of 10, when there is “intractable pain,” and no obvious or

valleus

3/18/23 2:51pm

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