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My ex/close friend necked himself. Didn't die cause his wife found him in time and being a med school dropout has advantages.
Been reevaluating a lot of shit since then. I think I'm going back to grad school, I realised if I lost him (and you don't go from trying to kill yourself to life being peachy. It's still very day by day) I would have basically no regular contact with people smarter than me which is just depressing.
Who knows if I'll succeed this time, life is in a better place but my body is a complete unreliable wreck. Still we shall see.
In other news evaluating the risk of moving my ulnar nerves surgically. Very small risk of paralysis, large (~10% risk) of needing salvage surgeries. Scary stuff, expensive too. OTOH being able to hold a book again would be cool.
Sorry to hear about your friends struggles, I hope they are able to recover and find the meaning we all deserve in the world.
Hope you feel better too and find success!
Thanks, I do too. He's far from perfect but he is a good man and he brings a lot to the world. It's crap to see him struggling so much and in such dire straights because of a brief interruption of his ability to improve the profits of shareholders.
I was handing out propaganda with an academic, and apparently I made an impression as he sent me an extremely helpful email today with a variety of positions on offer. That is defs a confidence boost and it's great to have help there.