The chiropractor has suggested that I cut down on my time at the computer for the next little while, and I am actually listening to him. My back is feeling a bit better, so it is possible that my time away from the keyboard is helping me.

An online friend of mine died recently, and since she was not someone I knew from the mental health blogosphere, any time that I have been spending online has been elsewhere, as those of us who knew her deal with the emotional fallout and try to organize things to do in her memory.

I didn’t know her extremely well, but she was a lovely person who always had a kind word to say and never got caught up in petty Internet drama. And she was so young. I am heartbroken about this, and I feel so bad for her family.

I’ve had an Internet friend die from suicide before, and now I’m discovering that it isn’t any better or any worse to have one die from natural causes. It’s just different. And it sucks every bit as much.

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