As his mom, I believe that Nate suffered from suicide crisis syndrome, a short-term but overwhelming state of distress where a person does not want to die, but feels trapped with no way out. If he had been able to move away from his intense despair to take a moment to remember all that he had, he might still be here.

We have no idea what people are going through and in their darkest moments, even a small act of kindness can interrupt the spiral and remind us that we are not alone.

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