growli: Don't feel guilty for thinking your thoughts and feeling your feelings. Use these stories to help you when times are at their toughest - because we never really know who will be affected by us leaving. And by knowing other's experiences... can act as a reminder that there's going to be SOMEONE who is deeply affected by your leaving.

That's what I do. One of my (many) reasons for going in to teaching? It's an excellent suicide-prevention-plan for myself. I cannot STAND the idea of even possibly affecting any of my students by commiting suicide. The thought makes me feel sick. So.. even at my worst? I know that I can't and won't act on the urges. I can't take that risk with my students.