Cleebope, that is terrible, truly terrible. They say that some people become cheerful once their mind is made up about the plan to commit suicide, there is nothing she could have done to know in advance or prevent it, less in fact than a family member, who would have been similarly powerless even when teens commit suicide at home. And often you don't even know your flatmates in halls that well, despite casual socialising with them, ds1 certainly didn't.
Ds2 is back safely on the train, a small suitcase filled entirely with laundry and his laptop. He said he hadn't manage to contact the disability service about his dyslexia or arrange to have his broken (apparently) blind mended, and has spent the last month peering out of a sliver of window at the County Oak. He said the townhouses at least had 'curtains"..
It has really made me think how easy it has been for there to be serious "gaps' when you aren't able to visit or check on a student who to all intents and purposes seems ,'fine". And ds2 is very well and jolly but it is quite worrying how they had to 'manage" without any guidance or physical oversight for so long. He hasn't cooked much at all, happily trots to Aldi for ready meals and extras, lots of karaoke in the flat, rap and Les mis apparently. Very thin and feels cold in our draughty old house now. Problems with history referencing A 50 page doc he couldn't understand sent to explain it. Says there is lots of work to do over next week now that he is home, no meetings with old friends this coming week as a result.