It's a normal part of life to lose some loved ones as time passes, though the process here happens in fast motion. It's complicated by bonding quite powerfully over shared trauma, yet sometimes not being sure what happens to people when they vanish. Sometimes somebody who we only knew peripherally is confirmed to pass away, so we are shielded from the loss by the lack of intimacy. And, of course, in the spirit of the website, it is not desirable to see them continue to suffer against their will. TheHatedOne is very notable from this thread. I interacted with them a bit as they battled intense self-worth issues and AFAB gender dysphoria. I am happy they are no longer suffering like that and yet still I'm sort of in tears as I write this. The whole situation sucks. In rare cases when we become aware of public death notices, grieving families and funeral arrangements (a young lady from Ireland, xlosthopex?, being one example), it hits very hard. In that particular case, she had had a failed attempt with N, and some people had excoriated her for it. Her next attempt did succeed, and the loss of a regular member is even sadder when some in our community treated her so poorly in her darkest hour. Yet in other cases, people come and go so quietly that the lack of publicity is itself the tragedy. I learned one day that there was user from my area in regional Victoria (KQuotientQ?). I didn't immediately make any contact with her, but a matter of days later she posted that she was going to attempt using charcoal. With the information she shared on her final post, it turned out I had a lot in common with her and just maybe could have helped her with her situation. I'll never know, as she presumably succeeded with her attempt and her final thread quietly sunk into oblivion. I realise I have not actually answered your question, because I don't think I have an answer. Many of us aren't really dealing with anything!