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The tragic mystery of suicide: in the space of one year, the number of young women taking their own lives rose dramatically ... and experts are scrambling to find out why. Cosmo tells the heartbreaking true stories of two girls who succumbed to despair and one who survived.(REAL-LIFE READS)

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| May 01, 2008 | Forman, Gayle | COPYRIGHT 2008 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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* Twenty-year-old Nikki Vallie Harris was pretty and vivacious, with an air of sophistication. She was also quietly and privately depressed. Though many young adults feel down occasionally, Nikki's depression was hard for her to shake. And when the first guy she really liked started treating her badly, she sank to a despondent low. One day in June 2005, Nikki drove halfway across her home state of South Dakota, then pulled off Interstate 90 onto a gravel road and shot herself.

The tragic event begs the question: Why do most young women withstand life's challenges with minor psychological nicks while others get caught in a fatal ...

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