: Does this text flow smoothly (description of suicidal thoughts)? So how did this animal suicide thing start? Ironically, it began with my own death wish. But why? I had perfect health,

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So how did this animal suicide thing start? Ironically, it began with
my own death wish. But why? I had perfect health, friends and family
who cared about me, plus I had just been admitted into college.

Well, basically, I stopped finding meaning in things. Not in a
spiritual or philosophical way, though; things simply ceased to make
sense. I'd be riding the train or crossing the street and ask myself:
What's the meaning of all this? You wake up, go to work, eat, poop,
crawl back to bed—then die. Yes, some will remember you, but those
people will die, too. And even if you make yourself a place in
history, all traces of that will disappear once we blow ourselves up
with nuclear weapons, or once the universe undergoes a cosmic
explosion.

I concluded the most logical thing to do was to end with my life.

My mind made up, I holed up in my apartment one night to think of the
most suitable method. Jumping from a building wasn't an option; I was
afraid of heights. Hanging—I was terrible at tying knots. Even my
shoe's, which untangled every 5 minutes. After giving it a lot of
though, I decided on pills. Easy: grab a bunch, pop them into your
mouth, then wash them down with water.

I'm especially concerned about the transition between monologue and action/scene (is that how they're called?), which I marked with bold.

Let me know if you want me to include more paragraphs.

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