quite a few commit suicide long before they reach any great age. That suicide is a reaction of despair and emptiness, when their power over circumstances disappears, as can happen at any time, not just old age. Sometimes it is an act of revenge on those who are trauma-bonded to them. At other times it is vainglory, an attempt to look glorious and noble for a few moments before their inner hopelessness is exposed for the world to see. At other times it is just
