Wow, suicide...
Most people would tell me his life is their dream.
Rest in peace.
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#12This is a real gut punch for me. Talk about a rock and roll icon who never released an album. I feel so bad for the pain he must have been in.
If you're in a dark place, please, please consider reaching out for help.
I love this community. We gotta look out for each other y'all.
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#13Really, really horrible news. The anecdotal data is really starting to pile up in my mind- Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain...
... suicide is all too common in our world, and some professions (especially doctors) are affected more than others.
All of the money and fame in the world cannot protect you from the depths of your mind.
I hope that anyone struggling with this affliction can know its ok to step away from everything they're doing, get a breath of fresh air, and know that it's ok for everything to go wrong in life.
Your life is always still valuable and fixable.
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#14I involuntarily gasped for air. This isn't someone I expected would die for a long time. Depression is a silent beast, and the stigma around talking about these problems is fatal as ever. Anthony was inspirational to me in part because, among many reasons, though he lived his life in a very unusual way he was still successful and always adventurous. The world has suffered a great loss today.
Very sad, indeed. The same age as another author and larger than life figure, Ernest Hemingway.
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#15http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html
Has anyone called these before? What's it like? Thanks.
I don't know if I've ever called any of these, but they usually are well trained, non-confrontational, and solely there to help. Many are volunteers who greatly desire to be there.
Additionally, if your thoughts are affected by a medical condition, I would suggest calling a nurse hotline through a health insurance company or university. They can often confirm or deny if you should seek emergency care ASAP.
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#16If your friends or coworkers seem off, check in on them. Everyone needs to know it’s ok to not be ok.
I'll qualify that with - only if you know what you are doing.
If someone is struggling in the deep sea, dive in to help only if you have experience swimming in the deep sea. This stuff is not simple and can have lifelong negative effects on both parties if done wrong.
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#18I can't decide if celebrity suicides are just more frequently reported these days or suicides overall have actually increased because we live in, what we collectively perceive as, darker times.
I suspect it is the latter, but I don't have the heart to google it.
Every Robin Williams, Chris Cornell, Anthony Bourdain no doubt causes a bit of a ripple of none famous suicides and thus this news is doubly sad.
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#19Wow, suicide... Most people would tell me his life is their dream. Rest in peace.
Depression doesn't care how awesome your life is.
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#20The CNN article about his death had this:
>Suicide is a growing problem in the United States. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a survey Thursday showing suicide rates increased by 25% across the United States over nearly two decades ending in 2016.
I remember a while back that the general public's tone on suicide was a lot less sober. More of a "man up" sort of attitude. With a growing list of famous, financially successful people committing suicide, I can only hope that people as a whole start seeing it as a complex issue and the stigma of mental issues and stress can lessen so that people can get help. Or at least be able to talk to their friends/family when they first notice problems instead of hiding it until it's too late.
When people first start having these sorts of thoughts and even hint at it to other people, the whole "What are you depressed about? Your life is good" response so many people give only makes it worse, and hopefully it's beginning to go away. Depression has nothing to do with how "good" your life is on paper.