#4425288 - 06/09/18 04:51 AM
Re: Anthony Bourdain passes at 61.
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I've often wondered why people hang themselves. It has to be such a slow choking death if carried out by the suicide. (Sorry if it seems OT, but it is relevant I think to wonder about this, you can hang for 15-20 minutes before death) If you hang yourself, for example with a belt, you black out very fast if the belt is properly around the neck! You are not dead yet, but you are not conscious anymore, so you know nothing about what is happening to you. Trust me, I know what I am talking about.
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#4425317 - 06/09/18 04:20 PM
Re: Anthony Bourdain passes at 61.
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I cannot imagine how someone is thinking and feeling that they feel suicide is the only option. 2 words: Tunnel vision.
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#4425323 - 06/09/18 04:47 PM
Re: Anthony Bourdain passes at 61.
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RIP Anthony Marc..
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#4425444 - 06/10/18 04:22 PM
Re: Anthony Bourdain passes at 61.
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For all of you not understanding how depression works, and how it kills people, PLEASE do some reading about it. It's not drug problems, it's not anything like that, it is a real illness. It is as real as cancer or something similar, and can be just as hard to beat. Depression takes hold, and slowly drags you down deeper and deeper. It lies to you, and tells you that things are actually awful, no matter how good your life seems. It makes everything empty. There is nothing - no happiness, just draining sad emptiness. Suicide isn't some sort of tunnel vision, it is depression covering everything in bleakness, until it feels like everything is pointless, and going on will just lead to more sad emptiness, so why not get it over and done with? I have struggled with depression. I almost killed myself. I survived through a lot of help from friends and professionals.
For all of those who dismiss it, and say people kill themselves because they are broken, or have drug problems, or whatever - you are part of the problem. Men are especially vulnerable to depression and suicide because they are taught to keep their feelings inside, and to tough things out. That doesn't work with depression. If your friends feel that they can talk to you, and come to you for help, you might just save their lives. I've done 3am chat sessions with a friend to talk them out of suicide. It's not fun, but that friend is now living a happy life, at least in part because they knew they could come to me for help.
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#4425493 - 06/11/18 12:35 AM
Re: Anthony Bourdain passes at 61.
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Me too, Max. Me too...
I guess I always had a friend somewhere who'd snap me out of being depressed or, even just seeing something funny I would have missed. Most of my later life till cancer tried to kick my butt and, now COPD after 50 freakin years of smoking, I just consider myself in the bonus round and hope to keep on laughing thru life for years to come. But, honestly, I live it like I might not wake up tomorrow.
I do try to help out younger people with advice, especially when I have particular knowledge of the subject.
I have a very pretty young friend I am particularly worried about. She had an accident in her car. Now I just found out her father, who supposedly had her on his insurance...HAD INSURED HER CAR BUT EXCLUDED HER AS A DRIVER! He was pocketing his daughters money! That has to be devastating to a girl who just turned 21. I can't help her out financially, but between myself and a very good friend we may just have enough legal knowledge to get her out of this. She's still gonna lose some money, but save her credit, eventually.
But, anyway...I'd say she's at risk. I don't like her boyfriend but, glad he is there right now. (His idea is sue Dad, who is so broke he's stealing money from his daughter)
I guess I believe that suicide is a cowards way out.
Painful terminally ill is not included in that. Only an insane person would want someone to suffer and say it's God's will. Truly...
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#4425505 - 06/11/18 02:19 AM
Re: Anthony Bourdain passes at 61.
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Max my thoughts are with you... a lot, FWIW.
I am so lucky and hope you don't mind that I enjoy every freakin second I am on this planet. Tis sad my friend that we can't convey to the average bloke just how cool it is to wake up, here a bird call and watch the sun kiss the planet for another day.
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