concours
VIP MEMBER
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2011
- Messages
- 8,807
So true.We are all pretty shocked to be honest
You never really know what's going on with people
The mindphuck of a nasty divorce is too much for a lot of people.
So true.We are all pretty shocked to be honest
You never really know what's going on with people
I agree and disagree. Money may not buy happiness, but the lack of it sure can make you unhappy. I tell young people today two things:if you watch this video, you will see kids being interviewed about what they want. Mostly, they all want to be wealthy because they believe that would make them happy. I suggest they have got their priorities wrong. If you do things which make you happy, other people will pay you to do them, because you will always be very good at doing them.
Very sorry to hear that Baz. Of course no one knows if it was lock down triggered or not, but the statistics are very clear that there is a huge problem with the suicide rate since then, and it’s obviously not a coincidence.We are all pretty shocked to be honest
You never really know what's going on with people
He was fit and healthy in his late 30s<On all sorts of anti depressants etc>
Im firmly convinced that those drugs are a case of the cure is worse than the disease.
We all have an image of ourselves that we believe is true and want the world to see us the same way. Problem is we can never see ourselves as we really are and not even as the world sees us. I can see your problems but mine are not so clear
to me as they are to you.
Most of us here are of a certain age and have had ups and downs. When someone
decides that punching out is better than hanging on you probably can remember
getting close to that at some point.
If you had terminal cancer, suicide makes sense to a healthy person. Mental illness can be terminal too . Just a descent into hopelessness. Not so different an illness.
I was perusing the motorcycle thread on Reddit and was shocked at the number of ads for antidepressants. This drugs are no joke and have serious side effects and yet they seem to be a part of our cultural main stream.<On all sorts of anti depressants etc>
Im firmly convinced that those drugs are a case of the cure is worse than the disease.
We all have an image of ourselves that we believe is true and want the world to see us the same way. Problem is we can never see ourselves as we really are and not even as the world sees us. I can see your problems but mine are not so clear
to me as they are to you.
Most of us here are of a certain age and have had ups and downs. When someone
decides that punching out is better than hanging on you probably can remember
getting close to that at some point.
If you had terminal cancer, suicide makes sense to a healthy person. Mental illness can be terminal too . Just a descent into hopelessness. Not so different an illness.
I can go some way to understanding his situationHe was physically healthy. But mentally very ill.
We will be doing just thatTragic. Its hard to imagine being in such a state of mind to do such a thing. No doubt you and your colleagues will raise a glass or three in his memory.
Talking about it, has value to me.We will be doing just that
We've had people die before but not this
I've already banged on too much about it
It's not really appropriate for here tbh
But I'm pretty shocked and "the cost of lockdowns " seems to ring true the more I think about it
Its a permanent solution to a temporary problem. 43 years ago my sister found that out while all three of her children were home with her. Nothing very rational about it.Pulling the plug on life , can be a very rational decision , all sorts of reasons for a person to use to get that last choice ….
This is another issues for which COVID and lockdowns was a correction. Here in the US we have become masters of managing marginal health issues with drugs and clinic visits. Many folks with obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other ailment live lives that are possible because of careful drug management. The truth is these people are medically fragile and prone to the worst of COVID.I would guess that a significant number of those who perished during the lockdown did so because of pre-existing conditions of one sort or another.
I only knew one who died, and he died of being a standard American male. My doctor, who was a retired USAF Flight Surgeon, Ronald Reagon's White House Military Doctor, two years younger than me to the day, looked like he just left the military, and took no daily pills died early on. As smart and as experienced as he was, he thought he could handle it on his own. The truly weird part is that none of the members of his household got it, and he stayed home until he died.I would guess that a significant number of those who perished during the lockdown did so because of pre-existing conditions of one sort or another.