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re: "Young male" jumps off North Parking deck by Old Row
Posted on 1/24/14 at 4:09 pm to AUsteriskPride
Posted on 1/24/14 at 4:09 pm to AUsteriskPride
Her dad said it was academic pressure of the coursework she was taking that made her do it. She had a 3.5 GPA. She wasn't doing poorly in the classroom, but apparently couldn't measure up to the standards she set in high school.. It's terrible to think a 3.5 GPA depressed her to the point that she did what she did.
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Posted on 1/24/14 at 4:12 pm to AUsteriskPride
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Wow, she was so beautiful. What makes it harder for especially attractive individuals, most people around them can't fathom why they're unhappy. It's terrible to reach out only to have someone tell you they wish they were you, and that you have no reason to be unhappy.
That was my brother, not attractiveness wise, but he was a fricking bona fide genius. Very high IQ, PhD, traveled the world on his job, but never happy and we didn't know until it was really too late. To watch someone with that much talent crash and burn is tough, especially when I look at how dumb I am in comparison to him.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 4:21 pm to AUCatfish
I can't help but wonder if something else happened in this girl's life that everyone is unaware of. She was described as friendly and outgoing, but her parents said she had changed when she came home for winter break. They said she was very unhappy, but refused to quit school. It just makes me wonder how someone who refuses to quit school despite being extremely unhappy being there takes the next step towards this.
The unanswered questions are what make these types of situations so hard to understand.
The unanswered questions are what make these types of situations so hard to understand.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 4:25 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
It is quite possible and she didn't want to say what it was. It also could very well be the high expectations she had for getting good grades. Not obtaining the high GPA she was accustomed to doing and demanded of herself to feel she was great.
Many things and people can play a part, and can leave those left behind questioning themselves about any role they may have played, or what they could have done more to help. It is a devastating event for any family and friends to say the least.
Many things and people can play a part, and can leave those left behind questioning themselves about any role they may have played, or what they could have done more to help. It is a devastating event for any family and friends to say the least.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 4:55 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
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can't help but wonder if something else happened in this girl's life that everyone is unaware of.
chronic depression and suicide doesn't necessarily happen because of "something" happening specific. a lot of people going through depression just feel helpless about themselves in general really. Particular negative "things" that happen to them just adds on to that feeling of worthlessness and builds up to a point where being happy again seems unreachable.
It's also a lack of serotonin in the brain, which is basically all happiness is really when broken down scientifically. That's where the mental health issue come into aspect. Most people are able to level out the good with the bad. a person's brain with chronic depression, it's thought by some at least, is perhaps unable to release the correct amounts of serotonin.
I don't know. Every person is different really. That's why it is impossible to narrow down what causes suicide in every case. There is way more to it than I said as well. I couldn't tell you specific, solid reason why my dad did what he did.
edit: yea sorry if that's super personal ha
This post was edited on 1/24/14 at 5:01 pm
Posted on 1/24/14 at 6:24 pm to AUsteriskPride
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but if there is one health issue that needs to be publicly funded, it is mental health.
This x1000. One of our daughters suffers from mental illness among other things. Mental illness is not well funded by insurance and is extremely difficult to treat with current methods. Drugs mask more than cure. it can destroy lives and families.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 7:00 pm to jrljr
shite dude, I'm sorry. Glad you were able to work through it.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 7:11 pm to Gnar Cat21
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chronic depression and suicide doesn't necessarily happen because of "something" happening specific. a lot of people going through depression just feel helpless about themselves in general really. Particular negative "things" that happen to them just adds on to that feeling of worthlessness and builds up to a point where being happy again seems unreachable.
For those people that know Bear, the man who the orginal story is about, he has an incredible brothers and parents that he was extremely close with (Bear's pastime was dancing with his mom at formal events), legitimately everyone who knows him thinks highly of him due to how upbeat and positive he was and had a ton of great friends and he did well in school/extracurriculars. If you put his life on paper to an outside observer, he did life right and he had good positive pieces surrounding him.
The point is, people have demons that are not specific and almost impossible to cure, even if you go through intense therapy. Even therapy, as poionted out, is expensive and often times not covered
Posted on 1/24/14 at 7:54 pm to GenesChin
I believe it. I wouldn't consider myself suicidal by any means, but I find myself not content all the time. I'm more of an angry person. I have a beautiful wife, the smartest kid who everyone says is equally gorgeous. No debt outside of a house note and we bring in 6 figures as a family. You'd think that was enough, but I find myself always asking is this all life has to offer. It's pessimistic and unfair as hell to those who really struggle, but it's a constant battle. I'm extremely blessed, but still somehow manage to find a woe is me outlook on life. Which in turn causes me to further berate myself about why I'm so ungrateful. It's very easy to be your own worst enemy.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 8:15 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
I am not really a student of mental illness, however sometimes I wonder if our society has reached a pace beyond what some people can cope with. When you consider the speed of information and change it could be overwhelming to the human mind.
I heard once that the average human makes more decisions in a day than pre-historic man made in a lifetime. Sort of an extreme example, but it might fit to a degree.
I heard once that the average human makes more decisions in a day than pre-historic man made in a lifetime. Sort of an extreme example, but it might fit to a degree.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 8:20 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
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ou'd think that was enough, but I find myself always asking is this all life has to offer. It's pessimistic and unfair as hell to those who really struggle, but it's a constant battle. I'm extremely blessed, but still somehow manage to find a woe is me outlook on life.
I know exactly what you mean. I am younger than you but have a similar situation. Very attractive gf who cares about me, great family support, already have a great job on lockdown for graduation and no student loans. It doesn't change that I go to bed thinking about how my life lacks any real meaning. I feel like that is why the movie Fight Club hits home with so many people, because so many people are in that boat
Posted on 1/24/14 at 8:28 pm to GenesChin
I often wonder if social media has something to do with it...always comparing yourself to the Jimmies and Joes. Even though you know deep down they are having the same issues.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 8:33 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
Have you read this LINK floated around social media and it is a solid article.
I interned this past summer in a corporate office and I was lamenting on the loss of large breaks (Summer, Winter, Spring breaks etc). It was always a, "Keep working your almost to the ending" feeling when it came to school. I asked the guys I was with how it is to adjust to that, one responded with he has a countdown on his computer till retirement. He is in his twenties.
It is just this, wake up, work, dinner and get to bed early because you are exhausted and need to get up for work tomorrow cycle that is horrible
I interned this past summer in a corporate office and I was lamenting on the loss of large breaks (Summer, Winter, Spring breaks etc). It was always a, "Keep working your almost to the ending" feeling when it came to school. I asked the guys I was with how it is to adjust to that, one responded with he has a countdown on his computer till retirement. He is in his twenties.
It is just this, wake up, work, dinner and get to bed early because you are exhausted and need to get up for work tomorrow cycle that is horrible
This post was edited on 1/24/14 at 8:37 pm
Posted on 1/24/14 at 8:35 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
My grandfather killed himself on Christmas day 3 years ago. My other grandfather was found dead in the woods last year. he killed himself too. I stay depressed. People in my family also suffer with drug addiction due to depression. I always try to plan exciting trips to get out my own ruts.
This post was edited on 1/24/14 at 8:38 pm
Posted on 1/24/14 at 8:44 pm to GenesChin
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It is just this, wake up, work, dinner and get to bed early because you are exhausted and need to get up for work tomorrow cycle that is horrible
I'm a highly stressed individual as it comes. When you figure in I have to get myself ready for work, my daughter ready for school, then sit in an hour and a half of Atlanta traffic to get to work, work 9 hours, spend an hour and a half getting home, straighten up the house for an hour, put my kid to bed by 8 & then try to decompress...it's a bitch. I live for the weekend but end up pissing it all away trying to make up for what I didn't get done during the week.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 8:48 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
And people wonder why people go through midlife crisis. Especially if you work for a large corporation, your contribution is hardly identifiable to the success yet you get up every day and do it all over again. Hell, even vacations if you have children are a hassle and not a time to relax anymore.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 8:50 pm to diddydirtyAubie
My family hasn't had suicide in it, but a bunch of alcoholism. Which is the fine line I deal with...for awhile I came home, grabbed a beer and sat out on the patio to decompress. Well, the wife got tired of that so I'd come home, put on some PJs and lay on the couch watching jeopardy trying to decompress...which still pissed her off when I wasn't helping around the house. It's a fine line.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 8:53 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
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which still pissed her off when I wasn't helping around the house.
I saw my mom do this to my dad. It is like they think that they have been doing household work all day and when their spouse comes home from work that it is like tagging them out of the ring and they are done.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 8:59 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
why not clean house and drink beer?
Posted on 1/24/14 at 9:13 pm to diddydirtyAubie
I did this Monday on my day off with the wife at work and blacked out by the time she got home. Had no idea what I had for dinner and what movie we watched. I couldn't bring myself to find out if I acted normal or not.
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