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re: Ole Miss fan Shepard Smith, calls Robin Williams a coward
Posted on 8/14/14 at 6:16 pm to Gladius Veritas
Posted on 8/14/14 at 6:16 pm to Gladius Veritas
I have posted this before, but until you have experienced anxiety and depression, you cannot possibly understand
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“The so-called 'psychotically depressed' person who tries to kill herself doesn't do so out of quote 'hopelessness' or any abstract conviction that life's assets and debits do not square. And surely not because death seems suddenly appealing. The person in who Its invisible agony reaches a certain unendurable level will kill herself the same way a trapped person will eventually jump from the window of a burning high-rise. Make no mistake about people who leap from buring windows. The terror of falling from a great height is still as great as it would be for you or me standing speculatively at the same window just checking out the view; i.e. the fear of falling remains a constant. The variable here is the other terror, the fire's flames. And yet nobody down on the sidewalk, looking up and yelling 'Don't!' and "Hang on!', can understand the jump. Not really. You'd have to have personally been trapped and felt flames to really understand a terror way beyond falling”
-David Foster Wallace
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Posted on 8/14/14 at 6:20 pm to SaltyMcKracker
yup. Depression is often a biological condition... anyone who calls someone who kills themselves over something they can't control a coward is a piece of shite
This post was edited on 8/14/14 at 6:23 pm
Posted on 8/14/14 at 6:21 pm to SaltyMcKracker
Wow, that describes it better than anything I've ever seen. Thanks for posting it again.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 6:24 pm to Kentucker
Unfortunately, David Foster Wallace hanged himself in 2008
Posted on 8/14/14 at 6:30 pm to SaltyMcKracker
That explains his unique view. Poor man. That's tragic.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 12:44 am to TigernMS12
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Sorry but suicide is a cowardly act regardless of who does it.
And i really dont care if people dont agree with me. Thats my opinion
Posted on 8/15/14 at 5:18 am to Kentucker
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You are either unable to empathize or have never known someone with the kind of depression that afflicted Robin Williams. It's a horrible affliction.
:kige:
Suicide like the warden in Shawshank checking out before he got raped in prison is the cowards situation but mental health suicide is a whole different ballgame yet folks act like mental illness is contagious or just brush it off. Spend some time with workers in a facility and you will get a much better view on just how tough things can be.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 6:01 am to GatorReb
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And i really dont care if people dont agree with me. Thats my opinion
I'm just curious as to the thought process behind this opinion (for those that feel this way).
Posted on 8/15/14 at 8:10 am to Pigfeet
Douche move.
I am also super pissed off at Rush Limbaugh for ragging on a dead guy for being a liberal. Im a conservative, but jesus, have some respect and just a little class.
I am also super pissed off at Rush Limbaugh for ragging on a dead guy for being a liberal. Im a conservative, but jesus, have some respect and just a little class.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 8:13 am to Gladius Veritas
Depression is a chemical thing in the brain as much as anything. my mom went through a nervous breakdown in 1984. Its a nasty thing to see. I cant imagine having it. I am very sympathetic to those who struggle with mental illness and depression of any kind.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 8:13 am to Pavoloco83
rush is a pill head, it probably wont be long until he over doses and someone says he overdosed because of his right wing politics.
I also heard shep drop a roll tide after he said it.
I also heard shep drop a roll tide after he said it.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 8:15 am to BluegrassBelle
I can see where some could consider it selfish, but cowardly? It's kind of the exact opposite. People go to great lengths for relief. Nobody knows unless it happens to them IMO.
If you haven't ever attempted suicide, then the noise just hasn't got that loud inside you. If you're lucky, and odds are with you and it never will.
If you haven't ever attempted suicide, then the noise just hasn't got that loud inside you. If you're lucky, and odds are with you and it never will.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 10:20 am to Pigfeet
Shep is unprofessional
Posted on 8/15/14 at 10:25 am to Pigfeet
Shep's a gross human being.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 10:25 am to Pigfeet
Ole Miss fan Shepard Smith
sounds like an a-hole.
Who is he to judge?
sounds like an a-hole.
Who is he to judge?
Posted on 8/15/14 at 10:25 am to wadewilson
My neighbor commited suicide a few years back. According to his wife...he started taking one of the quit smoking meds and it made him severely depressed. I believe it was Chantix he was taking.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 10:36 am to Hater Bait
shep has seen alot of assholes. He is probably a pretty good judge of assholes
Posted on 8/15/14 at 10:41 am to Prettyboy Floyd
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I believe it was Chantix he was taking.
I took Chantix for about 3 weeks to quit dipping and it really fricked with my head.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 11:19 pm to TigernMS12
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Sorry but suicide is a cowardly act regardless of who does it.
I think selfish is a better word.
You'd rather get rid of all of your problems regardless of all of the problems you will cause loved ones.
This post was edited on 8/15/14 at 11:21 pm
Posted on 8/16/14 at 9:45 am to TigernMS12
Suicide is a choice. The man had Parkinsons and didn't want to end up Richard Pryor. It's his life, and if he wants to end it then he has every right to do so.
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