"at work having a conversation about suicide .. oh yeah right.. don't."
so not sure how the topic came up.. something about children's stories with dark elements or themes.. and someone starts talking about how they couldn't even watch Robin Williams movies yet/anymore..
and I was like.. yeah that was something.. I mean you could kinda see it when Hunter S Thompson shot himself but for Robin it was really surprising..
oh yeah.. so suicide is not really a great topic for casual work conversation, not my fault though... but yeah.. don't mention Hunter S Thompson at work either... at best the reference will either be lost entirely.. at worst it will go down on your permanent record,.
2. "Robin's autopsy revealed" In response to Reply # 0
that his suicide was physical, he had Lewy Body Dementia which impairs judgement and everyday life decisions. it was a tragic ending for a great man but it can't take away from the mark he left on the world.
-DJ R-Tistic- Member since Nov 06th 2008 51986 posts
Fri May-29-15 06:17 PM
3. "I do feel like Black folks are starting to realize that it's not just a" In response to Reply # 0
"White person's problem" or that people just "need to get over that shit, because I've struggled and never thought about ending it."
At least in our generation. Old folks will have the same beliefs on it, I'm sure.
First time someone I know committed suicide, I was shook. I knew he took medicines and had mood swings, but had zero idea that it was that severe. He drove 2-3 hours from Tallahassee, up to Georgia (Americus), and shot himself in the head at his family's cemetery. No note or anything. He was actually still alive when someone found him, but he died in the hospital.
4. "3rdi was the first one that really shook me" In response to Reply # 3
from interacting with someone everyday writing poetry together and sharing some deeper ish that the standard..
this was as close a friend as I have had on this site short of Shimmy who'm I've shacked up with... and I knew she suffered and I had some idea of why and howso and yet I wasn't expecting that from her.. and it hurt.. before then it always seemed like this remote sort of insane idea that only the weak would ever gravitate to and them more often than not simply for attention...
then my dear friend did it.. and she was deep.. she was imaginative and creative.. she had every other outlet seemingly available to her.. still she choose what she did... that was the first time I ever looked suicide in the face and could understand or appreciate the complexity of it's legitimate reality.
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