Gary Speed dead.
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Not necessarily. I was in school wit,h and then worked with a guy who unfortunately died of heart failure at 42. What I didn't know was that he had suffered severe depression for many years but had kept it well hidden from those who worked with him.
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It's more than likely there was going to be a newpaper story, similar to the Giggs one, and he knew he was going to loose his wife, kids and job. (Speculation of course)
Assuming that was the case, how do you know what you'd be thinking if you were about to loose everything that was dear to you.
Assuming that was the case, how do you know what you'd be thinking if you were about to loose everything that was dear to you.
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never heard of him.
In all honesty though,if you weren't in some completely mad state of mind,how could you
1.Do that knowing you will never see your kids again
2.Do that knowing your kids will think 'why did dad do that to us?'
You really have to have lost the plot IMO
In all honesty though,if you weren't in some completely mad state of mind,how could you
1.Do that knowing you will never see your kids again
2.Do that knowing your kids will think 'why did dad do that to us?'
You really have to have lost the plot IMO
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Easy to say that, but if it happened different people react in different ways.
Of course most wouldn't do it, but i don't think anyone would like to be in that position.
Of course most wouldn't do it, but i don't think anyone would like to be in that position.
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David Walliams, Ruby Wax, Stephen Fry, Lenny Henry, Tony Hancock (suicide, 44), Freddie Starr etc....smiling depression. I'm not saying this was Speed's condition, just countering your point.
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True,its just got to be something incredibly dramatic/life changing or ruining to extinguish yourself not caring about your loved ones
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RIP
its weird tho, you dont (hear about anyway) of homeless people, prostitutes (forced into it ones) etc commiting suiced,its always well off people who lose it all or rich period.
even in local rags you hardly read about the ones i mention topping themselves
its weird tho, you dont (hear about anyway) of homeless people, prostitutes (forced into it ones) etc commiting suiced,its always well off people who lose it all or rich period.
even in local rags you hardly read about the ones i mention topping themselves
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I am one of the most normal people you could meet IMO. Just a normal, happy go lucky guy.
About 10 years ago my ex walked out on me with her/our kid (that's another story), i lost my job, and i got quite bad depression. It's amazing the things that go through your head in that situation.
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Yep I've been there to. Point is we may have got very depressed about it, but we didn't then try and top ourselves and let others deal with the aftermath. We might have thought about it sure, but you have to keep your chin up and deal with it, rather than just giving up and having no regard for the people who have to deal with it.
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In Neil Lennon's book he admits to being a clinical depressive.
He also says that depression is rife throughout football, and players you'd never think of as having it, being affected.
He also says that depression is rife throughout football, and players you'd never think of as having it, being affected.
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Yep I've been there to. Point is we may have got very depressed about it, but we didn't then try and top ourselves and let others deal with the aftermath. We might have thought about it sure, but you have to keep your chin up and deal with it, rather than just giving up and having no regard for the people who have to deal with it.
Of course it's selfish that 2 kids have lost their dad, but enless we know what happened it's hard to pass judgement.
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Well quite. Some may call it selfish, and I understand that perspective, others that the act is indicative of the torment that the individual is suffering - suffering so extreme that release from it trumps the knowledge that the people you love most will be left behind. Incredibly sad.
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Rest in Peace, Gary Speed.
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I don't see it as selfish for one reason only, for someone to take their life like that they have had to have had a complete mental breakdown and not be of sound mind. They haven't just thought **** it can't put up with this anymore and topped themselves as it's just not that easy. They have to have completely lost their mind and when that happens selfishness does not come into it.
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Not if they have in some way flipped out. You've even said it in your post "no control". If they have no control then they aren't exactly able to ask for help are they otherwise they'd be in control of their actions.
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The majority of the comments in this thread are laughable and the opinions of people without a bloody clue, I just pray no one suffers any sort of break down at any point within their 'perfect lives.'
One in four people within the UK will suffer from some type of mental health issue at some point within their life!
R.I.P Gary
One in four people within the UK will suffer from some type of mental health issue at some point within their life!
R.I.P Gary
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It does take guts to take your life. I couldn't do it, no matter how bad things become.
A Lady I work with has serious depression problems. You really have no idea how bad it is until you see it "first hand"
My brothers wife is suffering from Cancer and there is not much more they can do. My brother is in the serious depression state and I am lost at what to do to help him.
Guess work on why Gary Speed did what he did, may have many reasons.