Anthony Bourdain Dead

[Dustbuster]

My youngest stepbrother offed himself at the old age of 32, his mother offed herself when he was 4. She had a pain killer issue, and a mother who had terminal cancer, of whom the amer .cancer society wouldnt help out.

Sometimes its easier for folks to check out than face the perceived demons and reality that haunts them.Its sad because they take themselves out, but hurt everyone around them 10 times as bad. It a selfish, chicken sh*t thing to do. Some problems wont ever go away but most problems can be fixed or diverted to help ease what they percieve to be intolerable issues. It worse when theres no explanation.My brother recorded a 20 min video. which we found 6 mos later. He got his last words in w everyone.I mean he really got it in. I was unscathed, but I couldnt stop him. The only clue i didnt recognize was when he called me out of the blue to say whats up. I didnt sense anything was wrong, but hindsights 20-20. At east he admitted was his problem was and that he didnt want to fix it. At 32 he wanted to be w his mom....

Im the same as macgyver, ill fly, truck or bike it to help someone that cant find answers. Its not easy to help, Those we love sometimes give up on help, best thing to have is an open door policy and chat w someone you know is going through a rough time.

Hi profilers put their panties and skivvies on like the rest of us. For them its typically a ego blowing act to ask for help.... RIP AB. enjoyed your work!

[GlockSpock]

On 6/8/2018 at 11:12 AM, TGO David said:

From a BBC report...

 

Drug abuse and suicide seem to have a pretty strong correlation with one another, as evidenced by the countless list of celebrities with well-known chemical addictions who have taken their own lives.  Drugs tend to amplify emotions and many of them thin-down a person's apprehensions and prohibitions toward behavioral extremes and risky, sometimes fatal, activities.

While I am not saying that Bourdain was strung out when he allegedly took his own life, I am saying that there is a lot of evidence substantiating the fact that once you chemically uncage certain emotional demons, a person might never be able to successfully put them back in their box and can fall victim to them much later in life.  Even when sober.

It's sad.

If you know someone struggling with depression, help them get help.  They may not want it and may not accept it, but try.

 

 

True, but the correlation goes both ways. People who have extreme emotional baggage/issues and are depressed/suicidal are more likely to abuse drugs.