I can’t believe Chester Bennington of Linkin Park hung himself.
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem…. and even if it’s an ongoing problem, suicide isn’t the way to solve it.
I’m still in shock about news. Weird but I have that same feeling from back when my cousin ended her life. It’s so surreal.
Despite my desire to escape this life so many times, I don’t think I’ll ever do it because of how my family would be affected. I couldn’t put my mom through that.
Imagine Chester’s kids are now going to grow up without a father. I can’t believe he would choose to abandon them like he did. It’s going to traumatize the young ones, that’s for sure. They’re going to wonder if it was something they did wrong that caused their daddy to leave them.
I’m still so sick in my stomach about it. And he did it on Chris Cornell’s birthday. I read that he hadn’t been the same since his friend’s suicide back in mid May but didn’t he see how his friend’s suicide affected everyone and his “beautiful family” so then why would he do such a thing? Previously, he talked about troubles with drugs and alcohol… he had depression and had been sexually abused by an older male beginning when he was 7 years old. That’s gotta be rough to remember all that stuff… Thankfully, I think I have it all blocked out. I only remember tid bits of stuff so I’m not sure but no matter what had happened, why couldn’t he hold on for his children.
I remember being mad at my cousin for ending her life. She had everything going for her and I totally idolized her. I also felt extremely upset for her, she must have been feeling totally horrible to have done what she did.
I just fantasize about it now, I don’t consider it seriously but I’ve thought enough about it to know that if I were to do it, it would have to be done really quick…. before I had time to talk myself out of it.
Just know that no good decisions were ever made without thinking it through and sleeping on it for at least one night.
Depression is a really big, complex problem….. I wish there was an easy cure for it and I wish doctors wouldn’t push all those crazy prescription drugs onto people. I only took the antidepressants so that I wouldn’t seem uncooperative but every time I tried a new prescription I suffered horrible trips and wanted to hurt myself and other or just go crazy.
Mark my words, if there is a zombie apocolypse, it will most likely be due to all those prescription medications on top of all the chemicals in the air, food and water.
If anyone ever needs to talk, I’m a good listener. Please don’t hesitate to hit me up.
Susan
susandemchesen@gmail.com
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I tried so hard and got so far,
but in the end it doesn’t even matter
That’s my favourite linkin park song. Peace
Back when I tried to kill myself I can tell you no positive aspects of life were on my mind.
The way mental illness and suicide work in relation to eachother is when you are going to kill yourself you don’t think about your children or your family or any of the good in life, your mind gets caught up and stuck on key negative factors that drive you to the point of no return, so it makes sense why he went through with it, if someone was there to talk sense into him, if someone pushed thoughts of his children and other positive factors of his life maybe he would still be around, it’s a sad reality, people who kill themselves are almost always alone when it happens.
Even a few minutes of being alone can be enough for someone to go ahead and take their lives, a family member could go into the bathroom, and never come out. It’s a sad sad reality..
I wish things were different.
If only we could always think clearly 24/7…
Suicide is NOT “A permanent SOLUTION to a TEMPORARY problem”
Suicide is a way to have power over when your life ends
I read your profile about the death of your companion for 17 1/2 years. For many people, Dogs are Angels who help them in so many ways. Each dog is unique and while others may be similar they are not the same. Getting another companion might help the pain of your loss.
Hope your heal soon.
Suicide is a temporary solution to a temporary problem.
hi Susan. you sound well informed, and i appreciate this post. i too was in shock when i found out. i couldn’t believe it. it still doesn’t feel real to me, and i question the official story. the fact that he died on chris cornell’s birthday could have been a coincidence, but still… i don’t trust these industries. check out vigilantcitizen dot com sometime, if you haven’t already. may peace be with you.
You’re unnecessarily making this more complex than it should be. The guy was sexually molested when he was young (ie raped) by an older friend. There are testimonies of him wanting to kill him and running away from home but didnt pursue it when he found it his molester was also sexually abused himself. He coped by writing songs and playing in bands to get his mind off it. Unfortunately not being able to deal with his abuser led him to kill himself. He constantly had to surround himself with friends and family but all it took is one night of being alone to go through with it.
Um… no offense, but none of us except for the deceased knows why he killed himself.
If you want to speculate about the life of someone who was most likely a complete stranger to you, you should stop at: “He must have been very depressed and wasn’t able to cope with his issues.” (That, or he was murdered. Who knows.)
Don’t be a patsy who believes everything they read in the news.
“None of us knows”
Except his testimonies have been plastered everywhere in interviews years before his death. Don’t be a patsy and claim we don’t know anything except for the deceased. The writing was on the wall. It was only a matter of time before he killed himself or went to the mental ward as is common among male rape victims.