WHY??
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mfotheringham — 19 years ago(June 01, 2006 04:33 PM)
To ask why shows you are a sound and mentally healthy person-for all
those-including myself who have dealt with severe depression and a host
of other "mental illness you are literally a different person. I always
thought depression meant having a bad day, being nervous about a
temporary thing, or just having the doldrums. Let me tell you-it is hell!
Death sounds better than living. Some times you get so bad that you feel
like you will do ANYTHING to get out of your situation or life in general.
I had always been happy and confident until a few years ago. It literally
felt like a terrible enemy entered my body and wouldn't let go. I personally
could not go so far as to end it all-I hope! But I do NOT judge anyone
who does. They are some of the finest people to ever touch this earth.
I hope and believe God understands. I feel we need much more research
and help for any type of emotional or so to speak mental illness-we are
simply not there yet. Believe me I know-you feel like a walking victim-
turning to anyone for help when in reality they can do very little.
If you're spiritual-turn to God-it won't solve everything but helps.
If you're not-hang on, hang on, hang on with everything you have in you!!!
Elizabeth Hartman is my favorite actress-her problems break my heart
to this day. I know she is well and happy now-it's too bad she couldn't
have graced us longer with her talent and vulnerability-but thank heaven
for a "A Patch of Blue". The message and talent in that movie will live
on-Elizabeth you're ok now. God Bless!!!! MF
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BethH24 — 19 years ago(February 11, 2007 01:31 PM)
I've heard of quite afew deaths of people that have been involved with things i have watched and they have died young.Such as :
Judith Barsi ( from the cartoon,all dog's go to heaven.She was murdered )
Heather o'rourke ( was in all three poltergeist films.she died from heart failure )
jonathan brandis ( was in neverending story 2 and committed suicide.He too had been depressed because he had been a child actor and couldnt find mucb68h acting work as an adult )
It's really shocking that it has happened to so many people.It's happened to alot in the music bussiness too -
melliemoo — 18 years ago(January 21, 2008 11:44 AM)
mfotheringham: I rarely post on these boards but your message touched me and I hope you read this. I absolutely understand what you mean. I suffered from significant depression several times in my life. The last time I clearly remember that it was as if there was a gray veil covering my eyes, leading me into shadows. There was a physical despair that reached the very core of my body. And when it finally passed, I remember being outside in my garden and thanking God for creating a most beautiful world and for letting me have a piece of it.
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Lorilynn1028 — 18 years ago(January 21, 2008 03:37 PM)
http://www.vanden-eykel.com/nimharchive/articles/hartman.jpg
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wyleneh_mother-1 — 17 years ago(May 21, 2008 11:03 AM)
Michelle Ann Fotheringham
Hi, I just now saw your sweet message to me. I would certainly
have responded sooner. I so appreciate support from people like you.
Thank you!!!!! Your words have helped me-I have tears in my eyes right
now. I plan to download your message and keep it during particularly
hard times. I hope you get this response. I know it has been a long
time-sorry, I didn't see it sooner. You seem like a loving, understanding
person. I wish you all the happiness in the wo5b4rld. God Bless You. Michelle -
butaneggbert — 10 years ago(June 14, 2015 11:14 AM)
Trying to fathom how any one person arrived at suicide as the best solution is unfortunately a waste of time.
Even if we know most of their circumstances, we don't know them all. We can't know their perceptions. We can't see the world as they did.
We can take everything we know about them, find another person with just about the same circumstances, and that other person moves through trouble and thrives.
It's that mysterious. You'd have to live behind the mental filters a suicide experiences life through.
While it's human to ask why, it's a mistake to imagine we can ever really know.
