I think that was shown a long time ago ā¦ have you forgotten your Buddhist learning already?
I know of 2 people who sadly took their lives in recent weeks
Not friends or relations or anything close to me but if say the lockdown has made life tough on people
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RIP mate.
One colleague for me, and another couple of people I more knew of to nod and say hello to. All during the lockdown. Itās had an awful impact on mental health in this country.
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Iām merely reaffirming it mate.
Iām moving towards Taoism these days.
I wouldnāt bother with any of that zen taoism Buddhist stuff. When you achieve enlightenment you realise that there is really nothing to be said about any subject since there really are no subjects and even if there were words would be hopelessly inadequate to explain or describe them in any meaningful way.
Which is great except it ruins you as a poster.
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I just found out something appalling. A young enough man in the prime of his life who ran more than 100 marathons ( in great times) Iām shook to the core.
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RIP.
Fucking awful to hear.
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Very sorry to hear that.
I appreciate this is still sinking for you but Iāve heard of this kind of thing before. A guy like that is addicted to unreal levels of adrenaline/ dopamine/ seratonin/ testosterone/ all those kinds of hormones that are usually running through his system and if that stops or those huge hormone levels drop then people like that can get incredibly depressed very quickly. Thereās also the other thing whereby people like that could be running from something dark or even from themselves, or trying to fill a hole or they can also be very focused on just themselves and find it difficult to build deep or meaningful relationships with others.
Physical activity obviously plays a very important part in mental health but itās very dangerous to let it take over your entire mental health strategy. The Celts used to talk about a man is a stool with three legs, physical, spiritual and creative and the legs have to be balanced. Brezzieās ārun the pain awayā plan is a very dangerous strategy to my mind.
Sorry for your loss and sorry for the long message before the dust has even settled.
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Well said.
I blame Brezzie too.
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Lad I knew through work did the deed last night.
A rough year for him, had a young family, came out, moved in with a new fellaā¦
Only had 3 days off all year, employers need to wake up, this year more than ever, to the toll their expectations are putting on people. these are not normal times, they should not be treated as if they are.
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Sorry to hear that.
RIP
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Sorry to hear that.
The finality of suicide is fucking awful. No second chance or a brighter day.
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Very sorry to hear that @count_of_monte_crist
Following up on my post above about very active athletic men committing suicide, just before I flew out to Poland in October, sitting on the runway, I had a wee final flick through my Facebook and saw a very unexpected post. Back when I was in Korea I was mates with a Canadian couple who seemed like ideal perfect people. The guy was a very good body-builder but a chilled out hippy too and a real nice polite friendly Canadian type. They went back to Canada and got married and had a few kids. The Facebook post was from the wife, āIām just glad that Bobās pain is overā. I didnāt know Bob was sick. Turned out he killed himself. He was a great great guy, cool as fuck.
Sometimes weāre a very negative, cynical bunch here on TFK but Iām very frightened of the North American approach of always smiling at everything, everything always being great and nice and amazing. Or maybe it makes no difference.
Then I heard a story last week of a suicide of a 30 year old in County Louth who committed suicide. He had gone missing for 2 weeks and then the family found his body behind the house somewhere. A friendās cousin-in-law. My friend said that the family knew vaguely that heād been going through a difficult patch mental health wise for about a year but didnāt know too much about it so they were very shocked. All the village were out lining the streets of the village for the funeral.
I donāt know if itās the pandemic but I didnāt hear so many of these stories before this year. Maybe Iām just getting older.
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Iām sorry but to only take 3 days holiday in a year. No job worth that.
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Just hearing about a case in Wexford of a guy committing suicide who would have been well involved in soccer and Gaa and his family too involved. Leaves behind a child who just had her first Christmas. @Bandage Iām sure would know him and the family well. Always sad to hear, but especially the time of year too.
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May he RIP. No man dedicating his life to the upholding of law and order in this country should be driven to this.
God rest him.
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What was the story regarding the harassment?
The comments suggest GOD and her cronies but I donāt have anything more than that and wouldnāt swear it as fact either given the source.
I despise Gemma more than most but I donāt think tweeting stuff like that is helpful to anybody, using suicide as a vindication of anything without being aware of the whole story is just wrong
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