• Ohio Teen Attempts Suicide In Front of Classmates
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[QUOTE=Justnobody;40482209]O.K. coming from someone who has nearly killed themselves on several occasions and very nearly brought a gun to school It is very had to understand what these people are feeling and what is going on in their heads unless you have been in that situation. [B][I]We have absolutely NO IDEA what goes on in this person's life.[/I][/B] To say that after being pushed this far and after all the things he's gone through that he is [U]selfish[/U]? That it's [U]his[/U] fault he has problems and needs to see someone? Saying that is infinitely more selfish and awful then what he did.[/QUOTE] Reading and comprehending what has been said is apparently very hard. He has every right to kill himself, and I feel sorry for him that he even got out there. But let me ask you something: What did the people in his class do to deserve seeing a guy trying to blow his brains out in the middle of class? Nothing. They shouldn't have to, and doing it is being a cunt. Yeah, we don't know what went through his head, but that's no excuse - we don't know what went through Adam lanza's head, but that doesn't make his actions any less terrible. I'm aware of that these guys inflicted very different amounts of hurt, but you get my point.
Since I don't know anything about this kid or his situation, I don't feel comfortable judging him on anything.
[quote]The student remained in critical condition in a hospital Tuesday[b] as classes resumed at La Salle High School.[/b] [/quote] "Nah, not a big deal" :v:
man, i hate hearing stories like this. after my older brother, my best friend and greatest idol, i was fucking distraught and pretty much on the verge of suicide. it's so scary to think about just how close i was, i felt like it was the only option and genuinely saw no reason to continue living. a lot of people really don't understand depression
[QUOTE=thatguyfosho;40486116]Since I don't know anything about this kid or his situation, I don't feel comfortable judging him on anything.[/QUOTE] Exactly how I feel except for him doing it in-front of classmates. I heard a similar story happen many years ago in a town near me where a kid tried the same thing but survived and the reason he did it was so that his bullies, who were in the class at the same time, could see what had drove him to do it.
[QUOTE=eddy-tt-;40478792]What a selfish way to do it. He's likely gonna feel even worse when he comes around.[/QUOTE] [B]Maybe[/B] he got bullied and wanted to teach them a lesson. (Still better than a school shooting imo.) I mean, there's always a reason. If he just wanted to end his life he could've did it at home.
probably was bullied by the other students and the whole attempted suicide was a big "fuck you, look what you've done" to them.
I don't think it was bullying. Given the setting, i bet someone caught him fooling around with another student.
[QUOTE=pakadots;40486763]I don't think it was bullying. Given the setting, i bet someone caught him fooling around with another student.[/QUOTE] Care to elaborate a little more?
lmao, i suffered 4-5 years of major depressive disorder, the people in here saying its selfish to commit suicide the way he did are straight up 100% ignorant, completely uninformed when you're in a state of mind like that, you're not even stable enough to think about your own well-being what in the world makes you think you're going to be thinking about others when you can't manage your own mental stability and think about yourself first
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;40486783]Care to elaborate a little more?[/QUOTE] It says he was top honor roll, boy scouts, highly active in school, lots of community service, this boy was working for college. I don't think bullying is quite drastic enough to make someone so ambitious and close to graduating give up like that. On the other hand, getting caught with a boy in an all catholic school, would have ruined him with his religious friends and his religious family, or at least he would think so. With all his activities he's probably pretty popular, or at least well known in his school. No, this boy was doing too well and had too much going on to be depressed by bullying.
[QUOTE=acpm;40486820]what in the world makes you think you're going to be thinking about others when you can't manage your own mental stability and think about yourself first[/QUOTE] Personally what kept me from suicide during my depressions was that I did not want to cause my parents any grievance or make them feel that I don't appreciate their attempts to give me a good life. But yeah, wouldn't give the fucking slightest about traumatizing the people I blamed for causing my depression... rather, if I killed myself I would have wanted them to share and understand the sort of pain they caused me. [sp]Obviously however, I didn't.[/sp]
[QUOTE=pakadots;40486898]It says he was top honor roll, boy scouts, highly active in school, lots of community service, this boy was working for college. I don't think bullying is quite drastic enough to make someone so ambitious and close to graduating give up like that. On the other hand, getting caught with a boy in an all catholic school, would have ruined him with his religious friends and his religious family, or at least he would think so. With all his activities he's probably pretty popular, or at least well known in his school. No, this boy was doing too well and had too much going on to be depressed by bullying.[/QUOTE] There's probably not a single big reason like that to explain why he did what he did.
I once witnessed a suicide happening, I ran away before the incident got grim to shield myself from it needless to say it still ruined my fucking day
[QUOTE=MuTAnT;40486950]There's probably not a single big reason like that to explain why he did what he did.[/QUOTE] Maybe, Maybe not who knows. I think 'a single big reason' would prompt [I]that[/I] sort of action before a bunch of 'not as big reasons'. If there were other stuff going on, there are lots of people to talk to at a catholic school. This strikes me as an act of shame, a desperate move for someone who felt stuck. I wish this wasn't starting to be a normal thing to hear about.
I'd like to think he did it so he'd be remembered for something, maybe he considered himself a martyr somehow. This theory makes a [I]lot[/I] more sense in my head
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