Oh, no....Oh, no...
 

I know the majority of you all won't care, but this is just tragic news for me.

Nicholas Hughes (son of poet Sylvia Plath and poet Ted Huhges) hung himself in his Alaska home on the 16th.....oh, no.....this is terrible.

rest now, Nicholas.....

Tis sad....but c'mon. Apple doesn't fall far..........

RIP :(

I saw that earlier today - I'm not familiar with him at all. I have to admit though that Sylia was way too depressing a read for me.
Sorry that a person took their life though :(

46 and single and living in Alaska is not a good sign. RIP.

yeah, 4(7) and single and living in Alaska, all cuddled up to nothing but salmon (he was a fisheries biologist) is NOT a good sign. He was gorgeous, too....I'll try to post a link to a pic....


www.chenakings.org/people/

He's second guy down the page

Depression and similar brain conditions (anxiety, OCD, ADD, addiction) are hereditary.

To have come this far. To live to 46 and give up!

46, single,living in Alaska with a depressive nature was not a good sign. RIP

Alaska is probably depressing enough on it's own.

I know this is off topic but as a mom with one suffering from anxiety,ocd how is it treated best?

How will 'I' ever feel good about leaving this earth? I am not near offing myself but I am about that old and think about stuff.

What I do is always try to remember that i'll only be on this earth for maybe 60-80 years (although nobody in my family has lived passed 63). But I'll be dead a lot longer after that.
Might as well stick around just for the curiosity of what new or fun thing might happen next.

yep, what'cha got to lose by hanging around a bit?

"No use hiding this pretty head in the ground"...........

I ripped that from a band.

It really goes: You say I'd be better off dead, well I know...But there's no use hiding this pretty head in the ground.

Depends on how 'painful' your current life is. When every moment of every day seems like torture, yes, you'd much rather end it.

Q: "What do you have to lose?"
A: Anguish, misery, futility, failure.

He's probably spent half his life asking himself the question, do I want to live another day?

Eventually his answer was no.

Violets are blue
Roses are red
Are things any better
Now that your dead?

Some cases yes, some cases no.

I went through a semi-suicidal phase in my early 20's.

Ditto what Sheldon said. I also figured that I had nothing to lose -- you know, if things are THAT bad, I could do something else that was really drastic to change my life besides ending it. Move away, dump whomever I was with, quit my job, go on a long trip, cut my hair and dye it purple!

I still keep that in mind sometimes when things look really bleak. If you aren't happy, there are umptyzillion things you could try first, all guaranteed to hurt your loved ones less than your death.