re: Sad news to report from Money Talk board regarding fellow OT poster

I didn't know him but I think "successful", "type A," "perfectionist" type of people can have a difficult time that may not be visible to people on the outside.

Actually on the contrary, it appears that every thing is going great. It can become more difficult for those with high expectations to deal with the bad things that happen in life.

It doesn't appear to me that a lot of people with low expectations commit suicide. Just trying to make sense of things. Obviously without knowing him, I have no idea if this applies to him.

May he RIP.

I knew him here. Read about him IRL after first seeing the news this morning (I was driven by thinking it may have been an old friend of mine).

Awareness. THF had every indication of having everything in the world going for him relatively speaking. If someone like that can fall into this hole, seems like almost anyone could. So sad. We've got to find a way to break through on this issue. Don't know what else to say just can't fathom it. Maybe later would be a better time.

didn't know the guy but way to young!

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I believe the obit says he was the president of the Acadiana chapter of TAF, a member of Theta Xi, and he went to LSU for 6 years total, so he's pretty well engrained with this place. I think a lot of people knew THF and they knew Will, but they now know they were one in the same.

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I knew Will years and years ago as I previously stated in this thread, then a year or two ago there was one of those weird "post your picture" threads and he posted a real picture of himself, to which I realized who he was. I laughed at the time.

RIP Flask.

Sorry to hear of anyone in our community here passing.God Bless and Comfort his family.

Think he had a Clemson logo. RIP

shite that means some of my friends probably were in MBA school with him at the time

thank you, terd

This is the second person I've really known to commit suicide, the first being ten years ago or so now. I'm having the same exact feelings this time around. It's simply torturous trying to rationalize what may have happened. It's utterly incomprehensible, and the brain has an extraordinarily difficult time coming to grips with that. He had just passed L3, had a fiancé and child, was on a good pace professionally, and had football season right around the corner. There's simply no reason for him to end his life under those circumstances. The first person I knew who did it did it under circumstances that were at least a little easier to rationalize. But this ... this is a tough one to take.

It just goes to show you never know what someone else may be going through. The person you flip off and honk your horn at on the road could be the person on the edge of the cliff looking for some semblance of human compassion to convince them this world is worth staying in. Don't ever forget that. Cherish every minute and every memory. Treat everyone with kindness.

Will, you will be sorely missed. But even in your hour of death, you've been able to share some insight with each of us here. My sincere hope is that you've found your peace now.

Great points, SFP..