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re: Sad news to report from Money Talk board regarding fellow OT poster
Posted on 9/2/16 at 7:50 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 9/2/16 at 7:50 pm to RogerTheShrubber
True words Roger. We are conditioned at birth in this culture to compete and compare. To keep up with the Joneses. Smart people eventually see that it is all just chasing your tail. Start living in the present, be yourself, and quit trying to compete and keep up with everyone around you. Facebook just perpetuates the lie. The ones who boast the most on there are the one who are struggling the most and are the most insecure. Classic projection.
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Posted on 9/2/16 at 7:57 pm to genuineLSUtiger
I posted this originally about THF death on Money Talk as I knew he mostly posted there ... I wasn't so sure about posting it on the OT well for the fact that I didn't want it to be the typical OT responses.
Thanks for starting it here Will Cover and may all of you struggling with current or past problems find someone to help you ... and to those who have family members/friends in this situation or who SEEM to perhaps be in this situation please try to help them get help.
My current mantra that I'm repeating to my kids ... Things aren't always as they seem. Smile. Be nice. Things are NOT always as they seem. And IF you ever need help, KNOW that there IS SOMEONE who will move Heaven and Earth to help or to find that help!
Thanks for starting it here Will Cover and may all of you struggling with current or past problems find someone to help you ... and to those who have family members/friends in this situation or who SEEM to perhaps be in this situation please try to help them get help.
My current mantra that I'm repeating to my kids ... Things aren't always as they seem. Smile. Be nice. Things are NOT always as they seem. And IF you ever need help, KNOW that there IS SOMEONE who will move Heaven and Earth to help or to find that help!
Posted on 9/2/16 at 8:04 pm to Tiger Ryno
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Glad to hear you resolved your failures and moved on.
No, I'm still a failure but I've come to grips with it
Posted on 9/2/16 at 8:53 pm to IonaTiger
I had no idea Will and THF were the same person. I heard the news about his death last night. Will and I haven't kept up much since college, but we were good buds- had a couple of classes together and hung out together socially. He is the first person I've personally known to commit suicide. Today I found a few pics of the two of us and I still can't wrap my head around the fact he took his own life. He was a great, personable guy and my heart aches for his friends and family.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:00 pm to foreverLSU
Been following this throughout the day. Tough few weeks for our Baton Rouge brethren. All behind you, always.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:23 pm to foreverLSU
I'm struggling with this one, too. I wonder if he had ups and downs that he'd been able to cope with but maybe some exacerbating factor caught him in one of those down cycles and the perfect storm was just too much to handle. A really bad hangover, for instance, can cause extreme depression/anxiety in some people. This sounds like it was some sort of freakish type event that perhaps happened on a whim or something. You'd think his fiancé would have seen some sort of signs. As I think about Will, I'm trying to remember any outward signs he'd ever shown and really can't think of anything at all. Perhaps he had just become a master at disguising it.
Will was always just tremendously nice and giving. I guess one poster who said that those who are most unhappy are often the most outwardly nice because they don't want anyone else to live the hell they are living could have been spot on here. Who knows?
Will was always just tremendously nice and giving. I guess one poster who said that those who are most unhappy are often the most outwardly nice because they don't want anyone else to live the hell they are living could have been spot on here. Who knows?
This post was edited on 9/2/16 at 9:26 pm
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:24 pm to Will Cover
Whoa always thought he was in his 30's
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:28 pm to stout
Stout, I definitely remember your posts during the economic downturn and various discussions. I didn't know u were in that hole though. Glad u were able to get out.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:32 pm to RedStickBR
Dude always seemed positive, I know his post from the Tiger Rant mostly when I was newish.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:36 pm to Shankopotomus
Eta: wrong time wrong place.
This post was edited on 9/2/16 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:40 pm to tduecen
It's a tribute to this guy's intellect and affable personality that 13 or 14 pages in and not a single person has spoken about huge disagreements or big arguments they had with him here. He and I had a friend in common but we didn't know each other at all.
Having said that, he was like EF Hutton for me here. When he spoke, I tended to listen.
I don't quite know what else to say other than I hope and pray for his family left behind...
Suicide and opiates are the Goddamned Black Death of the 21st Century...
Having said that, he was like EF Hutton for me here. When he spoke, I tended to listen.
I don't quite know what else to say other than I hope and pray for his family left behind...
Suicide and opiates are the Goddamned Black Death of the 21st Century...
This post was edited on 9/2/16 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:43 pm to GFunk
Man suicide is to7gh, say a couple of post before me but didn't read back.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:49 pm to Will Cover
RIP
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:51 pm to Will Cover
Damn we crossed paths back in the day
Smoke one for me cuz
Smoke one for me cuz
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:52 pm to GFunk
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Suicide and opiates are the Goddamned Black Death of the 21st Century...
stress levels are off the chart
and thanks to technology people who are depressed find it even easier to isolate
Had Flask known the positive impact he made on here maybe me could have reached out. I'm sure those that knew him wish he had ( you cant do that to yourself) None of us will know what he was dealing with internally and we often don't see the effect we have externally on those that know and love us/
I will say this if any of you ever need someone to talk to, just to vent . Don't hesitate to reach out.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:57 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Honestly, all that says to me is we need to have a far more open conversation about mental health and substance abuse in this country. We tend to associate those problems with people who are outliers in society. You can be wildly successful, incredibly likeable, and a functional human being and have those issues. But people want to turn a blind eye or think it can't happen to them or to loved ones that are otherwise pretty normal folks. This absolutely breaks my heart.
This is an instance where the government should almost be held responsible. Far too often these people (who come from EVERY walk of life) are put through the judicial system, charged, considered criminals, and thrown to the side when really they need help. Addiction isn't a crime, it's a disease that can affect anyone no matter where you are in life.
Just think about those that have struggled with this disease for years and are just about dangling by a proverbial string getting pulled over and experiencing the charges and punishment that THF had weighing on him. Not too many of those individuals would make it through without some sort of major depression, often leading to WORSE addiction issues. It's sad and tragic to think that proper help, opposed to punishment, would save so many lives in this situation.
I've personally struggled with painkiller addiction in the past and my closest friends and family never even had a clue. You can be happy on the outside and burning alive on the inside and no one would ever know. If these people were forced into help instead of everyone thinking "he seems like a normal guy that just likes to party too much, he should be punished to teach him a lesson" then maybe we'd have some better outcomes.
My prayers are with the family and friends, this is probably the toughest situation anyone has to deal with in life. May his soul rest easier than the turmoil of life.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:58 pm to RazorBroncs
You can't blame the government for this
The system is flawed but as men we make choices and sometimes need to lean on family or friends to help. I hope he had someone to reach out to
The system is flawed but as men we make choices and sometimes need to lean on family or friends to help. I hope he had someone to reach out to
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:59 pm to ForeverLSU02
Left behind a fiance and a kid...Don't know what he was going through but I feel for them the most
Posted on 9/2/16 at 10:00 pm to Byron Bojangles III
Life insurance can't be collected on suicide generally for first 2/3 years if it's term. Sad situation for them.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 10:00 pm to LSURussian
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Nothing. Nada. He was always upbeat, looking forward to his career, new assignments, new challenges and LSU sports, of course.
I just don't understand what happened. RIP, my friend.
That's the sad part. It can be so silent..they are there somewhere.... If my wife hasn't noticed a change in me and cake my dad to the house for me to walk in on i don't know if be here today. They made me see things were bad off.
Finally figured out it was the medication from my UC disease that fricked my entire endocrine system up. Really warped reality. Im laying here with my 2 year old who's birthday party just ended sleeping next to me reading this and being so fricking grateful for my wife and my parents.
I sure hope God forgives him for this. I hope his family can as well. I hope he can be at peace.
Please for you or your family. Listen to warning signs. Ask for help. It could be the easiest fix sometimes... You just cab be too blind to see it.
This post was edited on 9/2/16 at 10:02 pm
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