Suicide

[Riot]

Have you ever known anybody that committed suicide? If not, has anybody at your school committed suicide? What was the community's reaction like?

I'm curious, as far as I know, nobody at my school has committed suicide.

[italianstalion]

My dad's uncle tried to commit suicide recently but failed. We don't talk about it much though.

[UVAlaxer432]

I dont know a kid that has committed suicide, but i know a kid that went to my school that tried multiple times.

[Lacrosse4life31]

yes 4 people have... very sad... they were pretty cool kids too! one was a senior and was on varsity lax and got a scholorship to a really good lax school (i forget, happend awhile ago, i wasn't in H.S. then, but he went to my H.S.) and well he had lots of "at home" problems with parents getting divorces, dad beating him, he came in stitches one day becaues his dad beat him so bad... He taught me how do throw and catch, and introduced me to the sport... i don't know the other 2, but the last one went to my rival middle school when i was in middle school and he had deppression problems and commited suicide. His father came in like 2 weeks ago because he started a program to help poor people get back on their feet and help soup kitchens and stuff like that and talked to us about it and how much his sons suicide impacted his life.

The communities reaction was: for the two ones i know: for about 3 weeks people gave the family LOTS of gifts and flowers, just about every day somebody pitched in and had flowers sent and gifts and chocolates. the community attended the funeral and some helped the family out financialy for the cost of all the funeral stuff (funerals aren't cheap!)

hope that fullfills your curiosity... its a very sad manner...

[czechinthepipes]

Well about 5 years before I was a freshman at my high school, so like 9 years ago, a student (a senior I think) committed suicide at his home. I believe he stabbed himself a bunch of times or slit his throat or wrists I don't remember. But he was a popular jock and really smart and well a bunch of bad stuff started happening to him, so he got depressed a lot and easily. One day after a year or so of being depressed he just had enough of it, he couldn't handle how hard my college prep high school was anymore, plus he started messing up in sports and having trouble with friends and the popular seen and his family. So he went home after practice one day wrote a really long suicide note and killed himself. The sad thing is is that he put the date and time of when he was going to do it, and his mom was only like 5 mins too late to stop her son.
It was really sad, and our school took it really hard. I don't know too much because it was a long time ago and I was kinda young. I only know what I know because my brother graduated from the same school a year before.
Its said when anyone kills themselves even if you don't know the person. Its just sad in general that someone is struggling so much that they would consider to give up something so precious. I know how they all feel and what they are going through and it sucks, but it even more sucks when you lose someone from suicide especially a good friend.
I do know a few other people who have commited suicide but I don't feel like writing about them.
Just out of curiosity Riot, but why are you curious?

[lslaxer]

I remember reading that Ken Griffey Jr. attempted to kill himself. No one that I know has committed suicide though, luckily.

[moondog]

We had a SMOKING hot model at my high school. Modeled all over Europe and Japan. Then one of my friends knocked her up, and a week after she had the baby, she hung herself in the garage. It was post-partum depression. Nicest girl, too--no ego whatsoever about being remarkably hot. She even modeled when she was pregnant, she looked so good.

The town was shocked, yet they were there for the family, and I was good friends with her younger sister. We have a very supportive town, and she had a very nice family.

It was a sad and tragic loss, and once in a while I still think about her. She used to sit on the sidelines for my middle school travelling soccer games, and I would ALWAYS find myself staring at her when the ball was on our offensive side of the field (I was a goalie). And when we were staying at hotels, we would always play in the pool and chase each other around the hotel complex...Brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it--I knew she liked me, but I was 12 when she was 16, so I didn't really know what to do with girls at that point, besides make out...

And her family always sat in front of us in church when we were really young. When I'd joke around with my brother, she'd always turn arouund and flash that sweet, innocent smile with those amazing brown eyes...

Yes, sadly, the hottest girl to ever live in our town, and the girl I adored as a "tween" hung herself in her garage. It has been 10 years since she's passed...

Kind of makes me feel like one of the guys from "The Virgin Suicides" (1999)

I'll have to drink one for her tonight--thanks for contributing to bringing back those memories...

[MainLax28]

One of my father's friends, and a good friend of mine who I had known since I could walk tried once, and succeeded on the second try. His wife cheated on him with their son's football coach, started smking crack, and weed, and basically caused his family to fall apart. After the whole divorce and everything, he had a 1 million dollar house paid off and another 1.8 million in the bank, and the wife was paid everything. So before Christmas 2 years ago, like on the 5th of december he drove to a Casino in Atlantic City, and jumped off the roof of the parking garage. Sad thing was that a 15 year old girl saw his body fall and land like 5 feet in front of him. It was really a depressing time for everyone in the area since he knew almost everybody. Since my dad worked with him, people still call to this day and ask to talk to the guy and when my dad tells them he died, they cry. It just goes to show you two messages. If you are a nice guy, people will always respect you, no matter what your fate is, and that money can't buy happiness. This guy was one of those kind of people you aspire to be like, family man, good business, good kids. It was a real shame

[RIT37FO]

it sucks, just bad for everyone who knew the person. messes a lot of people up for good.


a girl i am friends with took a big bottle of advil and drank a bottle of vodka she is only like 100 pounds they found her in her room but revived her somehow

after 6 years or so she is back to normal and doing well but we all watch her when she drinks jsut because of what happend

[HdGLaxWarrior]

my godfather commited suicide a few years ago. i didnt really know him. my parents decided him and his wife should be the godparents because they had trouble having kids of their own. from what i understand he had depression and alot of marriage problems and started making a scene at work and pulled out a gun and killed himself.

[moondog]

Whoops--forgot--

My uncle blew his brains out about 20 years ago. He was Schizophrenic...

[Levin]

i've only known of two cases... one of my sisters best friends, and a good friend of one of my really good friends.

In both cases they've been torn up about it...

[WSlax9]

May God have mercy on those poor souls....

[CHSLAX22x]

We recently had one about 3 years ago, it struck home for a lot of families because he was so much like all of their children. He was 16. One thing I have learned about depression and suicide is that it is usually the overachievers, like the extremely smart kids or the great athletes, or as posted earlier, the hot models. This is because their mindstate sets very high standards and if they dont reach them, depression and thoughts of suicide sets in. They usually keep it hidden well.

Just trying to spread awareness in case anyone is worried about someone they know

[bloodilax977]

Exactly two months ago one of the most respected and loved teachers at our middle school committed suicide. He was my football coach in 7th and 8th grade, and PE teacher in 8th grade. Such an amazing guy, so nice and funny. When I heard I didn't believe it because it was one of those things where it just doesn't seem possible. No one saw it coming. He was always smiling, had a wife and two young children, was the varsity basketball coach, JV tennis coach, modified football coach and always involved. He's so missed by everyone, he was a great guy. As for our community, it was just widespread shock and sadness. The line at his wake was, at one point during the day, an entire block long.

[czechinthepipes]

We recently had one about 3 years ago, it struck home for a lot of families because he was so much like all of their children. He was 16. One thing I have learned about depression and suicide is that it is usually the overachievers, like the extremely smart kids or the great athletes, or as posted earlier, the hot models. This is because their mindstate sets very high standards and if they dont reach them, depression and thoughts of suicide sets in. They usually keep it hidden well.

Just trying to spread awareness in case anyone is worried about someone they know
Its not just the people that are smart, good athletes or hot models, its also the people that just don't like themselves, the people that get picked on, people that have deformities and are insecure, people that have some type of anxiety or depression medical condition, people that have bad families, no friends, are odd for some reason, or just people that have life rough. Depression doesn't have a suited type of person, it can affect any type of person at anytime no matter what. Its just like anxiety, the two usually go hand in hand.
But yes if you see anyone that is depressed or are having any types of serious problems talk to them, or talk to adults or people in charge. Its better to take action and talk to the person even if its uncomfortable or confrontational, because if you don't it may be to late when you decide to talk to them.

[goalie4JESUS]

my cousin, he shot himself , the note he left is what tore me up the most, it was about how i shouldnt waste my life . talk about a guilt trip, he was always helping me and telling me how to get better in the goal. he was the best dang guy you could ever hang with. we dont talk about it much..........he was my best friend and a great lax player too i miss him alot

our whole town was so shocked he was always a happy go lucky dude and always looked forward to a good time he always wore a smile even in crappy times .....but he said life just got boring ....and he didnt get a scholarship to the school of his choice so he ended it



i miss him more than anyone will ever know!

[Goalie18]

My best friend swallowed a bottle of tylonol but they revived her thank god
Another friend cuts and doesnt eat cuz the family doesnt have that much money since the mom quit her job. Shes such a great friend but has depression and adhd. so the meds for adhd cause suicidal tendencies. The hardest part right now is knowing that eventually one of my friends will do this
Im not religious but i hope they will rest peacfully they are so great to me

R.I.P anyone and everyone

[spyopticgoggles]

a kid on my hockey team hung himself. he was seriously the fastest kid i have ever seen, he had a hot gf and he did good in school so nobody knows why he did it. his friend found him in his back woods when he was picking him up for school. it was pretty sad, and luckily we won states that yr. my coach did a very good thing and grabbed the microphone and dedicated the game to him...

[Jesse]

Yeah a few.
A old school friend's Mum killed herself after her husband left her.
Apparently she took alot of prescription pills and drowned in the toilet.
The community was really stunned. My mate left the school and I havnt seen him since.

AussieLax may be able to help me with this one.
Year 12 student hung himself when I was in year 8(?). I remember coming to school and all the year 12's were crying.

A friend of mine lost her two best friends 3 weeks ago after they both killed themselves. One lost his lisence and broke up with his girl. Then called ehr up the next day saying he was going to kill himself. She thought it was a joke. 5 mins later he got hit by a train.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

She thought it was a joke.

a similar thing happened to my friend. his mom called him to go get his dad for dinner, and he found him unresponsive, he thought hs dad was playing a joke on him, so he ate. they went in a few hours later and he died of a heart attack.

[MVHSlax14]

this is gonna sound dumb but there have been points in time where I've thought about suicide because I start to feel like I'm losing control over everything, I've never told anyone before but since this website makes you somewhat anynmous. Like sometimes I feel like everyone is gonna rely on what I do but there going to criticize it anyway. People always seem to tell me I can do things better because they think I'm smarter than I actually am and when I fail or don't do well at it I feel horrible. Other times its just anxiety and panicing and worrying about what people will think of me. And the whole thing with being called a K*** and being somewhat picked on now has got me down, not to mention my girlfriend broke up with me and I have no idea why.

sorry if I got all emo there

Dude, you play lacrosse, the best sport on the planet, and just remember that things will always eventually go up. If you think you have hit your rock bottom, the only place to go is up. Don't get down on yourself jsut because of school, or what others think of you... you should only be the person that you are, and not what others want you to be.

[Laxer1241]

Its hard though like especially when you really don't have like many people to talk to
well your on a forum with 27,000 members that are hear to listen bro... just saying no one should ever feel like theres nothing to live for. Think of the family that loves you and how your life will be after school when you can a big difference in the world. That should get you threw the highschool B.S. alone.

[lD lU lK lE 311]

a few kids at my school have...one of them has a sister whos a senior at my school and was a soph in college...im not sure why he did it but he did...also this kid who was a senior when i was in 8th grade got like pissed at his parents and like ran his dad over in his car and killed him and then i think killed himself...it was pretty bad.

[murderlax]

not that i can think of but a little fact about suicide that alot of people don't know.

the majority of ALL suicides are on a monday.

kinda wierd.

[libertyvillelax]

not that i can think of but a little fact about suicide that alot of people don't know.

the majority of ALL suicides are on a monday.

kinda wierd.
I'd be too tired to kill myself on a monday...

[LameR]

I had a cousin who did.

We've had a couple at our school.

[slinkyspine]

FireFighters I can see, they cant save someone and they die

and they go nuts thinkin about that

[the next 'one']

my friend's mom killed herself when he was about 7. recently, his dad started having alot of problems, and he killed himself in february.

now my 15-year-old friend is alone with his 8-year-old sister, staying at the dad's ex-girlfriend's house because the only other family they have left is a grandma who is like 87 and lives across the world.

[bellies_lax_17]

A teacher at my highschool killed himself in the summer before i went into gr. 8 (hs here is 8-12). He was a band teacher, apparently really cool. Anyways, he had an affair with a student, got found out but before he lost his job he left his car running and closed himself into the garage.

[3rdPersonPlural]

Lana Clarkson was an old friend of mine. Apparently, she committed suicide right in Phil Spector's foyer.

[Goalie18]

Dentist are most ikely because nobody looks foward to seeing them. In fact most are completly disliked.

Wow, this is the saddest thread I've seen in a while on here

[laxmonster54]

15 years ago a girl hung her self behind the stage from the light cables. I heard she was really EMO but yep she really did die back there!

[lax21goalie2008]

"Looks like somebody's got a case of the Mondays...."
Office Space is a great movie.

Oh yeah, one of the teachers at my middle school found her son hanging from a ceiling fan...

[Meade Lacrosse]

One of my friends tried to to is last week. She OD'ed on pills, and was taken to Sheppard-Pratt Hospital (a mental hospital, I believe). She also did something to her hair, because she had to cut a lot of it off (sucks too, cus she was really pretty, now her hair makes her look weird).

I (think) she's fine now, though.

[JEeagleslax]

i have had one in my family and two friends that have attempted but failed. seven years ago after my uncle and aunt split up things got ugly. it ended with him killing her and eventually himself. i still RARELY talk about it and the only person i can truely talk about it with is my boyfriend of 5 months. it still kills me on days like his birthday, death anniversary, and holidays to know that my uncle is gone. two of my friends have attempted. one has attempted twice and the other three times. one i dont see that often. but the one i see i constantly check on him and worry about him because he has always been like a big brother to me, always looking out for me and stuff. he had a rough summer last year and ran away and when i tried to help him mom find him he freaked at me and we stopped talking. we are talking again now and hes my best friend. he hasnt attempted since last summer. this is a really hard thing for people who go through it. It wasnt hard for me about my uncle because i was 10 and didnt fully understand it but it has come back to haunt me now. the last few years have been hard but i keep my head held high. dont joke about suicide though b/c u never know who has been effected by it and it kills me to here ppl joke about it like its no big deal

[KnightsLAXDad]

A cousin who purposely OD'd
My sister in law's stepfather by gun
A close friend by hanging
A school colleague by an undisclosed means.

While all very sad, they self-imposed a very permanent "solution" to a temporary problem.

[laxgoalieWE4949]

While all very sad, they self-imposed a very permanent "solution" to a temporary problem.

That is a very good point ive been lucky enough so far to not know of any attempts or acctual suicides by any of my friends or family. My prays go out to the people who have to deal with this.

[Valaxman17]

I talked a friend out of suicide and one of my dads best friends shot himself

[msweetney50]

So before Christmas 2 years ago, like on the 5th of december he drove to a Casino in Atlantic City, and jumped off the roof of the parking garage. Sad thing was that a 15 year old girl saw his body fall and land like 5 feet in front of him.

So the sad part of this is that a complete stranger saw someone die, not that fact that his family and friends lost someone they loved?

[Mustangs21]

I have a friend who back in middle school tried OD'ing on tyonel but was takin to the hospital and revived.....and last summer a classmate of mine hung himself in his closet, it brought the school somewhat closer together as many attended the funeral services.....i remember having my football coach break us (the team) the news one day at a summer practice, and he just wanted us to know if any of us needed help with anything that the whole coaching staff and players are there for eachother

[MainLax28]

So the sad part of this is that a complete stranger saw someone die, not that fact that his family and friends lost someone they loved?
Yup, that is the entire point.




Morons.....

[m4melax]

In middle school one of my classmate's dad was down in there basement cleaning a gun when it "accidently" went off, killing him. Everyone ( including the police) thought it was an accident until the found a note in a bottom of a trashcan explaing how unhappy he was, and he just decided it'd be easier for everyone if he was gone. The weird thing is, he had a pretty perfect life.

[abomb]

I thank God that I've never had to go through any suicides. I cant even imagine what they would be like.

[bethesdagoalie]

my uncle killed himself but i was like 4 so i don;t remember anything about it. He was schizophrenic.

[Doritos]

hey man don't worry to much just try and live life to what u can trust me i walk every day on my school campus with a smile but truth is i never really am i guess the only time i fell good is when i play lacrosse on the field all worries vanish i am just on the field seting objectives and making choices other then that i am a loner i am the nice guy in school and its most likely that ppl will talk to me when they need some thing because other then that i am pretty much Casper at my school dint go to prom, grad night was tonight and i dint go >< and i struggled to get all my school creeds but i found out i failed my highs school exit exam by 5 points. even then i still count my blessings have my gf all do my parents never do belive in me and reality sinks in on u hiting u hard day after day but i am still holding my chin up well some what but life can be harsh so just try and make it good :P

[lacrosse_queen1]

hmmmmmm no one ive known has commited suicide... my friends cousin i think did.... he was pretty upset about it...
a ton of people in my grade cut... i dont know if its much like suicide but it worries me that people want to hurt themselves like that...

[BurnSomeRope]

Do you know that 2 of the groups most likely to commit suicide are dentists and firefighters?

Can't forget tollbooth workers. Fire fighters i understand, you can see some traumatic ****, but dentistry... nice pay, tranquil work place...?

[lax4life6]

One of my good friends dad hung himself in the house that he built. It was bad because my friend and his dad were really really close. Another one of my friends tried to kill himself with advil and cutting his wrists. He was going through a rough time but luckily hes ok now.

[idkWhoUr]

my dads cousin killed herself because coke make her dead inside

[LymanLax28]

My dad comitted suicide about a month and a half ago, near the end of April. It's difficult to put into words how terrible of a thing suicide is, and I hope none of you guys ever have to experience it firsthand or feel the need to resort to such drastic measures. Life will get better if you let it.

[ByrdDpole]

One of my best friend's mom shot herself with one of their hunting rifles. I hated going to her funeral, because it was so sad.

[Laxguy93]

my grandpa killed shot and himself after my grandma died with his daughter in a boating accident. my dad never talks about him or his sister, the grandma was his step-mom, it always blows my mind how he still is ok and sane after losing 3 family members within about a year of eachother.

[VTLaxFan]

This is a true story. I heard this from a football coach. At the end of a school year, a high school teacher(will call her Mrs. Wilkinson) gives every one of her students a blue ribbon, and tells them to pass this on to the person that means most to them, on one condition that they continue the process. One of the ribbons makes its way to father, who thinks he is really falling away from his son, the son is up in his room, and is called down to speak with his dad. Now after this really emotional talk, everybody's crying, and the son says, "Dad, I need to tell you something, I was up in my room writing a suicide note that you and mom would find after I hung myself......." That is one of the best stories I have ever heard.

[JEeagleslax]

I was reading through other peoples stories...i have already told mine and it made me realize that even if u have no one there r sites like this where it could seem like you do. i havent ever attempted suicide but i wont lie about it. there were times after my uncle did and my parents got divorced that i thought it would be the easiest solution. luckily i had one good friend who always kept me away from the edge. he never knew i was close to it. about 4 months later him and i started dating and i have not been happier in my life. i told him about 2 months ago about how hard the summer was for me and how he helped me without even knowing it. while i never was even close to trying...the thought always lingered in my head. he saved me in my eyes. i couldnt ask for a better friend or boyfriend and we are currently talking about maybe getting married someday and starting a life together. just figured i would share a lil story of hope. if anyone ever thinks about it and needs to talk im here for ya and just trust me it will get better

[DoverLax09]

well it hard to talk about this but 1 year ago on june 16 will be the day that my brother killed himself and then on june 23 will be 1 year since my mom killed her self b/c after my brother my mom was so hung up in his death she took her own life. we still dont know the reason why my brother killed himself. And for my mom she was the nicest,smartest,honest,sinceare, most wonderfull person to walk the earth man let me tell you i loved her. And now i have to live with this it suckes so bad and the worst part is i didnt even get to say i love you to her or even a hug i just came home from school one day and she was just like hanging there unresponsive it was the worst day of my life and now i have theere name on my helmet so every time i play i play for them.

[laxstar4]

We had a SMOKING hot model at my high school. Modeled all over Europe and Japan. Then one of my friends knocked her up, and a week after she had the baby, she hung herself in the garage. It was post-partum depression. Nicest girl, too--no ego whatsoever about being remarkably hot. She even modeled when she was pregnant, she looked so good.

The town was shocked, yet they were there for the family, and I was good friends with her younger sister. We have a very supportive town, and she had a very nice family.

It was a sad and tragic loss, and once in a while I still think about her. She used to sit on the sidelines for my middle school travelling soccer games, and I would ALWAYS find myself staring at her when the ball was on our offensive side of the field (I was a goalie). And when we were staying at hotels, we would always play in the pool and chase each other around the hotel complex...Brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it--I knew she liked me, but I was 12 when she was 16, so I didn't really know what to do with girls at that point, besides make out...

And her family always sat in front of us in church when we were really young. When I'd joke around with my brother, she'd always turn arouund and flash that sweet, innocent smile with those amazing brown eyes...

Yes, sadly, the hottest girl to ever live in our town, and the girl I adored as a "tween" hung herself in her garage. It has been 10 years since she's passed...

Kind of makes me feel like one of the guys from "The Virgin Suicides" (1999)

I'll have to drink one for her tonight--thanks for contributing to bringing back those memories...

was this at barrington high or cary high

[XLaxClipper]

When my friend was little (about 4) she was walking with her grandma and her grandma told her she was going to commit suicide. A couple of hours after my friend got home, the family found out the grandma killed herself. My friend still blames herself for it and has an extremely screwed up homelife. Before I met her she seriously thought about suicide, but never actually tried it. I still think if things got bad enough again she'd try it. She was going to run away from home a motnh or two ago, but I was lucky enough to call her before she did it, and have her meet me (since my lax game just finished and she was around the park we play at) and I talked her out of it. I make it a point to talk to her on the phone for a few hours atleast once a week to make sure everything is all right.