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Alexander Armstrong
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Not a Sun reader, but thought I'd pass this on. I'm involved with a charity which is at the sharp end of suicide and emotional distress and "celebs" speaking out helps others to talk about this normally taboo subject.
Pointless host Alexander Armstrong opens up about pal’s suicide ahead of new show | The Sun |Showbiz|TV.
Pointless host Alexander Armstrong opens up about pal’s suicide ahead of new show | The Sun |Showbiz|TV.
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I think charities that help people who are distressed are wonderful. I do think it must help when people in the public eye open up about how vulnerable they feel at times and how difficult they find coping.
01:12 Mon 01st Jul 2013
I thought Stephen Fry talking about his attempt last year was moving. When he said 'why' is the wrong question, I thoroughly agreed with him.
There is no why, someone is in such a deep dark place that the light doesn't shine at all, then sometimes it's the only way out that they see.
ps, can't open the link, pc is on the go-slow today.
There is no why, someone is in such a deep dark place that the light doesn't shine at all, then sometimes it's the only way out that they see.
ps, can't open the link, pc is on the go-slow today.
ditto, wolf63. been there, done that (several times).....and fully understand what it takes to do it and the thought processes involved, which are nigh on impossible to explain to those who haven't. when i was 12, the boy next door that i fancied (he was 18 and gorgeous) shot himself over a debt for a motorbike and breaking up with his first girlfriend.....no warning signs whatsoever. since then, i have known several people commit suicide and it is also something i encounter in my job as a psych nurse too frequently. it's a difficult thing to rationalise and live with. ....and hard to live with.
People who (good for them!) know nothing at all about what akes someone take their own life take two viewpoints - the person was either a) brave, or b) a coward.
In fact they were neither. Suicide is not a matter of being brave or being cowardly.
You just have to to be desparate enough to need the relief.
In fact they were neither. Suicide is not a matter of being brave or being cowardly.
You just have to to be desparate enough to need the relief.