Suicide

[MWPP]

When I worked in a hotel I got a shock at how many people check in purely to commit suicide so a member of their family isn’t the one to find them. It was always one of our poor housekeepers instead.

Yeah . Probably also due to the increased privacy and reduced distractions and interruptions.

 

[Doss]

Three people in my year at primary school (there would have been I guess about 55 of us per year level) have died by their own hand. The particularly unusual thing is that all three were girls/women; one at 16, one at 20, and one at 26.

I wasn't close to any of them, but I was rifling through my old stuff when visiting my mother not long ago and found a photo from Grade 5 with all three of them there, looking happy too. That was pretty bloody sobering, poor girls.

 

[Shell]

Finding the body would be just so terrible.

The school withheld details re. my workmate from us (and rightly so imo) all i know is the wife returned home- from a funeral- and found the body of her husband. Dont think the child was home.

You cant even try to comprehend what that would be like to go through..

 

[Shell]

Three people in my year at primary school have died by their own hand. The particularly unusual thing is that all three were girls/women; one at 16, one at 20, and one at 26.

I wasn't close to any of them, but I was rifling through my old stuff when visiting my mother not long ago and found a photo from Grade 5 with all three of them in the photo. That was pretty bloody sobering, poor girls.

I have had exactly 7 student deaths while Ive been working at school. 3 suicide (2 boys, 1 girl), 1 cancer, 1 asthma attack, 2 accident.


1 of the boys did it at school- i drove past the scene, but it was an hour or so after the canteen staff found him hanging in the tree. Just beyond horrific.

 

[Run n Spread]

This was harmless US mainstream TV in the 90s.

Even the audience cringed. Yeah not funny.

 

[Run n Spread]

Its ridiculous and disgusting.

Learning should be an enjoyable and relaxing experience.
There is NOTHING that you can do or not do scholastically in year 9/10/11 (or even 12 tbh) that will permanently damage your future.
If you miss an assignment or fail a test it will have zero impact on the rest of your life.

(Apologies raskolnikov but I speak the truth)

Think you'll find raskolnikov and any other educator on this board worth their salt would entirely agree with you.

 

[utility]

I was told after seven hits drivers are supposed to stand down. For some reason one guy racked up 13 and went off the rails (pardon the pun).

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Suicide isn't talked enough in your professions but its literally never talked about at schools. (From my experiences at 3 schools in Melbourne) Schools are known and are breading grounds for mental health issues. The stress and expectations put on teenagers is too much. That on top of whatever is happening at school is a deadly combination. This stigma, this lack of knowledge, this lack of recourses resulted in the death of my friend. She was only 14. It's an indescribable feeling that feeling of loss, hopelessness. It's terrible.

A single conversation can save a life.

The bullying is the big issue for mine. In my schooling the schools were next to useless in dealing with it. It was the same old cycle. Report it, meeting with assistant principal, stops for two weeks, starts up again and repeat the cycle. In the end you go whats the point of reporting it.
I copped it from start to just about finish. Ended up with very few friends as a result. Spent year 6 without a single friend, I brought in a walkman radio and listened to that.

 

[Shell]

On a sort of side-topic, has anyone heard of the Aokigahara forest in Japan? It's reportedly the biggest suicide hotspot in the world. It's a fascinating, beautiful yet terrifying place from the documentary I watched by Vice (I'll link it bellow in a spoiler but be warned the content is fairly graphic). Reportedly 200 people commit suicide there every single year. It's a terrifying place but some of the most beautiful yet sad scenery that I have ever seen.

Until recently it was relatively unknown until it was blown into the medias eye when a YouTuber filmed a dead body in an extremely disrespectful way.

Spoiler: Documentary: Warning, suicide victim's skeleton shown in video

I would highly recommend watching if you have time, the scientist who talks about it does an amazing job.

Havent seen that or know of that, but i have seen "The Bridge"

Great doco on suicides off the Golden Gate Bridge.

 

[MWPP]

Yeah, that was the same problem I was having throughout year 6,7 and 8 I had zero real friends. It's a terrible place to be mentally. The exact same thing with the bullying, the school doesn't give a shit about you.


Also that last line really reminded me of the Queen song Radio Ga Ga

I’m glad things improved for you in year 9.
I had no real friends in my last primary school - I used to play or read by myself most lunchtimes :/

But highschool was a little better , and uni was much better (for the first time in my life, I was actually popular )

As for being reminded of Queen - did you recently listen to the SC playlist ?

 

[MWPP]

Of course!

I boted earlier and it got my 5

 

[Gough]

I like that Freddie is back in vogue.

 

[Off The Couch]

I like that Freddie is back in vogue.

It’s not the Freddie that I recall reading all about in my pop magazines from the 70’s - he was a bad bad boy

 

[Gough]

It’s not the Freddie that I recall reading all about in my pop magazines from the 70’s - he was a bad bad boy

That was always that great thing about Freddie, in the 80's he could get a bunch of blokes who would recoil at meeting a real life ****ter wearing t-shirts with Queen proudly emblazoned on them while standing in thrall to a Tom of Finland clone gyrating on stage. He always hid in plain sight, that the PG version of his life introduces him to a new generation of fans is kinda fitting.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

I like that Freddie is back in vogue.

I got into Queen because when I was a kid in the late 90's We Will Rock You got played a lot.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

This was harmless US mainstream TV in the 90s.

 

[Shell]

I have to admit the film turned me. I really did not like Queen (still maintain my hatred for that one song tho..) but now have done a 180.


Similar type of thing what The Breakfast Club did for me with "Dont you forget about me" in a way..

 

[rocker_oz33]

There is a park down the end of the street a lady l knew son hung himself in the tree only in the park.
Their house was just across the road you could see the tree from their front door.
One thing l couldn't understand they stayed in the house for years after.

Anyway the mother hung herself last year (l think).ln one of the childrens bedroom.

My old house hung himself the the garage in the family home left 2 kids behide.
I found out it was the garage after l standing there , somebody told me.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

I was told after seven hits drivers are supposed to stand down. For some reason one guy racked up 13 and went off the rails (pardon the pun).

Never heard of the 'seven and stand down' policy, but I suppose it would make sense to have such a policy.

But any number selected for the maximum would have to be arbitrary, wouldn't it?

So the purported choice of seven, often considered a 'lucky' number, seems ironic.

 

[Xtreme]

The bullying is the big issue for mine. In my schooling the schools were next to useless in dealing with it. It was the same old cycle. Report it, meeting with assistant principal, stops for two weeks, starts up again and repeat the cycle. In the end you go whats the point of reporting it.
I copped it from start to just about finish. Ended up with very few friends as a result. Spent year 6 without a single friend, I brought in a walkman radio and listened to that.

I had people attempt to bully me early on in high school22, long story short they failed. I put up with them attempting to rough me up for a while. I finally showed someone that I actually was NOT the push over they thought I was (aka I belted one of them). I was left alone after that .

I floated between the smarter kids (loved playing chess against them, even though I rarely did any good ), the cool guys, the cool guys who were actually no hopers, the sports nuts. I had to find my identity when the majority of those I was close with decided to leave high school in year 10 and others in year 11. I could have copied and followed them, ultimately I decided to stick it out (hey I wanted to succeed).

I ended up isolating myself from the rest of my year level outside of the classroom. Similar to how many people feel about work colleagues. It's one thing to work with them...... but would I want to spend 1-2+ hours socialising with them outside of that environment ? OH HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL NO. I don't regret doing it as they gave me the shits, I had my social circle outside of school so I did have a social outlet. Opted to not attend any excursions, or "end of year celebration" events.

I got into Queen because when I was a kid in the late 90's We Will Rock You got played a lot.

Wayne's World introduced me!!

 

[Shell]

There is a park down the end of the street a lady l knew son hung himself in the tree only in the park.
Their house was just across the road you could see the tree from their front door.
One thing l couldn't understand they stayed in the house for years after.

Anyway the mother hung herself last year (l think).ln one of the childrens bedroom.
.

Probably similar to the mother, whose two children was murdered by her ex before he drove to his house and shot himself- because thats the last place they were and she refused to leave the house due to that.

Just so ****ing tragic.

 

[revo333]

Hard to speak for Majak Daw’s case because in the eyes of many blokes his life looks pretty good. Paid big bucks do play a game a great deal of Australian men fantasise about playing professionally since they were 6.

As they say, Money doesn't buy happiness.

 

[Xtreme]

As they say, Money doesn't buy happiness.

Spoken like someone that hasn't swam in money before!

 

[Cuzz09]

That Seinfeld one is funny but true.

 

[Cruyff14]

Finding the body would be just so terrible.

The school withheld details re. my workmate from us (and rightly so imo) all i know is the wife returned home- from a funeral- and found the body of her husband. Dont think the child was home.

You cant even try to comprehend what that would be like to go through..

This is bloody horrible.