Comments on: Sadness Down Under

by: o2bme

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:48:11 +0000

Re: Anonymous –
boo fucking who… why don't you call that number instead of boring us with all your feeling sorry for yourself garbage. no one here cares. that goes for you too Lene!

by: PammyJ

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:36:58 +0000

Sad that Australia has lost another talented young actor!

by: PammyJ

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:35:23 +0000

Re: Andy27 – What a self centered person you are. Defies more comment!

by: AlthaeaSoaps

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:59:23 +0000

I read an article a few years ago, with the few people who had actually survived a jump from the Golden Gate Bridge. Their common theme? They were all certain they had no other choice but to end it all - right up until the moment their feet left the bridge. As soon as they were in the air, they realized there were plenty of ways to keep going, to keep on living.

When you are severely depressed, a mental state comes over you. It is called "Constriction" and it literally makes you blind to things. It is a sort of delusional "tunnel vision" pointing directly to death, and it whispers in your ear that you have no other options, that everything is hopeless, that there is no way that your current misery is ever, EVER going to change or get better. It's a lie your brain tells you. It can be really hard to accept the fact that you can't always trust your OWN BRAIN, but it is true. Constriction is a kind of temporary insanity, and it's the temporary insanity that leads to suicide. Sometimes, just being aware of Constriction can be enough to make people hold off until the mindset gets holes in it and they can see through the delusion.

Look up Constriction, read about it. And then print off the information and put it in your "Last Resort" box - the box full of things you promise to go through BEFORE you act on the impulse. Don't have a Last Resort Box? Make one. Do it before you are so depressed you are paralyzed and can't do it.

by: MelanieAnn

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:35:51 +0000

Thank you so much for recognizing this, Perez. He was an amazingly talented actor who unfortunately was unable to cope and sadly took his own life. He was well loved among his cast mates and will sadly be missed. I also do no think that this post is "lame and utterly irrelevant" just because he's not from the US and actually lived a pretty normal life. People are disgusting. Have some respect. My thoughts are with his family. May he rest in peace.

by: pucci

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:55:13 +0000

This is not really a nice pic of Mark Priestly, google him, he looks nothing like Clay Aiken.
Andy27- fuck off. Heaps of Australians read this blog. I don't care if you are gay either. The 'down under' jokes are so witty and smart of you. OMG!!!11! I'm STRAIGHT!!! Get a life moron.
I was a massive fan of Mark and his character on the show, which has been running in Oz for 10 years. He was a very talented actor.
Thanks for recognising him Perez.

by: NYCKitty

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:24:56 +0000

So sad. Hope everybody knows about the Trevor Project - teen suicide prevention hotline - www.trevorproject.org. My friend is a volunteer, and they're great to talk to.

by: gimmeabreak

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:12:01 +0000

if you've never sunk into the black hole that is clinical depression, then you would not know how it changes your brain chemistry and your entire life. in those moments where you feel/realize you are completely alone in the world and that no one will ever truly love you or be there for you, the despair is so utterly overwhelming and painful that you just want it to stop. you realize you have a choice, to take your life or not, and although i made the latter choice, i was faced with the same choice many people are faced with when suffering from depression. in those moments, no one understands- and they can't possibly- unless experienced themselves. but how many other people do you know who have recovered from this condition?

the trick is to get the help you need while you're going through the troubling times, NOT get to that point where is no point of return.

who knows how long mark was suffering with this (there seems to be a correlation between creative types/artists and psychological affliction). unless you've had this, you'll never truly understand what it is like.

andy27 you're an ass hole.

by: NOTAHATER

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:33:31 +0000

ooh that's terrible!

by: Lor

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:21:30 +0000

Re: Lene – Actually clinical depression is hardwired in one's brain. Having an assole say things about you will stir up emotions, i.e., anger, sadness, etc. But clinical depression is when there is nothing wrong, in fact everything can be right, and you just feel like your best friend or mother died (when they didnt). Clinical depression cannot be cheered up. It is a physical chemical brain issue ONLY treated by a psychiatrist with medication. I know cuz i have clinical depression.