Popular area "mom blogger" attempted suicide

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree the tone of her post is weird in that it makes it seem like her suicide attempt is not that big of a deal and that everything is totally fine now, just over a week later. However, depression is a strange disease. It makes people act in strange ways. She obviously has a lot of issues to sort out and I think the tone of her post is likely a reflection of the way the depression is affecting her thinking. Whatever it is, it's sad and she shouldn't be under attack at this very vulnerable time in her life, no matter how "strange" or "inappropriate" others may find her post.

It's entirely possible that she's faking this whole thing. Why is this an unacceptable thing to even suggest? It's not unheard of, in severely personality disordered individuals. If true it would make her a true POS.

And the timing with two celebrity high-profile suicides this week.

It rings odd to me. I let feels too soon. “Hey—-I swallowed a bottle of pills and booze yesterday, had my stomach pumped and just wanted to let you know.”

Suicide attempts should be taken much more serious and any therapist worth her weight in gold would tell her to keep her ass off social media until she fixes herself.

Maybe it’s living online that is part of her problem.

There

[Anonymous]

^ not sure how “there” ended up at end of post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree the tone of her post is weird in that it makes it seem like her suicide attempt is not that big of a deal and that everything is totally fine now, just over a week later. However, depression is a strange disease. It makes people act in strange ways. She obviously has a lot of issues to sort out and I think the tone of her post is likely a reflection of the way the depression is affecting her thinking. Whatever it is, it's sad and she shouldn't be under attack at this very vulnerable time in her life, no matter how "strange" or "inappropriate" others may find her post.

It's entirely possible that she's faking this whole thing. Why is this an unacceptable thing to even suggest? It's not unheard of, in severely personality disordered individuals. If true it would make her a true POS.

And the timing with two celebrity high-profile suicides this week.

It rings odd to me. I let feels too soon. “Hey—-I swallowed a bottle of pills and booze yesterday, had my stomach pumped and just wanted to let you know.”

Suicide attempts should be taken much more serious and any therapist worth her weight in gold would tell her to keep her ass off social media until she fixes herself.

Maybe it’s living online that is part of her problem.

There

I don’t know this woman, but I know that hundreds of people in the US tried to commit suicide these last two weeks. Hundreds more seriously contemplated it. The only way to combat this plague is to drag it out into the sunlight and start discussing it. If people feel like they will just be labeled attention whores, they won’t tell a friend or family member that they’ve made a plan or just swallowed the pills.

[Anonymous]

^ sure, but not mere days after the attempt! Who is her therapist/psychiatrist? Nobody would advocate this as the time to publicize—this is the time to fix herself, not invite more drama.

[Anonymous]

This may have just been her honest way of explaining why she won't be posting for a long time, instead of just ghosting her very large audience. She's quite popular nationwide, and not posting anything would have eventually lead to another thread about what may have happened to Amy. I suppose she could have said she was taking leave to deal with personal stuff, but she does put it all out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ sure, but not mere days after the attempt! Who is her therapist/psychiatrist? Nobody would advocate this as the time to publicize—this is the time to fix herself, not invite more drama.

Seriously. They need to have their license revoked for prescribing 90 days worth of Xanax. She obviously needs to be on an antidepressant to stabilize her mood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This may have just been her honest way of explaining why she won't be posting for a long time, instead of just ghosting her very large audience. She's quite popular nationwide, and not posting anything would have eventually lead to another thread about what may have happened to Amy. I suppose she could have said she was taking leave to deal with personal stuff, but she does put it all out there.

Meh.

She could’ve just posted something simple like I’m getting some personal issues and appreciate everyone’s support. I will be back online and I feel it’s appropriate. And said to give all the details, posted a picture of her kid, and basically wrote “luckily no big deal!”

Messed up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This may have just been her honest way of explaining why she won't be posting for a long time, instead of just ghosting her very large audience. She's quite popular nationwide, and not posting anything would have eventually lead to another thread about what may have happened to Amy. I suppose she could have said she was taking leave to deal with personal stuff, but she does put it all out there.

Meh.

She could’ve just posted something simple like “I’m having some personal issues and appreciate everyone’s support. I will be back online when I feel it’s appropriate.” Instead she gave all the details, posted a picture of her kid, and basically wrote “luckily no big deal!”

Messed up.

Ugh sorry autocorrect. Fixed above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This may have just been her honest way of explaining why she won't be posting for a long time, instead of just ghosting her very large audience. She's quite popular nationwide, and not posting anything would have eventually lead to another thread about what may have happened to Amy. I suppose she could have said she was taking leave to deal with personal stuff, but she does put it all out there.

Meh.

She could’ve just posted something simple like “I’m having some personal issues and appreciate everyone’s support. I will be back online when I feel it’s appropriate.” Instead she gave all the details, posted a picture of her kid, and basically wrote “luckily no big deal!”

Messed up.

Ugh sorry autocorrect. Fixed above.

And when bloggers don’t give details, they’re slammed for vague blogging. Let’s be honest: people love to criticize others anonymously on the internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ sure, but not mere days after the attempt! Who is her therapist/psychiatrist? Nobody would advocate this as the time to publicize—this is the time to fix herself, not invite more drama.

Seriously. They need to have their license revoked for prescribing 90 days worth of Xanax. She obviously needs to be on an antidepressant to stabilize her mood.

This frustrated me as well. This is a highly addictive drug that is meant to be taken situationally. It’s not a daily medication. It should NEVER be prescribed in that large of a quantity. And we wonder why there is an addiction crisis in this country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree the tone of her post is weird in that it makes it seem like her suicide attempt is not that big of a deal and that everything is totally fine now, just over a week later. However, depression is a strange disease. It makes people act in strange ways. She obviously has a lot of issues to sort out and I think the tone of her post is likely a reflection of the way the depression is affecting her thinking. Whatever it is, it's sad and she shouldn't be under attack at this very vulnerable time in her life, no matter how "strange" or "inappropriate" others may find her post.

It's entirely possible that she's faking this whole thing. Why is this an unacceptable thing to even suggest? It's not unheard of, in severely personality disordered individuals. If true it would make her a true POS.

And the timing with two celebrity high-profile suicides this week.

It rings odd to me. I let feels too soon. “Hey—-I swallowed a bottle of pills and booze yesterday, had my stomach pumped and just wanted to let you know.”

Suicide attempts should be taken much more serious and any therapist worth her weight in gold would tell her to keep her ass off social media until she fixes herself.

Maybe it’s living online that is part of her problem.

There

I don’t know this woman, but I know that hundreds of people in the US tried to commit suicide these last two weeks. Hundreds more seriously contemplated it. The only way to combat this plague is to drag it out into the sunlight and start discussing it. If people feel like they will just be labeled attention whores, they won’t tell a friend or family member that they’ve made a plan or just swallowed the pills.

False dichotomy. There is a chasm between coming forward to a family member or friend (or therapist/suicide prevention hotline) and blasting it all over your public blog, of which there are many readers, most of whom you do not know, and perhaps many of which know your kids. Huge difference and rather disingenuous of you to make it about "getting help" vs being an attention whore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree the tone of her post is weird in that it makes it seem like her suicide attempt is not that big of a deal and that everything is totally fine now, just over a week later. However, depression is a strange disease. It makes people act in strange ways. She obviously has a lot of issues to sort out and I think the tone of her post is likely a reflection of the way the depression is affecting her thinking. Whatever it is, it's sad and she shouldn't be under attack at this very vulnerable time in her life, no matter how "strange" or "inappropriate" others may find her post.

It's entirely possible that she's faking this whole thing. Why is this an unacceptable thing to even suggest? It's not unheard of, in severely personality disordered individuals. If true it would make her a true POS.

And the timing with two celebrity high-profile suicides this week.

It rings odd to me. I let feels too soon. “Hey—-I swallowed a bottle of pills and booze yesterday, had my stomach pumped and just wanted to let you know.”

Suicide attempts should be taken much more serious and any therapist worth her weight in gold would tell her to keep her ass off social media until she fixes herself.

Maybe it’s living online that is part of her problem.

There

I don’t know this woman, but I know that hundreds of people in the US tried to commit suicide these last two weeks. Hundreds more seriously contemplated it. The only way to combat this plague is to drag it out into the sunlight and start discussing it. If people feel like they will just be labeled attention whores, they won’t tell a friend or family member that they’ve made a plan or just swallowed the pills.

False dichotomy. There is a chasm between coming forward to a family member or friend (or therapist/suicide prevention hotline) and blasting it all over your public blog, of which there are many readers, most of whom you do not know, and perhaps many of which know your kids. Huge difference and rather disingenuous of you to make it about "getting help" vs being an attention whore.

Would you feel the same way if she had made the post 3 months from now instead of 8 days after the attempt?

[Anonymous]

She didn't say how many pills a 90 day supply was....it could just be 30 pills. And she could have been stockpiling it for a while.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree the tone of her post is weird in that it makes it seem like her suicide attempt is not that big of a deal and that everything is totally fine now, just over a week later. However, depression is a strange disease. It makes people act in strange ways. She obviously has a lot of issues to sort out and I think the tone of her post is likely a reflection of the way the depression is affecting her thinking. Whatever it is, it's sad and she shouldn't be under attack at this very vulnerable time in her life, no matter how "strange" or "inappropriate" others may find her post.

It's entirely possible that she's faking this whole thing. Why is this an unacceptable thing to even suggest? It's not unheard of, in severely personality disordered individuals. If true it would make her a true POS.

And the timing with two celebrity high-profile suicides this week.

It rings odd to me. I let feels too soon. “Hey—-I swallowed a bottle of pills and booze yesterday, had my stomach pumped and just wanted to let you know.”

Suicide attempts should be taken much more serious and any therapist worth her weight in gold would tell her to keep her ass off social media until she fixes herself.

Maybe it’s living online that is part of her problem.

There

I don’t know this woman, but I know that hundreds of people in the US tried to commit suicide these last two weeks. Hundreds more seriously contemplated it. The only way to combat this plague is to drag it out into the sunlight and start discussing it. If people feel like they will just be labeled attention whores, they won’t tell a friend or family member that they’ve made a plan or just swallowed the pills.

False dichotomy. There is a chasm between coming forward to a family member or friend (or therapist/suicide prevention hotline) and blasting it all over your public blog, of which there are many readers, most of whom you do not know, and perhaps many of which know your kids. Huge difference and rather disingenuous of you to make it about "getting help" vs being an attention whore.

Would you feel the same way if she had made the post 3 months from now instead of 8 days after the attempt?

What an odd question. Are you the blogger gauging people's reactions so you can plan this stunt better next time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree the tone of her post is weird in that it makes it seem like her suicide attempt is not that big of a deal and that everything is totally fine now, just over a week later. However, depression is a strange disease. It makes people act in strange ways. She obviously has a lot of issues to sort out and I think the tone of her post is likely a reflection of the way the depression is affecting her thinking. Whatever it is, it's sad and she shouldn't be under attack at this very vulnerable time in her life, no matter how "strange" or "inappropriate" others may find her post.

It's entirely possible that she's faking this whole thing. Why is this an unacceptable thing to even suggest? It's not unheard of, in severely personality disordered individuals. If true it would make her a true POS.

And the timing with two celebrity high-profile suicides this week.

It rings odd to me. I let feels too soon. “Hey—-I swallowed a bottle of pills and booze yesterday, had my stomach pumped and just wanted to let you know.”

Suicide attempts should be taken much more serious and any therapist worth her weight in gold would tell her to keep her ass off social media until she fixes herself.

Maybe it’s living online that is part of her problem.

There

I don’t know this woman, but I know that hundreds of people in the US tried to commit suicide these last two weeks. Hundreds more seriously contemplated it. The only way to combat this plague is to drag it out into the sunlight and start discussing it. If people feel like they will just be labeled attention whores, they won’t tell a friend or family member that they’ve made a plan or just swallowed the pills.

False dichotomy. There is a chasm between coming forward to a family member or friend (or therapist/suicide prevention hotline) and blasting it all over your public blog, of which there are many readers, most of whom you do not know, and perhaps many of which know your kids. Huge difference and rather disingenuous of you to make it about "getting help" vs being an attention whore.

Would you feel the same way if she had made the post 3 months from now instead of 8 days after the attempt?

What an odd question. Are you the blogger gauging people's reactions so you can plan this stunt better next time?

What an odd question.

There is a value to more open discussions about mental health as stated above. Many here have criticized the timing of her post. Is it really the timing or that she’s talking about it at all?