Another suicide UMD

[Anonymous]

Why would you post this making it about you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find these threads so inappropriate. Someone lost a child and you all want to gossip about it. Taking on someone else's trauma as your own. Gross. Most blogs block comments on posts reporting suicide.

Op go get some help for you and your kid.

Agree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find these threads so inappropriate. Someone lost a child and you all want to gossip about it. Taking on someone else's trauma as your own. Gross. Most blogs block comments on posts reporting suicide.

Op go get some help for you and your kid.

Thank you for saying this. Heartbreaking to imagine what the student's family is dealing with right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m so sorry.

Please encourage your child to get on a therapy schedule now. That is traumatic.

+1

Please go to your child as well (if you at all can). Go have lunch or dinner with them, see if they are actually "okay" or need to come home and go to therapy there. This was traumatic, your kid already has depression and this can be a big trigger

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m so sorry.

Please encourage your child to get on a therapy schedule now. That is traumatic.

+1

Please go to your child as well (if you at all can). Go have lunch or dinner with them, see if they are actually "okay" or need to come home and go to therapy there. This was traumatic, your kid already has depression and this can be a big trigger

This x100

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m so sorry.

Please encourage your child to get on a therapy schedule now. That is traumatic.

+1

Please go to your child as well (if you at all can). Go have lunch or dinner with them, see if they are actually "okay" or need to come home and go to therapy there. This was traumatic, your kid already has depression and this can be a big trigger

Absolutely this! A hug is not helicoptering, get to your kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find these threads so inappropriate. Someone lost a child and you all want to gossip about it. Taking on someone else's trauma as your own. Gross. Most blogs block comments on posts reporting suicide.

Op go get some help for you and your kid.

+1. This poor kid and their poor family. May you vultures never know.

Honest question. Do you not see any value in knowing about this loss so that parents can discuss it with their children? The students are already talking about it. It's well documented that suicide within a community can increase the risk of other suicides, so these events are something a parent, especially a parent of a student who is already struggling with mental health, should be aware of.

Schools notify actual parents of these incidents.

I'm a UMD parent and I was not notified of this event. I heard from my student.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find these threads so inappropriate. Someone lost a child and you all want to gossip about it. Taking on someone else's trauma as your own. Gross. Most blogs block comments on posts reporting suicide.

Op go get some help for you and your kid.

+1. This poor kid and their poor family. May you vultures never know.

Honest question. Do you not see any value in knowing about this loss so that parents can discuss it with their children? The students are already talking about it. It's well documented that suicide within a community can increase the risk of other suicides, so these events are something a parent, especially a parent of a student who is already struggling with mental health, should be aware of.

Schools notify actual parents of these incidents.

I'm a UMD parent and I was not notified of this event. I heard from my student.

Most schools don’t notify the parents or if they do it is a few days after the fact with limited info. Hoping that those that need support get the support they need. 😢

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find these threads so inappropriate. Someone lost a child and you all want to gossip about it. Taking on someone else's trauma as your own. Gross. Most blogs block comments on posts reporting suicide.

Op go get some help for you and your kid.

+1. This poor kid and their poor family. May you vultures never know.

Honest question. Do you not see any value in knowing about this loss so that parents can discuss it with their children? The students are already talking about it. It's well documented that suicide within a community can increase the risk of other suicides, so these events are something a parent, especially a parent of a student who is already struggling with mental health, should be aware of.

Schools notify actual parents of these incidents.

I'm a UMD parent and I was not notified of this event. I heard from my student.

It was mentioned in the parent facebook group. UMD is a large school. I don't know that they need to inform everyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find these threads so inappropriate. Someone lost a child and you all want to gossip about it. Taking on someone else's trauma as your own. Gross. Most blogs block comments on posts reporting suicide.

Op go get some help for you and your kid.

+1. This poor kid and their poor family. May you vultures never know.

Honest question. Do you not see any value in knowing about this loss so that parents can discuss it with their children? The students are already talking about it. It's well documented that suicide within a community can increase the risk of other suicides, so these events are something a parent, especially a parent of a student who is already struggling with mental health, should be aware of.

Schools notify actual parents of these incidents.

Not in a timely manner. The suicide in the fall was communicated a couple of days later and I've yet to see something about yesterday's. I am a UMD Parent.

[Anonymous]

Calling my Terp now. Praying for that family.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find these threads so inappropriate. Someone lost a child and you all want to gossip about it. Taking on someone else's trauma as your own. Gross. Most blogs block comments on posts reporting suicide.

Op go get some help for you and your kid.

+1. This poor kid and their poor family. May you vultures never know.

Honest question. Do you not see any value in knowing about this loss so that parents can discuss it with their children? The students are already talking about it. It's well documented that suicide within a community can increase the risk of other suicides, so these events are something a parent, especially a parent of a student who is already struggling with mental health, should be aware of.

Schools notify actual parents of these incidents.

I'm a UMD parent and I was not notified of this event. I heard from my student.

You SHOULD not be notified of this event as a UMD student parent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find these threads so inappropriate. Someone lost a child and you all want to gossip about it. Taking on someone else's trauma as your own. Gross. Most blogs block comments on posts reporting suicide.

Op go get some help for you and your kid.

+1. This poor kid and their poor family. May you vultures never know.

Honest question. Do you not see any value in knowing about this loss so that parents can discuss it with their children? The students are already talking about it. It's well documented that suicide within a community can increase the risk of other suicides, so these events are something a parent, especially a parent of a student who is already struggling with mental health, should be aware of.

Schools notify actual parents of these incidents.

Not in a timely manner. The suicide in the fall was communicated a couple of days later and I've yet to see something about yesterday's. I am a UMD Parent.

What suicide in the fall? There was a death of a student in the fall.

[Anonymous]

No they don’t. I have 2 sons at UMD. I only found out because one was stuck outside the garage unable to retrieve his car to drive home. That’s how they both found out too. No notification to students or parents, not yet at least.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find these threads so inappropriate. Someone lost a child and you all want to gossip about it. Taking on someone else's trauma as your own. Gross. Most blogs block comments on posts reporting suicide.

Op go get some help for you and your kid.

+1. This poor kid and their poor family. May you vultures never know.

Honest question. Do you not see any value in knowing about this loss so that parents can discuss it with their children? The students are already talking about it. It's well documented that suicide within a community can increase the risk of other suicides, so these events are something a parent, especially a parent of a student who is already struggling with mental health, should be aware of.

Schools notify actual parents of these incidents.

I'm a UMD parent and I was not notified of this event. I heard from my student.

It was mentioned in the parent facebook group. UMD is a large school. I don't know that they need to inform everyone.

If they care, they would inform all parents. If my kid had mental health issues, I would most definately want to know if there was a suicide on campus. That way I could check in with them (more than normal) and make sure I'm aware if it was a friend, an acquaintance or something like that.
Parents deserve to be informed.