Popular area "mom blogger" attempted suicide

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Anonymous wrote:I think the level of detail she posted seems off--like she knows her followers want details, so she obliged. Usually public people post something like, I've taken some time off to take care of my health. That she didn't do this--and gave so many blow-by-blow details of what happened--just seems weird/gratuitous.

Perhaps her mental health difficulties are severe and her judgment is poor during this time. If that's the case, I would hope her friends/family members would help to monitor her posting.

Maybe one of the medical providers was about to go public with Amy's attempted suicide. She was pro active in shutting down the story.

That makes no sense whatsoever. No medical provider can legally go public with patient information and unlike the White House, they don't leak it, either. It's possible, though, that her close friends and neighbors knew about it, so the story was already out and she didn't want misinformation to spread.

I agree with the latter. Her story was out in a tight circle and she knew it was a matter of time before it hit the public. I think a sign of her rationality is that she ( or someone she knows well) jumped on her computer 8 days after her suicide attempt to defend her brand. This is what people in the public eye do. She had to spin the story her way, and she did a great job of it given the sympathy expressed her on DCUM. She may have not written that particular blog but someone knew they had to make it "her" story and in "her" words rather than let someone else create the narrative.

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I'm a long time reader and don't doubt this at all. I'm not even that concerned that she posted as soon as she did though I'm not sure I would personally have made the same choice. What is rubbing me the wrong way is the picture she took in the hospital...I mean who thinks to take a picture during what is probably the lowest point of your life?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a long time reader and don't doubt this at all. I'm not even that concerned that she posted as soon as she did though I'm not sure I would personally have made the same choice. What is rubbing me the wrong way is the picture she took in the hospital...I mean who thinks to take a picture during what is probably the lowest point of your life?

Also a longtime reader and posted upthread that this really threw me. Having been not quite in her shoes but struggled with depression and periodic thoughts of running away/suicide back in college, the picture makes sense to me. I think ppl can sometimes take inspiration from real low points, i.e., look where I was and how low I fell and I never want to go back there again. Certainly I did that myself. It's not like she can just forget that it happened, after all. I'm sure the repercussions for her family and her children in particular are going to be significant. I take her oddly optimistic tone to be an attempt to rally herself to get it together, get help, and NOT do this again.

Now, I'm in my late 30s and can't really relate to all this social media/no privacy stuff, but that is part of how she makes her living. I would imagine her fam might want her to put less details online, but who knows? I'm sure they've had these convos among themselves.

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I found her post incredibly disturbing. I do think the timing is interesting and wouldn't be surprised if her mental health issues included Borderline Personality Disorder. This whole trend of people obsessed with mentally ill and highly unstable bloggers is disturbing. Look at the cult of momastery-who also puts it all out there about her long list of mental health and substance abuse problems. Neither of them are well. Amy just attempted suicide. Glennon appears bone thin and often claimed she wasn't bulimic and then would periodically would admit to bulimia relapses on her blog and still drinking alcohol. I think it's dangerous what these women are doing for themselves and their readers. If you are truly in remission, then perhaps it is safe to blog, but blogging through mental illness while parading your kids and their personal lives through your blog is disturbing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the level of detail she posted seems off--like she knows her followers want details, so she obliged. Usually public people post something like, I've taken some time off to take care of my health. That she didn't do this--and gave so many blow-by-blow details of what happened--just seems weird/gratuitous.

Perhaps her mental health difficulties are severe and her judgment is poor during this time. If that's the case, I would hope her friends/family members would help to monitor her posting.

I read her blog, and I agree with this. I think she should have just said she needed some time. She shouldn't have put it out there but she's probably not in a good place right now. Perhaps she thinks it's therapeutic or that she owed it to her audience, but she's clearly off. I appreciate this thread but the people who don't read the blog and call her faker are way off about that.

I think there's a zero percent chance she reads DCUM.

I think it's easy to misjudge how important it is to communicate details about your life when you're a blogger (meaning, you don't owe your life story to your readers, but it's hard to see that sometimes). I once dabbled in a lifestyle blog of sorts and I remember the compulsion to communicate day after day after day. Mine wasn't personal, but I get how it could be that way. You're right: a simple "I'm taking time off" or silence or guest posts would be the best path forward, but I doubt she sees it that way. The pressure to appear a certain way is heavy.

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Is this the woman who a number of years ago crowd-sourced to pay for her son's preschool (until her husband insisted she stop) and then around the same time got herself a tummy tuck?

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Anonymous wrote:I found her post incredibly disturbing. I do think the timing is interesting and wouldn't be surprised if her mental health issues included Borderline Personality Disorder. This whole trend of people obsessed with mentally ill and highly unstable bloggers is disturbing. Look at the cult of momastery-who also puts it all out there about her long list of mental health and substance abuse problems. Neither of them are well. Amy just attempted suicide. Glennon appears bone thin and often claimed she wasn't bulimic and then would periodically would admit to bulimia relapses on her blog and still drinking alcohol. I think it's dangerous what these women are doing for themselves and their readers. If you are truly in remission, then perhaps it is safe to blog, but blogging through mental illness while parading your kids and their personal lives through your blog is disturbing.

I haven't read her blog before but spent a couple minutes skimming it. She's posted quite a few recent posts about anxiety, depression, various meds, etc. She may think of her blog as therapy and/or family -- but who is it helping?

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Anonymous wrote:I found her post incredibly disturbing. I do think the timing is interesting and wouldn't be surprised if her mental health issues included Borderline Personality Disorder. This whole trend of people obsessed with mentally ill and highly unstable bloggers is disturbing. Look at the cult of momastery-who also puts it all out there about her long list of mental health and substance abuse problems. Neither of them are well. Amy just attempted suicide. Glennon appears bone thin and often claimed she wasn't bulimic and then would periodically would admit to bulimia relapses on her blog and still drinking alcohol. I think it's dangerous what these women are doing for themselves and their readers. If you are truly in remission, then perhaps it is safe to blog, but blogging through mental illness while parading your kids and their personal lives through your blog is disturbing.

Amy has never mentioned having mental health issues until just this last year. It certainly isn't a theme of the blog. She started her blog nearly 15 years ago, long before she had children. It was and has been mostly a mundane but humorous journal of her city life, and then suburban life as her family grew.

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Anonymous wrote: Is this the woman who a number of years ago crowd-sourced to pay for her son's preschool (until her husband insisted she stop) and then around the same time got herself a tummy tuck?

No, I don't think so. That doesn't sound like her at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I found her post incredibly disturbing. I do think the timing is interesting and wouldn't be surprised if her mental health issues included Borderline Personality Disorder. This whole trend of people obsessed with mentally ill and highly unstable bloggers is disturbing. Look at the cult of momastery-who also puts it all out there about her long list of mental health and substance abuse problems. Neither of them are well. Amy just attempted suicide. Glennon appears bone thin and often claimed she wasn't bulimic and then would periodically would admit to bulimia relapses on her blog and still drinking alcohol. I think it's dangerous what these women are doing for themselves and their readers. If you are truly in remission, then perhaps it is safe to blog, but blogging through mental illness while parading your kids and their personal lives through your blog is disturbing.

I agree. And the sycophantic readers are their co-dependents who hang onto every word of their dramas, and celebrate them for being "so strong." When actually they are seriously ill.

Glennon perfected this genre. Someday when she's bored from being in a trendy lesbian relationship she's going to utterly break Abby Wambach's heart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Is this the woman who a number of years ago crowd-sourced to pay for her son's preschool (until her husband insisted she stop) and then around the same time got herself a tummy tuck?

She has NEVER asked for money. She did get a tummy tuck a few years ago.

[Anonymous]

The blog has mostly been funny stories about home decorating combined with funny stories about her kids. I like that she has kept drama to a minimum but her problems with depression and anxiety have definitely creeped into her posts this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Guys, she’s local.

She has a vast readership.

She is recovering from a suicide attempt.

And you’re trashing her on this site?

Just. Stop. This is disgusting.

who is trashing her? many people are confused and wondering if she is really alright because she posted so soon after a suicide attempt.

NP: Plenty of people have said really inappropriate and unkind things about suicide attempts--I've been reporting them, so Jeff may have taken some down.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: Is this the woman who a number of years ago crowd-sourced to pay for her son's preschool (until her husband insisted she stop) and then around the same time got herself a tummy tuck?

She has NEVER asked for money. She did get a tummy tuck a few years ago.

Check GOMIblog. Someone had screenshot it before it was taken down. She did.

Also, how are they so wealthy? They seem to live a very upper middle class to upper crusty life and she complains of too much free time sometimes. What does he do for a living or did they inherit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Is this the woman who a number of years ago crowd-sourced to pay for her son's preschool (until her husband insisted she stop) and then around the same time got herself a tummy tuck?

She has NEVER asked for money. She did get a tummy tuck a few years ago.

Check GOMIblog. Someone had screenshot it before it was taken down. She did.

Also, how are they so wealthy? They seem to live a very upper middle class to upper crusty life and she complains of too much free time sometimes. What does he do for a living or did they inherit?

??? That's not her blog. She has never crowdsourced anything. They are not wealthy. They live in a split level in Ellicott City. Her husband works in IT. She freelances as a marketing consultant.