Popular area "mom blogger" attempted suicide

[Anonymous]

OMG, those poor kids! Hope the husband seeming to be in denial does not make her less likely to get effective help. Those kids need to be shielded from this. They will spend the rest of their lives unpacking the lack of nurturing, appropriate boundaries, cross-generational responsibility, etc.

The blog seems attention seeking and voyeuristic. Whole thing is icky and profoundly sad.

[Anonymous]

And now she is posting about ThredUp and we are all supposed to pretend nothing happened. Beyond messed up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG, those poor kids! Hope the husband seeming to be in denial does not make her less likely to get effective help. Those kids need to be shielded from this. They will spend the rest of their lives unpacking the lack of nurturing, appropriate boundaries, cross-generational responsibility, etc.

The blog seems attention seeking and voyeuristic. Whole thing is icky and profoundly sad.

Agree the husband is an additional problem. This is SO upsetting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I tried to kill myself last week but I'm totally fine now, nbd!" It's really strange. I know she doesn't like to dwell on depressing topics too much on her blog, but I'm having a hard time figuring out what the real deal is here. Drunken hissy fit for husband's attention gone horribly wrong, maybe? Alcoholism? Is she actually a danger to herself? Because if so, she shouldn't just be right back to her regular life. Who knows though, maybe she has someone helping with the kids.

No where in her blog does she classify her suicide attempt as no big deal. In fact, if you take time to read it, she says she belongs with all the people in the psych ward where she was sent, despite her husband's claim that she didn't belong there. The way she writes is sort of glib, but there's a lot of pain in what she's writing, and in my opinion, she's putting sunlight on a very difficult issue in a hope that people might be helped by it (and I think people will be watching her like a hawk for future suicide attempts thanks to her transparency, which is also a good thing.)

DP. It doesn't seem like she has any sort of therapy, monitoring, anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I tried to kill myself last week but I'm totally fine now, nbd!" It's really strange. I know she doesn't like to dwell on depressing topics too much on her blog, but I'm having a hard time figuring out what the real deal is here. Drunken hissy fit for husband's attention gone horribly wrong, maybe? Alcoholism? Is she actually a danger to herself? Because if so, she shouldn't just be right back to her regular life. Who knows though, maybe she has someone helping with the kids.

No where in her blog does she classify her suicide attempt as no big deal. In fact, if you take time to read it, she says she belongs with all the people in the psych ward where she was sent, despite her husband's claim that she didn't belong there. The way she writes is sort of glib, but there's a lot of pain in what she's writing, and in my opinion, she's putting sunlight on a very difficult issue in a hope that people might be helped by it (and I think people will be watching her like a hawk for future suicide attempts thanks to her transparency, which is also a good thing.)

DP. It doesn't seem like she has any sort of therapy, monitoring, anything.

You don’t seem to be reading her blog. Her June 28 post is all about the medications she’s taking, psychiatrist visits, group therapy and about be fact that her husband has hidden all the pills in the house in a safe place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I tried to kill myself last week but I'm totally fine now, nbd!" It's really strange. I know she doesn't like to dwell on depressing topics too much on her blog, but I'm having a hard time figuring out what the real deal is here. Drunken hissy fit for husband's attention gone horribly wrong, maybe? Alcoholism? Is she actually a danger to herself? Because if so, she shouldn't just be right back to her regular life. Who knows though, maybe she has someone helping with the kids.

No where in her blog does she classify her suicide attempt as no big deal. In fact, if you take time to read it, she says she belongs with all the people in the psych ward where she was sent, despite her husband's claim that she didn't belong there. The way she writes is sort of glib, but there's a lot of pain in what she's writing, and in my opinion, she's putting sunlight on a very difficult issue in a hope that people might be helped by it (and I think people will be watching her like a hawk for future suicide attempts thanks to her transparency, which is also a good thing.)

DP. It doesn't seem like she has any sort of therapy, monitoring, anything.

You don’t seem to be reading her blog. Her June 28 post is all about the medications she’s taking, psychiatrist visits, group therapy and about be fact that her husband has hidden all the pills in the house in a safe place.

Er, sorry, didn't read her latest post. After reading all of the flippant posts about the hospital, the psych ward, and so on, I gave up. Especially the hundreds of gushing, supportive comments.

Really? More drugs will cure her? Seems unlikely.

[Anonymous]

The jump back to sponsored posts feels like a $$ grab. I’ve enjoyed her blog in the past but now I just want her GOMI and focus on getting healthy for her kids.

[Anonymous]

Very twisted culture we live in when a woman blames her mommy blog for her suicide attempts. What specifically was happening in this woman's life that caused her depression and anxiety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very twisted culture we live in when a woman blames her mommy blog for her suicide attempts. What specifically was happening in this woman's life that caused her depression and anxiety.

The facade she is trying to keep.

[Anonymous]

The whole thing upsets me, mostly for her family. She is flip, glib, and doesn't seem to be taking her mental health seriously. Stay of the internet, and focus on your health. And for the love of god, stop plugging for things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The jump back to sponsored posts feels like a $$ grab. I’ve enjoyed her blog in the past but now I just want her GOMI and focus on getting healthy for her kids.

She has 3 kids. I assume those sponsored posts are a relevant part of her household income. Not everyone has trust funds...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The jump back to sponsored posts feels like a $$ grab. I’ve enjoyed her blog in the past but now I just want her GOMI and focus on getting healthy for her kids.

She has 3 kids. I assume those sponsored posts are a relevant part of her household income. Not everyone has trust funds...

She was hospitalized for a week. For outpatient treatment, Most shrinks don’t take insurance in this area. Which means the medical bills for copays and such must be adding up...

[Anonymous]

It's obvious that the previous posters have not been following her blog, haven't read her most recent updates, and know little about mental illness and its causes.

1) She's receiving therapy multiple times per week.
2) Depression and anxiety aren't necessarily caused by external events in one's life. Sometimes, these conditions occur as a result of chemical imbalances in the brain and have little or nothing to do with life situations.
3) Medication for depression and anxiety is crucial for treatment, and necessary for recovery even after an overdose. She was given new medication since the previous ones weren't working.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The jump back to sponsored posts feels like a $$ grab. I’ve enjoyed her blog in the past but now I just want her GOMI and focus on getting healthy for her kids.

Geez. The sponsored posts feel like part of her JOB. Like, that she does for a living. For her family. Who need to eat. These people don't have the appearance of independently wealthy, and she's a blogger for a living. She also likely had contracts in advance of this event, at least some of which she likely wants to honor, in addition to needing to pay regular and probably massively mounting medical bills. Kicking someone while they're down isn't a good look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The jump back to sponsored posts feels like a $$ grab. I’ve enjoyed her blog in the past but now I just want her GOMI and focus on getting healthy for her kids.

Geez. The sponsored posts feel like part of her JOB. Like, that she does for a living. For her family. Who need to eat. These people don't have the appearance of independently wealthy, and she's a blogger for a living. She also likely had contracts in advance of this event, at least some of which she likely wants to honor, in addition to needing to pay regular and probably massively mounting medical bills. Kicking someone while they're down isn't a good look.

She has, or had, a real job. Blogging is not her job.