Discussion Gary Speed

[BluesRunTheGame]

A handsome, wildly successful man with a beautiful family. He even appeared on national TV hours before he roped and he seemed just fine.

No note was left.

He is remembered well because he took the Wales national football team to a high world ranking.

I wonder what happened here more than with any other celebrity. But if it was depression then depression is depression and I do indeed understand.

 

[BipolarExpress]

Celebrities are often showmen who hide their deepest worries and faults from the general public. Gary Speed may have seemed outwardly successful, but something must have been eating him up inside.

 

[BluesRunTheGame]

something must have been eating him up inside.

So true. It's just the story lover in me would love to know what it was, sad though that fact is.

 

[lebrodude]

It later came out from his wife that he has struggled with depression for years. A note was revealed from his teenage years where he had expressed that he wanted to die.

You can have it all and still be in the hooks of depression.

 

[BluesRunTheGame]

It later came out from his wife that he has struggled with depression for years. A note was revealed from his teenage years where he had expressed that he wanted to die.

You can have it all and still be in the hooks of depression.

Oh wow. But yeah I totally get that you can seemingly have it all and still be depressed. It was just such a bolt from the blue here in the UK.

 

[lebrodude]

Gary Speed wrote of 'depression battle from the age of 17'

Footballer Gary Speed wrote of his battle with depression from the age of just 17, his widow has revealed.

www.standard.co.uk

The article I was referring to.

 

[BluesRunTheGame]

Gary Speed wrote of 'depression battle from the age of 17'

Footballer Gary Speed wrote of his battle with depression from the age of just 17, his widow has revealed.

www.standard.co.uk

The article I was referring to.

Heartbreaking. But it does show depression is depression and even a depressed fuck like me struggles to see why he roped (although the alcoholic in me would have dragged out the drinking for years/is exactly what I am doing).

 

[lebrodude]

Heartbreaking. But it does show depression is depression and even a depressed fuck like me struggles to see why he roped (although the alcoholic in me would have dragged out the drinking for years/is exactly what I am doing).

Everyone has their breaking point.

I reached mine six months ago after almost 41 years on this earth with no real depression and definitely no suicidal thoughts.

Just wish I had appreciated life before all this.