Alexander Armstrong

[maggiebee]

Not a Sun reader, but thought I'd pass this on. I'm involved with a charity which is at the sharp end of suicide and emotional distress and "celebs" speaking out helps others to talk about this normally taboo subject.

Pointless host Alexander Armstrong opens up about pal’s suicide ahead of new show | The Sun |Showbiz|TV.

[maggiebee]

Sorry, link didn't work and I don't know how to do it - duh!

[mccfluff]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4987403/Pointless-host-Alexander-Armstrong-opens-up-about-pals-suicide-ahead-of-new-show.html

[maggiebee]

Thanks Mccfluff, don't know how you did it but purrfect!

[mccfluff]

highlight or right click on the address (the www.xxxx bit) on the page you want, then in your post, right click and paste (or cntrl v)

[albaqwerty]

I thought Stephen Fry talking about his attempt last year was moving. When he said 'why' is the wrong question, I thoroughly agreed with him.
There is no why, someone is in such a deep dark place that the light doesn't shine at all, then sometimes it's the only way out that they see.

ps, can't open the link, pc is on the go-slow today.

[cupid04]

Two of my neighbours committed suicide. One was only a young lad, he was allegedly being bullied in the army and another one killed himself after a failed relationship with his girlfriend. Very sad.

[carrust]

A good friend of mine did it years ago in his garage...Hose pipe in the exhaust. He was a great bloke, the only mistake he made was to marry the wrong woman. It still gives me the chills when I drive past his old house.

[wolf63]

Suicide is not something that makes sense because people do it when they are in a dark pit of despair. Afterwards (if their attempt failed) even they often don't fully understand it all.

Never judge a person until you've walked a mile in their shoes

[lcg]

ditto, wolf63. been there, done that (several times).....and fully understand what it takes to do it and the thought processes involved, which are nigh on impossible to explain to those who haven't. when i was 12, the boy next door that i fancied (he was 18 and gorgeous) shot himself over a debt for a motorbike and breaking up with his first girlfriend.....no warning signs whatsoever. since then, i have known several people commit suicide and it is also something i encounter in my job as a psych nurse too frequently. it's a difficult thing to rationalise and live with. ....and hard to live with.

[RATTER15]

I have two suicides very close in my family, I witnessed one, people commit suicide in their darkest hour when there is usually no visible way out.
Both times I understood why.

People who think that suicidal death is an easy way out or for cowards no absolutely nothing about suicide!!

[pixie373]

It certainly isn't an easy way out. It must just seem like the only option when you're in a certain place. People are very complicated and unfortunately can't always get the help they need.

[andy-hughes]

People who (good for them!) know nothing at all about what akes someone take their own life take two viewpoints - the person was either a) brave, or b) a coward.

In fact they were neither. Suicide is not a matter of being brave or being cowardly.

You just have to to be desparate enough to need the relief.

[RATTER15]

Andy, I totally agree. It really is a very desperate action.

[brandyrose]

I think charities that help people who are distressed are wonderful.

I do think it must help when people in the public eye open up about how vulnerable they feel at times and how difficult they find coping.