robert enke

[thinkpositive1]

this story really saddened me (the gerrman goalkeeper who committed suicide)

is this further proof that money and success , is not the be all and end all and more to the point health and wellbeing are much more important??

And also is depression on the rise amongst men with the recession the way it is....

[daffy654]

I think the death of his young daughter a few years ago was at the root of the depression in this case. I can't imagine what that must feel like,and nor do I want to!
Very sad all round.

[pingping]

it said in the media coverage that he was receiving psychological help, so it is even sadder that he thought that suicide was his only option. i feel so sorry for his wife who has now lost both her daughter and husband. how would you recover after something like that?

[andy-hughes]

It is terribly sad, but hopefully someone will tell his family and friends that they couldn't save him.

So often, the people close to a suicide berate themselves for not 'noticing the signs' or because he 'didn't come to them'.

The fact is, to be that desparate to end the pain, the notion of help, or reaching out, or thinking of loved ones, has simply gone from the mind, all that is left is the thought of release, of no more pain, no more suffering, no more anything.

That is the state a suicide reaches, and when you are there, death looks like a blessed answer to be embraced with open arms.

Health is everything, mental health especially. Isolation is the worst feeling ever. Sadly, but blessedly, this poor man is no longer suffering.