Yesterday we learned that Chester Bennington, Linkin Park frontman died by suicide. There are no pleasant euphemisms. Simply put he has died. We need to use the word to stop the stigma. SUICIDE. He died by suicide.
I have been reading alot and some say this is the juxtaposition of our strongest innate human instinct to survive pitted against survival of the fittest. Darwin’s way. Thinning the herd. He was weak. He was selfish. To which I reply fuck you!
YOU DON’T KNOW WHY!
Jay Asher tried to give us 13 reasons.
Causality is not that simple.
As humans we want to make sense of our world. Everything has to have a reason. To explain away or maybe as a means to distance ourselves from the possibility that …
What?
The possibility that this could happen to ME or to someone I know and love.
And I wish I knew why. If we know specifics, we can stop it. Right? Unfortunately some things defy reason. Some things just are. Yet hope remains. With each passing more awareness is raised.
I cannot even fathom how that feels. To be at a point of such utter despair.
I DON’T KNOW WHY!
And because of this, I won’t cast judgment or give disparaging remarks or make ugly assumptions. Instead I will hug my loved ones a little bit tighter. I will offer kindness, empathy and understanding as I go out and about .
YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255
J-Dub's Grin and Bear It 