Dude, seemed to have a great life. Of course, he battled addiction in the past. I was a big fan.
Between him and Kate Spade, that's two more successful people that you would have never guessed would have mental issues.
Me as well. He made it look so easy. He ate in everyday, working restaurants where you always find the best food. Makes me want to travel, now.Sad deal. He gave me a ton of inspiration to travel. He will be missed.
I hate to say it, but cowards way out. Never do this to your friends and family. Its not worth it.
Not a parent but I can't imagine doing this while having a child.
I know what you are saying, but that is unfair in most circumstances. There are some who just take the easy way out when facing some personal failures, but that isn't most suicides.
Having been up close and personal with 2 immediate family members with severe depression and anxiety, suicide is not (usually) the product of rational thought. The entire point of mental illness is it makes you irrational. It's like you are trying to make decisions based on facts, but all your facts are wrong and misleading you.
Imagine if your spouse, kids, friends all loved you - you are a good provider and caring person. But your mind convinces you that they all hate you, laugh at you, you're worthless, and they'd be better off without you. And these poisonous incorrect thoughts go on over the course of years. That's totally irrational, but you.just.can't.see.it. But that is what it is, at least that is how I have come to understand it.
Say you are schizophrenic and have a hallucination that you are on a diving board and jump into a lovely swimming pool, but in actuality you are jumping off a bridge. Is that taking the cowards way out?
Mental illness is a murderer that tricks you into killing yourself.
I wonder sometimes if the drive to be on TV and have everyone watch your exploits isn't itself on the edge of a mental illness problem. Just because people do a good job of TV doesn't mean they don't have all sorts of other things going on.