I will start this off respectfully by saying, poor Charlotte & her grieving loved ones. I hope the family are given the space and time they need without the hideous press knocking on their doors.
I will bang on about suicide awareness and prevention for the rest of my days, that is for sure. What has really pissed me off is the looming question of "how did she do it" and now that we know how she did it, we shall pass a judgement and comment. Since when was it the right of the public to know how anyone spends their final hours? Charlotte like many celebrities (and non-celebrities) before her completed suicide.
Note that I refuse to use the word 'committed' as I do not see suicide as a crime but rather a tragic end to one's battle with their inner demons.
It has been on my mind and I debated whether or not to comment on Charlotte's death. This isn't really about her though is it? It is more about the hunger the public has to know every intimate detail of celebrity life and death. It is disgusting! How she completed the act is irrelevant to me, just as it is when someone dies of cancer or a stroke or any other disease for that matter. They died. It is sad and horrible for those close to that person. Do I need to know how your uncle, grandparent, friend or pet spent their final day and what the final complication was that took them from this life? I don't. I just know that I am sad for you, for them and for anyone effected.
How anyone spends their last moments in this life is not up for public speculation, gossip or judgement. I wish the media could be forced to not report on methods of suicide but rather focus on the tragedy that suicide brings our community. I read about Charlotte's method of suicide via facebook and it made me terribly sad. I know it also triggered emotions and flashbacks for people I know and care about dearly. Pretty sure this is not the goal of suicide. From what I have read suicide is about ending suffering (not life), so why does our media insist on inflicting suffering on others that might be vulnerable and/or sensitive to this kind of detail? Suicide is not a rare event. Chances are we are all going to know a few people that have attempted it and probably some who go through with it. I don't know what we can do to make our media respectful to both the dead and those that are left behind but something needs to change. It needs to change now.
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Debt. We've all got it. We all spend our lives trying to pay it back. To be honest, I don't see my days being debt free and in part I think, who cares? I can take my debts to my grave, then what? Funny how we spend our lives trying to clear it though right? What you have is an illusion that your weekly pay packet teases you with. Money really is the biggest load of shit that Man ever invented! The fat cats own it, all of it. They will tell you we need to tighten our belts and then in the very next breath, they are spending gazillions on themselves..jpg)
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The Joneses. You have to keep up with them right? Once upon a time, 'The Joneses' were your neighbours. You knew them (from a distance), they always had the perfect lawns and new cars. Today it is keeping up with the Kardashians. What the fuck!!? It seems like social media creates Joneses in all of us. So called reality television kind of does the same thing. They make us want to have crap we don't need and be people we don't really deep down, don't want to be.
Upon hearing the news of poor Peaches Geldof this week a friend and I talked about how there are people out there who put on the happy face. These people you never think have a problem in the world, nothing serious anyway. They live their days trying to accept life as it has been handed to them (kind of like a hand of cards, not always great but you work with what you have been dealt). They may be quiet & blend in to society or they might be loud and in your face. You'll never know. Then there are those that always have something negative spin on everything they, you & everyone else says, they can change your once happy mood to a somewhat apathetic one and after spending time with them chances are you are in desperate need of a stiff drink and/or a nap!
As I get older I really want to help others see that they have choices when their family, work, significant others and the telly tells them that they don't. Sadly, I think that today there is a lack of significance toward the positive role model. Maybe I am wrong (I hope I am). 
I'm guessing that like me every time you think you know it, you finally have the answer, "fate" (or life) throws you a curve ball just to prove that you don't in fact know it all. 
