{"id":194,"date":"2012-01-29T15:51:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T15:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notafraidofyourpain.com\/blog\/?p=194"},"modified":"2012-01-29T15:58:45","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T15:58:45","slug":"what-about-the-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/notafraidofyourpain.com\/blog\/?p=194","title":{"rendered":"What about the others?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is likely going to hit a nerve or five most likely. \u00a0It’s not my intention to do so, this however has been something that’s been riding on my mind for a while and I feel that it’s time I spoke up and said something.<\/p>\n

I support and stand by anyone who has a suicide related cause, after all we’re all working towards the same goals. \u00a0This is not a competition, this is a fight for survival. \u00a0However it saddens me greatly that the media generally focuses on the younger LGBTQ community due to the rash of suicides that\u00a0occurred\u00a0(sadly) last year. \u00a0Now before you start sending in the hate mail, I have scores of friends who are members of the LGBTQ community and I absolutely adore them! \u00a0They add color to my life, inspire me and help me to learn about their plight(s) and in turn allow me the benefit of educating others.<\/p>\n

That’s a beautiful thing. For that, I thank you!<\/em><\/p>\n

However, what about the others? The friend who couldn’t cope with his broken heart and hung himself from a tree in his best friends yard only to have his best friend find him? \u00a0What about the friend that was suffering from bi-polar disorder, battling an\u00a0addiction and just couldn’t cope anymore and took matters into his own hands by shooting himself in the wee hours of the morning? What about the guy I went to school with (both\u00a0elementary\u00a0and\u00a0high school) who ended his life because his rights as a father were taken away? \u00a0What about the friend who felt that he couldn’t contribute to society and for whatever reason decided to end it one night after overdosing on\u00a0barbiturates? What about the person I knew who jumped to his death because life had taken too many wrong turns?<\/p>\n

Those are just examples of people that I know of personally. \u00a0They were all straight, white and male. \u00a0They all suffered in their own minds for reasons that I and others that knew them can only speculate upon and where’s the attention for them?<\/p>\n

Bottom line is this: Yes bullying IS an issue, being different or LGBTQ can in fact be a struggle for some as well. \u00a0However it’s just not the bullied or the LGBTQ community who suffers. \u00a0We all do at some point in our lives and sometimes there comes a point where regular everyday people can’t take it anymore and take matters into their own hands and end it all. \u00a0Leaving their loved ones to wonder why.<\/p>\n

They matter too. \u00a0Let’s not forget about them.<\/p>\n

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