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The article is very interesting, but what strikes me most is: > “Three out of five of our siblings have committed suicide. Mike’s mother is the third...” Is t
by Red_Tarsius 12y ago
The article is very interesting, but what strikes me most is:
> “Three out of five of our siblings have committed suicide. Mike’s mother is the third...”
Is this only an unfortunate chain of events? Is there some biological cause to the high number of suicides in his family?
- leoedin 12y agoI think it's pretty well established that there's a genetic component to depression and many other mental illnesses. See for example [1], [2] and [3]. [1]: http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/05May/Pages/genetic-link-to-depression-found.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/05May/Pages/genetic-link-to-depr... [2]: http://depressiongenetics.stanford.edu/mddandgenes.html http://depressiongenetics.stanford.edu/mddandgenes.html [3]: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=84760&page=4 http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=84...
- kordless 12y agoParents and their parents can fuck a family up beyond all recognition. It might be hereditary or hereditary by causality. Either way, the suffering is the same.
- JonnieCache 12y agoThis was voted the UK's favourite poem IIRC, and has been famously quoted in court. There have been few truer words spoken: They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another’s throats. Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself.
- alashley 12y agoTrue, but at some point we all have to make an effort to move past that as difficult as it may be.