Tragic Youth

[+ Lucky]

Sometimes I wish I could have the power to just shake things up and tell guys like this NO- DON"T DO IT!

 

NYU death plunge

 

Student, 20, gets past 'anti-suicide' barrier at library

 

By AUSTIN FENNER, LARRY CELONA and JAMIE SCHRAM

Last Updated: 6:06 AM, November 4, 2009

Posted: 5:01 AM, November 4, 2009

A 20-year-old NYU student leaped to his death yesterday from a 10th-floor balcony in the school's library -- becoming at least the eighth student at the Greenwich Village university to commit suicide since 2003.<p> </p><br> The body of Andrew Williamson-Noble, of Irvington, Westchester, was found in the lobby of the Bobst Library on Washington Square Park at 4:30 a.m., 10 minutes after he swiped an ID card to enter the building.

The body of Andrew Williamson-Noble, of Irvington, Westchester, was found in the lobby of the Bobst Library on Washington Square Park at 4:30 a.m., 10 minutes after he swiped an ID card to enter the building.

"It is with great sorrow that I must tell you of the death of a student -- a junior in the College of Arts and Science -- early this morning in Bobst Library," University President John Sexton wrote in an e-mail to the NYU community.

http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2009/11/04/news/photos_stories/cropped/andrew_williamson--300x300.jpg TERRIBLE END: Andrew Williamson-Noble (above) climbeda plexiglass barrier at NYU's library, then jumped 10 stories to his death. "If I keep writing, I'll talk myself out of this," his note said.

 

 

 

 

Law-enforcement sources said Williamson-Noble left behind a neatly written note explaining that he hadn't laughed in a long time, and apologizing to those who would be hurt by his death.

"If I keep writing, I'll talk myself out of this," the note read, according to sources.

A friend and fellow NYU student told The Post that he'd received a text-message from Williamson-Noble just 2½ hours before the body was found.

The message asked whether the buddy wanted to meet up for a late-night snack.

"It's very surprising," the friend said. "He was a happy guy. We hung out a few days ago in my room and we played video games."

 

 

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/nyu_death_plunge_StqAxzMMV157w9S7ZYNsaP#ixzz0Vu9C4A9C

[+ g56whiz]

I truly wish shaking things up could solve all these tragedies. But alas the depression so vividly described in Andrew Solomon's 2002 award winning book Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression is a far more pernicious foe than most understand. As someone who has battled a chronic low grade form of this demon for most his life (and whose liver was almost destroyed by antidepressants), I can tell you that survival is too often a mere coincidence of the right person being in the right place at the right time (twice in my case) or the merest change the chemistry of the brain when it most matters.

 

In my case, coming out as a depressive to family and friends and most importantly myself has been crucial. Suffering in silence and solitude amplifies the effect of depression. It's the vacuum in which can grow the anxiety and persecution fantasies depression needs to thrive. Whenever it rears its ugly head again, I waste no time in dealing with the source of it decisively.

 

Until the alchemists at the drug companies divine one of their expensive solutions that works without countervailing side effects, people like me and those who understand those like me have to work to rid society of the stigma of mental illness. Research continues to find that many if not most forms of mental illness have a biological basis often genetic. Why must I be ashamed of having a mental illness and not of having blue eyes?

 

Until we get to either or both of those Edens, shake like you see 'em Lucky. You just might be that crucial person in the right place at the right time.

[+ Lucky]

In the past other members have posted about their battle with depression only to find ridicule by the likes of woodlawn and his buddies.Glad they are gone.

[Guest greatness]

so sad

 

Rest in peace...

 

Sometimes I wish I could have the power to just shake things up and tell guys like this NO- DON"T DO IT!

 

NYU death plunge

 

Student, 20, gets past 'anti-suicide' barrier at library

 

By AUSTIN FENNER, LARRY CELONA and JAMIE SCHRAM

Last Updated: 6:06 AM, November 4, 2009

Posted: 5:01 AM, November 4, 2009

A 20-year-old NYU student leaped to his death yesterday from a 10th-floor balcony in the school's library -- becoming at least the eighth student at the Greenwich Village university to commit suicide since 2003.<p> </p><br> The body of Andrew Williamson-Noble, of Irvington, Westchester, was found in the lobby of the Bobst Library on Washington Square Park at 4:30 a.m., 10 minutes after he swiped an ID card to enter the building.

The body of Andrew Williamson-Noble, of Irvington, Westchester, was found in the lobby of the Bobst Library on Washington Square Park at 4:30 a.m., 10 minutes after he swiped an ID card to enter the building.

"It is with great sorrow that I must tell you of the death of a student -- a junior in the College of Arts and Science -- early this morning in Bobst Library," University President John Sexton wrote in an e-mail to the NYU community.

http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2009/11/04/news/photos_stories/cropped/andrew_williamson--300x300.jpg TERRIBLE END: Andrew Williamson-Noble (above) climbeda plexiglass barrier at NYU's library, then jumped 10 stories to his death. "If I keep writing, I'll talk myself out of this," his note said.

 

 

 

 

Law-enforcement sources said Williamson-Noble left behind a neatly written note explaining that he hadn't laughed in a long time, and apologizing to those who would be hurt by his death.

"If I keep writing, I'll talk myself out of this," the note read, according to sources.

A friend and fellow NYU student told The Post that he'd received a text-message from Williamson-Noble just 2½ hours before the body was found.

The message asked whether the buddy wanted to meet up for a late-night snack.

"It's very surprising," the friend said. "He was a happy guy. We hung out a few days ago in my room and we played video games."

 

 

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/nyu_death_plunge_StqAxzMMV157w9S7ZYNsaP#ixzz0Vu9C4A9C

[KMEM]

g56-

 

I think you should be ashamed for not having blue eyes.

 

Folks need to understand that clinical depression is just as much a non-choice as is being gay. It is not faux or any thing other than a real problem to the sufferer.

 

As g56 has mentioned, there are drugs that are helpful but every drug has potential side effects. Even too much water can be damaging, never mind pharmaceuticals.

 

While we are waiting on more suitable drugs or other relief from depression, we need to be aware that everyone needs help or comfort at some time in their lives, so don't be standoffish with your version of help, you could be next in need.

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[Guest greatness]

Well said

 

You are so thoughtful...

 

 

While we are waiting on more suitable drugs or other relief from depression, we need to be aware that everyone needs help or comfort at some time in their lives, so don't be standoffish with your version of help, you could be next in need.

 

Best regards,

KMEM