Sports Writer Blogs his own suicide

[Dion]

Originally Posted by pylon

I am not for a second feeling sorry for myself. My life is what it is. I made my bed, and I have to sleep in it. I also don't necessarily agree with the fanfare this guy went out in, I simply found it interesting getting an unclouded look into the mind and the reasonong of someone who made this decision. Not in a snap, emotional sense. But a methodically thought out way. It is obvious that nobody truly cared about this guy, as he planned this through for an entire year, and nobody had so much as a clue how he felt.

From the articles I read people did care about him.

Many have commented about how he must have been so lonely and needed help. Well maybe he needed help, but he would never have admitted it or accepted it. As far as lonely - I believe that everyone who knew Martin, very much enjoyed his company. I believe that he knew he could be around friends as much as he liked. I know I never got to see him as much as I would have like to. He just really enjoyed being alone and working on his blog or researching this or that.

Like Todd, I saw the signs and was suspicious that Martin was considering suicide for the last year. But it was never because he was unhappy. He seemed more at peace than ever. But there were many other signs that he was preparing to “check out”. Anyone who knew Martin knew they couldn't talk him out of anything once he made up his mind. I never believed for one minute that there was a mental health professional or pastor that could have helped Martin to see anything differently. He was going to do whatever he was going to do. I was just going to enjoy this new more relaxed brother of mine for as long as I had him.

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