Andy king

why would you do that?

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Suicide.

I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis.

You take a rope.
You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away.
You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck.
Then you drop.

Some are decapitated.
Some aren't.
All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them.
A son.
A daughter.
A brother.
A sister.
A mother.
A father.

I know 2 men who hung themselves.

One was found by his Mom.
One was found by his brother.
Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on.

A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something.

So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"?

A segway for a moment.

I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group.

After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is..

"Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue".

Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling.

"Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom.

After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle".

Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard".

And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying.

Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag.

If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention.

They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up".

They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them.

If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine.

Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out.

So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are.

You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked.

For those who struggle, you're not alone.

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@ReadingFC I wouldn’t know, queuing around near b and q to get in, shambles of a club.

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@Thecapt94138423 @BoredomDidIt Pow 💥

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@Neeshav1 @Olympics

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Absolute travesty that the women in the beach volleyball are wearing long pants, @Olympics sort this out quickly, I’ve got a family box of Kleenex in especially….. 😞

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@J_CartwrightN0T

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@steviemac2010 Who are the sad cunts going to watch this monstrosity 🤷🏻‍♂️

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@Thehullboy1 👏 great work mate

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@LeedsMike1804 @YorkshireWater @EnvAgency This is awful michael, I remember seeing it last year and you told me they were sorting it out, come on Molly tell your team to pull their fingers out, im sure if it was an unpaid bill your team would have made contact…..

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@Jamie_Hodder21 Multi billionaire apparently, inventor of the laminator machine.

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@WestHam_Central How about he shuts the f**k up and puts all his effort in to the end of the season, January transfer window is shut, what will he gain spouting this shite…..

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@Crip35 This is painful to watch, bring back Trump 💪

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@davey61289 @SkyNews @SpursOfficial Cheap shot, I know 🤣

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@ChrLauder Lucky that tottenhams trophy cabinet was around for him to climb into….

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@dapperlaughs Congratulations 🥳

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@virginmedia had your internet installed a couple of weeks ago and get buffering/dropping out on devices, phoned your technical help who advised me to try the old turn it off and on again, funnily enough that didn’t work! What are my options to help solve this matter?

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@jjenas8 What a fucking lettuce you are, stand by your beliefs man.

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@westhamnetwork

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@MLS Wow.