David Kelly

Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite. Greek mythology. Leinster. Punt. #CPFC

[David Kelly @redgoose2012]

@lizziemackarel well there ya are again 📚 #BBC4

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@xlv49x Safe travels, have a ball 🙌

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Is the world really going to have to burn because the USA can't impeach a president?

[David Kelly @redgoose2012]

@TanyaBird09 @CR_UK 👊🫶

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@carlavfcarla Sheila, take a bow 🙌🤗

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@JulianaGirl80 Class 👌🎵 Happy Monday Juliana 🙌❤️

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@tinycharlotte72 Wonderful, congrats Charlotte 🎊🥰

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

Jack White on Trump’s racist post about the Obamas: “How is it possible we've given this evil man so much power?… Arrest this man. Impeach this man. 25th amendment this man. Indict this man. Jail this man. This longtime friend of pedophile Epstein...”

[David Kelly @redgoose2012]

@carlavfcarla Merry Christmas Carla, hope you guys have a fab one 🎄🎅🎁🥰

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@JulianaGirl80 Merry Christmas Juliana 🎄🎅🎁🤘❤️

[Kurt Bardella @kurtbardella]

I’d have resigned before posting this on behalf of someone I worked for … it’s not just Trump, it’s the people who do his bidding and cash the paycheck every week.

[Jean-Michel Basquiat @artistbasquiat]

Rice and Chicken, 1981 #artbots #basquiat

[David Kelly @redgoose2012]

@JulianaGirl80 ❤️ Happy Tuesday Juliana 🎶💫🫶

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@carlavfcarla Fab pal 👊✨️

[Damian James Walters @DamianJWalters]

Please share @CAFCofficial fans... in fact, all football fans, please please share. This is Norm... 😭😭😭 #CAFC 🔴⚪️🎧 Many Miles have we travelled 💙

[David Kelly @redgoose2012]

@AskPaddyPower Hi folks, I have placed golfer settled as loser, how can I get sorted? Thanks.

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[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.

[David Kelly @redgoose2012]

@JulianaGirl80 🙌🙌 have a fab day Juliana ✨️❤️✌️