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Imperial suicide

helo,

I read in the Metro today that a guy from imperial committed suicide; is this a rarity, or more common that the uni makes it out to be? Very tragic case...

phil

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Reply 1

swishmasta

damn man thats sad. i really doubt its common man, must be a rare thing

Reply 2

riccardo

what were the circumstances?

Reply 3

Muse

Very sad

The article's here.

Reply 4

kitsune

oh!!! it's so horrible!!! :frown:

people can be really mean!!! but that's how the society is!

Reply 5

Steve8052

oh my gosh!!! cnt blieve it!! i feel sorry 4 wat happened but i feel even more sory for the girl!!! my gosh, shes gna feel she ruined his lyf and shes gna SO REGRET wats she dun!! dis isnt funny but its not her fault!! I think he got 2 hooked up!! oh gosh another genuis gone...

Reply 6

JonnyB

They say the higher the IQ, the more susceptible one is to depression.

Reply 7

ponjavic

JonnyB

They say the higher the IQ, the more susceptible one is to depression.

true that, easier realising the pointlessness of life :smile:

But with that realisation the suicide shouldn't be terrible for the person in question I guess, only for the people close to the person

Reply 8

missgalaxy

oh wtf, I dunno what to say, that's really bad. It reminds me of a girl in my neighbour class, who committed suicide last year. :frown:

Reply 9

kitsune

ponjavic

true that, easier realising the pointlessness of life :smile:

But with that realisation the suicide shouldn't be terrible for the person in question I guess, only for the people close to the person

WAU!!! nice one ponjavic!

Reply 10

gabbigirl

this is very sad, i had a girl in my neighbour class, which was exactely like him, she jumped from the 6th floor, and her sister was watching her jumping, but couldn´t hold her back......i think these people, do things to show us that they need help, but noone realises and after they die, we ask ourselves, why have we been so selfish and didn´t pay enough attention

Reply 11

Adarah

That really is very sad indeed :frown:

Reply 12

not1

There is a student support service for anyone suffering from stress/anxiety/depression. I suppose it is hard to make the first step in contacting them though. We need to look out for each other!

Reply 13

swishmasta

did anyone at imperial know the guy?
i just read the article, man he seemed like a genius.

Reply 14

Muse

He was being treated for his depression (anti-depressants) and had seen a psychiatrist but evidently his support network wasn't strong enough.

Reply 15

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timeofyourlife

He was being treated for his depression (anti-depressants) and had seen a psychiatrist but evidently his support network wasn't strong enough.

acording to his family, they didn't know he was depressed until his suicide - so i've read

Reply 16

sumitk87

very sad to read about this.

'Students on his course had felt guilty for their treatment of Mr Chan and one had sent him a text message saying: “Sorry for being so rude to you.” But the teenager never read the message, which was found unopened by his parents after his death'

Those students must be goin through alot aswel right now !

Very tragic , for parents to have a child who was very very clever and what they must have thought of as a great son and to find out about all his misseries after he commited suicide :frown:

Reply 17

Muse

Phil23

acording to his family, they didn't know he was depressed until his suicide - so i've read

yeah, his doctor couldn't share his problems with his family, the best she could do was to advise him to do so.

Reply 18

ellyjay

Trust me it was a one off, Imperial is not bad... in fact it is really social.. and if he was living alone in a flat in his first year and was a child genius it may be the case that he did not have much social maturity and thus, the tragic occured.
don't be put off in coming here!!!!