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Well its probably about 18 hours now since the news broke, I don't feel any better than I did when I first read it with disbelief.
I had only watched the Brian Carney interview on Thursday night and feeling quite reflective after watching it, thinking that Terry seemed to be a shadow of his former self; still clearly cut up about the death of his sister.
Last May, I received a phone call that every family dreads to receive. The call described an identical tragedy to what happened yesterday. The days and months that followed were a mass of "why's", "what ifs" lots of unanswered questions that we will probably never find the answers to. Intrusive legal proceedings that made you feel like you were somehow to blame. Explaining to my four year old niece that her daddy wouldn't be coming back wasn't even the hardest part. It was the sheer helplessness in understanding and accepting that someone could be so alone at the end of their life, thinking that this was the only way out.
Mental Health is a taboo subject in our society, it isn't talked about and it isn't the done thing to admit that we are struggling to cope with our emotions. Why? we wouldn't hesitate in sharing pain of a broken leg. The one positive thing I hope can come out of all this is that people start to talk about how they are feeling.
Sleep tight Terry lad, whatever demons were haunting you can't hurt you anymore.
Sending positive thoughts, prayers and lots of love to Terry's family and friends and special thoughts to his two little girls.
You will always be a warrior Tez, R.I.P'"
Having been through something similar myself with a very close relative this post is perfectly put and sums exactly how I am feeling right now.
In situations like this what I hate most is the insensiveness of the press. There is absoloutly nothing to write about or indeed speculate about, leave the family alone, it will be a big enough struggle for them as it is.
