Suicide is preventable, but not selfish. Suicide is, normally, death caused by depression. The final symptom. A collapse under unbearable weight exacerbated by circumstance. Suicide is a tragedy. If you've never been close to that edge try not to judge what you can’t understand.
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Replying to @matthaig1
The way to NEVER get depression or have any suicidal thoughts is to indulge in vigorous aerobic exercise. Depression & suicidal thoughts are the result of damaged minds. The heavy blood flow & extra blood in those who exercise aerobically feeds the mind & keeps it healthy IMO.
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Replying to @shaneforbes @matthaig1
Depression can be a chemical imbalance in the brain. Exercise helps you cope, but is not a cure or a way to avoid it.
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Replying to @lauriegilbert @matthaig1
I think so many of these chemical imbalances and fears etc can ultimately be linked to poor blood flow. The resulting oxygen starvation causes all sorts of problems. Most people cannot and do not exercise at the level needed. Thus they cannot relate to the benefits.
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Here’s a study that showed suicide rates for college athletes is lower than that of the general and collegiate population. (Speaking for myself I cannot relate to any of these thoughts of depression and so on. It is like someone speaking a dialect from another planet.)pic.twitter.com/pwRoVJSr1X
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Can’t agree with you from personal experience. Studies are only as relevant as the way they were conducted and how they were interpreted
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Shane Forbes -- philistine, inebriated market Retweeted Shane Forbes -- philistine, inebriated market
This ‘study’ was just a count and a comparison, about as straightforward as you can get. The proof is conclusive, a 90+% reduction in suicide rates relative to the general population. I will guarantee that this is better than any drug.https://twitter.com/shaneforbes/status/1228852460074213376?s=20 …
Shane Forbes -- philistine, inebriated market added,
Shane Forbes -- philistine, inebriated market @shaneforbesPeople always underestimate the benefit of (vigorous aerobic) exercise. Here is an truly excellent example. Suicide rates (ages 18-22, per 100,000): gen’l pop: 11.6 students: 7.5 athletes: 0.9 <— stunningly low pic.twitter.com/FwSo76HQorShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @shaneforbes @k_landart and
You haven't mentioned other things that student athletes might have like camaraderie, scholarships, dietary programs, parental support, varying stress levels, or other factors. At this point, admitting you don't know and then continuing to talk is worse than just shutting up.
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Replying to @lindsaystweets @shaneforbes and
It's even simpler than that, he most likely just has the causation backwards He hasn't even considered the possibility that maybe the reason very few elite athletes seem to be depressed is that depression makes it difficult to become an athlete
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Replying to @arthur_affect @lindsaystweets and
Very few basketball players are less than six feet tall, therefore if I begin playing basketball I will immediately grow
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He's talking about NCAA student-athletes, not just people who generally exercise, so immediately hits conclusions are suspect Varsity athletes are a gatekept category - you can't just choose to become one, you have to be good enough at a sport to make the cut
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Replying to @arthur_affect @lindsaystweets and
If depression affects your ability to perform well, which we know it does just from the definition of depression and from specific studies of depression and various physical tasks, then *of course* the rate of depression is lower than among the general population
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Replying to @arthur_affect @lindsaystweets and
Similarly, if an NCAA student-athlete becomes severely depressed, most likely before they reach the point of killing themselves they will reach the point of dropping out of their sport
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