RIP Chester Bennington - Linkin Park
So another chapter of greatness has ended for us and I think I might have to do a post soon on drug abuse, especially hard drugs.
Rock and Roll hero, Chester Bennington, the lead vocalist from Linkin Park has committed suicide at the age of 41. He was my age exactly.
It is hard to explain how upsetting it is to see this happening over and over again, as it is reported that Bennington even performed at Chris Cornell's funeral just a matter of weeks ago.
I was about to review their 2017 release, but I had just not gotten to it yet. I been so busy. There are so many things I wanted to say... I should have made my move earlier this year and now... Oh just forget it.
I am pretty damn pissed off/heartbroken, and I just don't feel like talking about it anymore right now.
I just need to rock. Turn up the volume ya'll!
I honestly don't know how to handle this at all... there is no "why," and I've been there, I've tried. I understand ... but I can't cope at all. If anyone needs to talk, so do I. Please.
Also, this was recent.
Thanks for this... Gosh this stings and I while yes, I DO need to talk... I just don't want to. There is so much to say it is exhausting to think about, and I am tired, and hurt.
that link you provided is so crazy... I swear it is so hard to believe. It can't be real. That was just back in May! And just look at'em... He is totally screwing around being silly, but just listen to him! This was so easy for him.
I will probably be back on later tonight with more to say.
Please do..
Today at work we went though everyone we know who has committed suicide and at my age, I found it surprisingly high. My first good buddy intentionally killed himself with a cocaine OD when he was 21 and I was 19. My boss grew up in the same city so we knew many of the same people growing up as kids. Out of everyone we could think of, only one suicide did not involve drug abuse in some way.
Every case we could remember, certainly involved mental health issues.
I find the concept really hard to imagine. Everyone has probably thought about suicide to a certain degree, at least while pouting about something silly. But I don't think I ever took any of those thoughts very seriously. I remember my first good buddy who committed suicide did talk about suicide from time to time. We were so young at the time, 12, maybe 13. I don't think anyone knew how to deal with it at that age. His parents reacted and took some actions to help, but eventually it caught up with him. I never thought he would do it. I thought he was more like me.
How about you?
I suffer bipolar with psychotic episodes, and as strange as it seems ... Suicide isn't a choice. It feels just like (forgive the gross) pooping. It's a compulsion, almost unstoppable, and it happens at, usually, a happy moment. The suicide Victim has no idea what they're doing. I always beg and plead for people not to condemn the victim. And I mourn... Endlessly.
The Bible says the god of this world is Lucifer. Some of us want to go home.
I understand his pain having contemplated suicide myself, the trauma of child abuse never goes away and drugs don't help, coupled with depression and the stresses of his business, being a creative person too...so many good people are leaving at a time we need their voices the most.
RIP, sad news, today would have been Cornell's 53rd birthday too.
Very sad news to hear, I share your pain too.
I just got home and loaded up every Linkin Park album I own to my iPod. I am going to turn it up for a bit now.
Here's a video of Chester singing with Chris Cornell, who also passed this May. https://steemit.com/music/@sk8music/tribute-to-chris-cornell-and-chester-bennington-here-they-are-together-on-stage RIP Audio Slave, Sound Garden & LInkin Park!