Over the past century, people have been more and more able to live well into their eighties, but eventually, death comes knocking for all.
Hearing the way people talk about the act of dying is, in a way, kind of silly. The euphemisms that come pouring out trying to evade the term “died”, replacing it with a saying like “passed away” or “no longer with us” to try and soften the blow of putting it as bluntly as possible is just an observation I make when death strikes again.
The shock of whenever it’s reported that someone killed themselves makes death all the more upsetting. A person, who is willing to go out of their way to fall prey prematurely to the ultimate taboo, forces people to ponder on their mortality and the darkness that plagued the freshly deceased.
December 13th, 2022, put death and suicide on the front pages when it was announced that longtime DJ and member of the “Ellen Show” and “So You Think You Can Dance” Stephen “Twitch” Boss committed suicide.
Stephen only lived to be 40, about half of the life expectancy of a man, and yet, he accomplished the improbable time and again, likability, financial security, an amusing profession, etc. It serves as a testament that somebody who suffered in silence ended up becoming (at least on the surface) a man of success.
Depression is a bitch, confusing, depleting, and persistent, it affects over 280 million people worldwide and tragically result in the demise of roughly 700 000 people each year, Twitch being one of them.
It was once said about depression (forgive me for the lack of sources) that, “It’s not that you wake up one day and say, ‘I’m going to kill myself today,’ it’s that you wake up every single day and say, ‘how could I not’.”
The quote was said during a panel discussing by the late author David Foster Wallace who, in 2008, hanged himself. It is a quote I keep in mind every time the thought of someone ending their life comes about.
In the end, Stephen Boss was more than just an entertainer, Stephen or “Twitch” was a human being, and sometimes we forget to utilize our perception and kindness to prevent something like this to occur.
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