I rewatched the Disappeared episode on Netflix last night. One thing I see is a lot of reaching by his mom and her PI friend to find an alternative other than suicide. My heart breaks for his family and friends but I think he went in the river and the body was just never found. I am not sure on the cadaver dogs.
Having struggled for most of my life with depression and having had past times where I was suicidal, I can say the biggest misconceptions I see from family and friends in cases like Lee's is the idea that the person loved their family and friends too much to kill themself and hurt those they loved. I got that feeling watching that episode that Mom and friends all believed he cared about them too much to do it but the reality is when your brain chemistry is altered so badly by depression that you're thinking of ending it, your mind starts to lie to you that no one will care if you're gone. At least that is what happened to me. If it's what happened to Lee then it's not something he could have helped. For me it took the right combination of medication to make it go away to where I could think rationally again. Counseling and therapy did very little for me but maybe for some people it helps. I was bothered by the reaction to his previous suicide attempt from his mom. I am not sure why but I felt like it just didn't seem like a big deal but then it is tv so very hard to say. Was he medicated at all for the depression after the suicide attempt?
I hope his body is found to give his family closure.
Having struggled for most of my life with depression and having had past times where I was suicidal, I can say the biggest misconceptions I see from family and friends in cases like Lee's is the idea that the person loved their family and friends too much to kill themself and hurt those they loved. I got that feeling watching that episode that Mom and friends all believed he cared about them too much to do it but the reality is when your brain chemistry is altered so badly by depression that you're thinking of ending it, your mind starts to lie to you that no one will care if you're gone. At least that is what happened to me. If it's what happened to Lee then it's not something he could have helped. For me it took the right combination of medication to make it go away to where I could think rationally again. Counseling and therapy did very little for me but maybe for some people it helps. I was bothered by the reaction to his previous suicide attempt from his mom. I am not sure why but I felt like it just didn't seem like a big deal but then it is tv so very hard to say. Was he medicated at all for the depression after the suicide attempt?
I hope his body is found to give his family closure.