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malaise

(269,004 posts) Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:14 PM Jun 2013

Good Effin' Grief - Michael Jackson's daughter Paris attempts suicide

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE95415320130605?irpc=932
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Paris Jackson, the 15-year-old daughter of late pop star Michael Jackson, was rushed to a Los Angeles-area hospital on Wednesday after an apparent suicide attempt, her mother said, but her family later reported she is "physically fine."

"Paris is physically fine and is getting appropriate medical attention," Perry Sanders, an attorney for Paris' grandmother and guardian, Katherine Jackson, said in a statement.

"Being a sensitive 15-year-old is difficult no matter who you are," the statement added. "It is especially difficult when you lose the person closest to you."

Paris' mother, Debbie Rowe, told entertainment TV program "Entertainment Tonight" that her daughter attempted suicide and had "a lot going on (lately)."

"We appreciate everyone's thoughts for Paris at this time and their respect for the family's privacy," an attorney for Rowe said in a statement.
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Damn the kid is fifteen. As I ask over and over - what price fame.

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Good Effin' Grief - Michael Jackson's daughter Paris attempts suicide (Original Post) malaise Jun 2013 OP

I hope she didn't try to OD on Tylenol Warpy Jun 2013 #1

Don't know malaise Jun 2013 #2

Read she cut her wrists.....also she was due to testify .. Gin Jun 2013 #3

Too sad malaise Jun 2013 #4

cutting is big with young people. A lot of young people who are hurting emotionally cut themselves. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #9

It has become almost fad like. Control-Z Jun 2013 #12

one of my granddaughters cuts herself CatWoman Jun 2013 #14

wow, this is tragic stuff quinnox Jun 2013 #5

If my personal problems were being discussed on "Entertainment Tonight", I'd attempt it too arcane1 Jun 2013 #6

By my mother. Good God, she must be pretty desperate for attention. (The mother.) Squinch Jun 2013 #11

It's not just fame. My daughter knows two young people that have committed suicide within liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #7

I can't imagine that child has had an easy time of it. davsand Jun 2013 #8

I agree with you malaise Jun 2013 #10

I hope there is at least one person in that family she can turn to that doesn't just see her as liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #15

sadly, I've been expecting this n/t librechik Jun 2013 #13

Warpy

(111,261 posts)

1. I hope she didn't try to OD on Tylenol

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:18 PM

Jun 2013

That's got to be about the most miserable failed suicide there is, the liver inflammation making you puke 24/7 and the damaged liver meaning you can't have any drugs to make any of it better.

malaise

(269,004 posts)

2. Don't know

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:21 PM

Jun 2013

What I do know is that money never solves problems

Gin

(7,212 posts)

3. Read she cut her wrists.....also she was due to testify ..

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:27 PM

Jun 2013

Birth mother is in the picture..........he didn't think having kids through .....

Kids may be wealthy but his legacy will haunt them...IMHO

malaise

(269,004 posts)

4. Too sad

Reply to Gin (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:30 PM

Jun 2013

One more life of pain.
Truthfully if I had to live with those grandparents I night have tried the same

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)

9. cutting is big with young people. A lot of young people who are hurting emotionally cut themselves.

Reply to Gin (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:49 PM

Jun 2013

My daughter knows a few people who cut.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)

12. It has become almost fad like.

Reply to liberal_at_heart (Reply #9)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 05:08 PM

Jun 2013

Kids who are not hurting emotionally do it too, sadly.

CatWoman

(79,302 posts)

14. one of my granddaughters cuts herself

Reply to liberal_at_heart (Reply #9)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 06:37 PM

Jun 2013

quinnox

(20,600 posts)

5. wow, this is tragic stuff

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:31 PM

Jun 2013

Hope she gets help.

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

6. If my personal problems were being discussed on "Entertainment Tonight", I'd attempt it too

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:38 PM

Jun 2013

Squinch

(50,949 posts)

11. By my mother. Good God, she must be pretty desperate for attention. (The mother.)

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 05:08 PM

Jun 2013

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)

7. It's not just fame. My daughter knows two young people that have committed suicide within

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:49 PM

Jun 2013

the last year. And it's not just young people. Someone very close to me has thoughts of harming themselves from time to time. It is a question of needing to get counseling, to get help when you are having emotional or mental problems. Most people don't seek out counseling, and when they do most of the time they find the door shut in their face. There is not enough help available for people who need help with mental illness.

davsand

(13,421 posts)

8. I can't imagine that child has had an easy time of it.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:49 PM

Jun 2013

No matter your opinion of Michael Jackson or all his family and legal struggles, I think everybody can agree that the kids have not had an easy road to travel. I also think that in their case, addiction and depression were a possible genetic risk anyway, and life has probably done little to help.

Poor kid.

Laura