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Originally posted by DLS:
Shot himself at home with his 2 young children present.

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Originally posted by jorge:

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Originally posted by DLS:
Shot himself at home with his 2 young children present.

source, please?

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Sympathy for the family. Why share hearsay details that do no one any good? It's enough to offer condolences and say no more.

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Originally posted by tomahawker:
Wow, at’s terrible. I’m feeling for those kids.

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Originally posted by bluefish:
Anyone who would do that in front of young children loses my sympathy. Just screwed them up permanently.

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Originally posted by BaxterB:

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Originally posted by bluefish:
Anyone who would do that in front of young children loses my sympathy. Just screwed them up permanently.

You don’t know it was “in front” of his kids. Also, if you can’t understand how bad his mental situation was by the extreme nature of what he did, you need to take a while and keep thinking. Try to put yourself in the mental state where killing yourself is the most logical, reasonable, best thing to do. Can’t do it? Then don’t make comments about losing sympathy, because that’s EXACTLY where his mind was. A few weeks ago a childhood friend made the same decision, 16 years ago my uncle did the same. People under duress are operating from a place neither you nor I can understand. And yes, they deserve our sympathies.

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Originally posted by bluefish:
Anyone who would do that in front of young children loses my sympathy. Just screwed them up permanently.

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Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
I don't see anything on the official KUIU website that says anything about what, in front of who and/or where he did it. Am I missing something? I would be surprised if any of that information would be found there. All it says is, along with Jason's picture (1971-2018): "THE VISIONARY We are saddened to announce the tragic passing of KUIU founder Jason Hairston. The family has requested that donations be made to support CTE-related research at the Boston University Concussion Legacy Foundation in lieu of sending flowers" That is all it says, and nothing more.

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Originally posted by DuggaBoye:
I met this young man twice.
(In non-clinical settings.)
He was affable and pleasant.

My brief encounters are not the basis of my upcoming statement.

CTE has become the whipping boy for almost all depression in male athletes; in the press and other venues of late.

I know nothing of Jason clinically, perhaps CTE was /is a significant factor.

In general, I find fault with the current extrapolation of CTE as the major source of depressions in male athletes and as the causative factor for their depression and suicides.

Clinically and scientifically this has not been conclusively proven.

Depression is at the very least highly complex.
There are definite genetic links as well as environmental and injury links.

While CTE is a worthy subject of study with respect to depression.
Suicide, particularly in successful, athletic males is a remarkably complex issue.

I will leave his diagnosis those who cared for him in his medical/psychiatric needs as to the degree/role CTE played in this unfortunate outcome.

My commentary, in my first post,
reflected the general knee jerk reaction we have seen of late when a male athlete chooses suicide over life.

Many generations of severely traumatized male brains have passed with what statistically appear to have been lower suicide rates.

Suicide has in the past few decades become more socially accepted and even promoted.
Communication and publication of suicides has become a daily ritual in the media.

None of this diminishes the loss of Jason to his family, his friends and most particularly , himself.

If suicide had a simplistic solution we would utilize that solution.
More poignantly, if depression had a simple solution, we would utilize that as well.

My condolences and sorrow for his family's loss,
as well as my hope to find more successful solutions.

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Originally posted by larryshores:
I feel really bad for the family, particularly the kids. It is hard to imagine them not being scared by this .

One never really knows what is going on in someone’s head. Sometimes we are shocked to find out. Most were certainly shocked by this.

RIP Jason. Whatever haunted you will haunt you no more.

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Originally posted by DuggaBoye:
In general, I find fault with the current extrapolation of CTE as the major source of depressions in male athletes

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Originally posted by bluefish:

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Originally posted by BaxterB:

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Originally posted by bluefish:
Anyone who would do that in front of young children loses my sympathy. Just screwed them up permanently.

You don’t know it was “in front” of his kids. Also, if you can’t understand how bad his mental situation was by the extreme nature of what he did, you need to take a while and keep thinking. Try to put yourself in the mental state where killing yourself is the most logical, reasonable, best thing to do. Can’t do it? Then don’t make comments about losing sympathy, because that’s EXACTLY where his mind was. A few weeks ago a childhood friend made the same decision, 16 years ago my uncle did the same. People under duress are operating from a place neither you nor I can understand. And yes, they deserve our sympathies.

You're right Baxter we are not in his position so we don't know. First, I was responding to what DLS posted above. Second, I am as entitled to my opinion as anyone else is and I think it is incredibly horrible, if true, to take such action where the young are impacted that way. Mr. Hairston's pain may be over but that of his children has just begun and their pain is his doing so yeah, my sympathy tends to evaporate. You don't like it that's fine. We can agree to have different takes on the matter.