Comments | moderndayhippie: Columbine 10 years later

moderndayhippie

Columbine 10 years later

Apr 14, 2009 19:10

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-04-13-columbine-myths_N.htm?se=yahoorefer

So, I guess I just never paid much attention the the follow up after that crazyness happened. i still thought the killers were goths who were atleast affiliated with their "trenchcoat mafia".

Honestly, reading this was more scary than what I originally thought had ( Read more... )

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mehganftw April 15 2009, 01:45:53 UTC

I've been there done that. Luckily, I have a history of depression and mental illness in my family, and a mother who is a nurse, so she caught on and got me the treatment I needed. I was on zoloft and xanax (I also have anxiety problems) for a long time until I learned to manage my mental status naturally. I hated zoloft because I felt like a zombie, but I do know that unmanaged mental illness in teenagers can lead to very disturbing results. Chris was on all kinds of drugs in high school, and dealt drugs, and stole, and was in a very bad place in his life. He would get drunk and try to go out and drive and "wrap his car around a tree". Luckily, we're together now and we're in a much better place financially, to where he can get the help he needs ( ... )

brandyeileen April 15 2009, 04:04:20 UTC

I refuse to take most daily prescriptions. Most of those SSRIs and mood stabilizers just made me worse. I'm okay with my Klonopin because I hate taking it so much that I rarely do. I hate pills every day - ugh! It is true that when you don't care if you live or not, the choices one makes are severely and sometimes fatally flawed. I'm glad I managed to get a handle on my crazy through behaviour modification and cognitive therapy. I'm glad for everyone else that manages to keep a hold of their crazy, however they do it! ;)

moderndayhippie April 15 2009, 14:42:12 UTC

When I was a teenager, I REALLy wanted to be on meds because I was so miserable. but my parents thought it was just hormones. I mean, I survived without them... but there was a lot of ugly stuff that happened that might not have happened otherwise. I didn't know of another way to deal with it.

But I get the thing about meds turning you into a zombie. I didn't kno wmuch about that apsect back then, but now I feel the same way. I wouldn't want to go through life emotionless.

Mind if I ask what exactly behavior modification and cognitive therapy consists of?

brandyeileen April 15 2009, 16:15:14 UTC

For me, it's not just turning into a zombie. When I tried Lamictal, I sat on a couch for almost two weeks straight before I refused to take it again. I mean, it stabilized my mood, sure, right down to "I couldn't care less about anything." Completely ruined that summer semester for me. I mean, I didn't care if I ate, slept, went to the bathroom, showered, or anything else so going to classes and doing school work was right out ( ... )

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just_jenn April 15 2009, 12:59:12 UTC

A lady at my church group was the teacher of Dillon Klebold when he was in junior high. She said he was a wonderful child/student, but somewhere along the way he crumbled. Being bullied constantly, feeling isolated and having no one sort of pushed him over the edge.

I've also done two school reports on Columbine, specifically on profiling and how it would helped (or not) in the case of these boys.

moderndayhippie April 15 2009, 14:47:42 UTC

That's crazy you know someone who knew him! I bet the kid had a sweet heart but was just tortured, that's terrible.

I read an article the other day that said youth suicides as a result of bullying have increased dramatically in the last several years. In most cases, school officials knew there was a problem but either turned a blind eye or figured it was "teenagers being teenagers". I'm not really sure what officials could do to prevent it, but it's obvious that some kind of system needs to be put in place.

What were your findings on profiling?

just_jenn April 15 2009, 15:08:50 UTC

In the case of Dillon especially, the profiling would have helped. I remember feeling shocked by realizing that because initially I was completely against student profiling believing it to be a violation of rights. But he had all the "signs": good kid, good grades, slowly turned sour due to years of isolation and emotional abuse. He clung to the first person who showed him interest and couldn't see that the interest in him was convoluted. Had he been profiled when the signs first started and had the school system intervened it could have been a completely different life story for him.