I read one story that attributed Wilson’s suicide attempt to his break-up with Kate Hudson. After I read that, my first reaction was to find a way to reach out to her to remind her that it’s not her fault. If we are going to blame anyone, we should be blaming society for ignoring depression. We should be blaming a culture that reveres superficiality, money, status, and the chance to get a photograph of a celebrity when they’re just trying to do something as simple as picking up their own daughter from school. We should be blaming a government that continues to stamp ‘Denied’ on the insurance applications of anyone who has seen a therapist at one point in time. We should be blaming those who spent years also whispering about cancer and later AIDS. We should be blaming those people who are angered by other people’s suicides, because suicide is their last loud cry for help.
I hope Owen Wilson knows that there is an active community of organizations, professionals, and suicide survivors who are here to help him. It may be hard for him to see through the thicket of rumors and gossip, but if he takes his time, allows others in, and sees that life is worth living on the other side of his pain, then I’ll have faith again that our country is starting to get back on track.
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