@skeldare I'm wondering where is his boyfriend right now! I don't want another tragedy à la Aaron Carter (whose sisters Leslie and Bobbie Jean also overdosed)
—G*D forbid!.
That's the irony of life... Just days ago, a pal I'm following on X seemed quite depressed, having posted a series of mostly explicitly suicidal posts. He even posted a meme displaying a skull and the saying: "Suicide is the hope of those who have no more of it." From what he wrote, he is pained by the fact he hasn't been able to attract a great boyfriend and at least some good sex partners, the majority of dudes he dealt with not having taken him seriously or having mocked him, blocked him or quickly discarded him, only used him for a quick wank, etc. And that's why he became suicidal. He's now deleted all those posts but
one, and he's back to his regular sex posting.
Whereas Justin has a seemingly great boyfriend + all the sex partners one could dream of—in his case, many of the most hot, attractive, cute and handsome men available—
in addition of being a ten himself, of having succeeded in his career paths and having a nice house and seemingly good income and the freedom to travel a lot, something many can't do. Some people struggle to pay the rent to a small apartment in a filthy building with a landlord that takes great pleasure in raising the rent yearly even though nothing is done for the building. Some struggle to even eat!
I know Justin is grateful for his many blessings and all his fans. I understand even some of the wealthiest and most blessed individuals may end up in despair, mental distress and suicide ideation. Just think of Cheyenne Brando, Shane Lunny, Benjamin Keough and Julian St. John who all committed suicide despite being born in rich and well-connected families, having had the best opportunities in life and an excellent education, whereas many talented indie artists spend decades unknown because of lack of industry connections, and they suffer from it, feeling all their lives and art are being wasted.
All that said, I wish Justin the best, and I truly hope a serious intervention is done for his welfare. He's sought help before and has been to rehab, but obviously, whatever was done is not enough.
The doctors and therapists need to go to the core of his pain, help uncover what it is, which I suspect may in great part be the heteronormative religious upbringing he had coupled with some harsh homophobic judgement and condemnation he faced—he once typed he'll always be scarred by that. And maybe chemical imbalance is part of it. He'd need to consult
real good doctors and therapists. Too many lives have been lost due to depression, overdose and suicide.
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Justin is now feeling better after crying all day, but such reliefs are too often temporary, followed by even worse moments of distress.