Chris Bennington Suicide
Depression can affect anybody. That's the lesson suicide prevention experts hope the public will grasp in the wake of two high-profile celebrity suicides: first Chris Cornell, and now Chester Bennington. 'Your mental health is health,' says Jill Harkavy-Friedman, the vice-president of research at the. 'If you have a nice car and a lot of money, that doesn't protect you from mental health conditions.' Bennington, the longtime frontman of nu-metal megaband, was found dead on Thursday at his home in Los Angeles County. The death is to have been a suicide.
Chris Bennington
Chester Bennington Reason For Suicide
The late singer's bandmate, Mike Shinoda, confirmed the upsetting news on Twitter. Shocked and heartbroken, but it's true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one.— Mike Shinoda (@mikeshinoda) Though musicians are, celebrity suicides remain fairly unusual occurrences. Now, in a span of just a few months, two high-profile rockers have died from apparent suicides, as did Aaron Hernandez, the NFL tight end who was in April. The most pervasive—and often damaging—misconception is that wealthy or successful people don't (or shouldn't) struggle with depression and anxiety. Like cancer, depression is a disease that can affect anyone, regardless of status or wealth. 'When people see someone and they think, 'They have it all,' it's hard for them to imagine that [the person] might be struggling in terms of their mental health, either with depression or substance abuse or anxiety or any number of things,' says Harkavy-Friedman.