RIP Dave Mirra

[kgb424]

I remember playing Horse against my friend on his PlayStation

Playing Freestyle BMX

Are they sure it was not a homicide ??

Maybe some shit went down and he was shot ??

There only guessing at this point

are witnesses that need to speak up ??

Did some one see the shit go down ??

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

Very tragic news, he certainly influenced my life a lot. I'm not going to pass judgment until more is known, it seems a bit fishy so far.

 

[djjiz]

Suicide and depression are far too complex to be described as selfish. It's my experience that it has no cure. It only goes away temporarily and returns as strong or stronger than the last time.

We can all agree that head trauma causes long term brain damage, arguably causing depression and anxiety. We can also agree he's taken some major blows to the head. To not have sympathy is like calling someone a ***** for dying of cancer.

If he doesn't have depression i apologize for assuming he does. Only going off this because a normally functioning brain can't even consider suicide.


This was what i posted to a reply on fakebook. It seems to apply here

 

[badhoopty]

i have sympathy... i also have depression. still a lame way to go out. at least take a boat or go on a trip and shoot yourself where they wont find you.

 

[Highmark]

The guy basically made a living from getting concussions. I'd say there's a strong chance his mind might not have been whole after all of that punishment.

 

[djjiz]

i have sympathy... i also have depression. still a lame way to go out. at least take a boat or go on a trip and shoot yourself where they wont find you.

Agree. My arms get tired from mental push-ups but when they finally rest it will be under control.
That's what i tell myself anyways

 

[WHITE-TRASH]

Deep depression is what shaped me into the cuddly, lovable asshole that I am today. Note written and I was a finger twitch away from ending the pain when I had the epiphany to stop worrying about what and who I had no control over and instead flip the script and worry about myself and those worth giving a damn about.

Anyone can come out the other side if they fight hard enough to find a reason to.

 

[Krawler Konceptz]

Deep depression is what shaped me into the cuddly, lovable asshole that I am today. Note written and I was a finger twitch away from ending the pain when I had the epiphany to stop worrying about what and who I had no control over and instead flip the script and worry about myself and those worth giving a damn about.

Anyone can come out the other side if they fight hard enough to find a reason to.

You are lucky...not many have the option to back out...

 

[kgb424]

I also suffer from Depression, and its a mother ****er too deal with on daily basis

And it can get really bad for some people

I been known too be on the edge and ****ing out There some times

And it gets scary, cause you just don't care anymore and you let go

I can really understand how people can SNAP

I have left reality at the Doorway a few times myself

But I think about my Girl and my Jack Russell's

and it takes a little while but I do come out of the my Funk

and good for awhile then its Funky Time all over again

Cause Therapy with a Counselor does help some people

It don't help me, I been to a couple different ones and nothing

And medication is not an option cause they want to sedated me

And make me sleep, I suffer from Depression and sleep way too much now

Don't need more sleep thank you

And the days I can't sleep I work on my RC's and actually get shit done

So maybe its good thing I can't sleep sometimes

 

[chopfather]

i saw this earlier today and it's really sad. I have never personally had depression myself but I have seen the affects of it on someone very close to me and she was suicidal on a few occasions and people in our lives that don't know about it would never suspect that she could ever act that way. I used to see things like this and think the person should just suck it up and get on with life but I have a different perspective now.

 

[djjiz]

Suicide confirmed by police examiner
Dave Mirra's Family Speaks Out After BMX Icon's Death : People.com

 

[jlsandkes]

I have my issues with anxiety & panic disorders, but I can always pull my way threw it (three young daughter that I would never put through anything like this). If he did in fact had CTE, I don't think anyone on this forum can really relate to what he may have been dealing with (Junior Seau).

 

[EddieO]

Not counting all the concussions he had over the years, he also had serious head injury when he was younger... Hopefully they have his brain looked at. Tough crowd in here that's for sure...selfish is hardly the word I would use to describe it.

Later EddieO

 

[Bmxreeves]

[emoji24][emoji24][emoji24] R.I.P Dave Mirra

Ride in peace...


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Slash that got run over by reindeer

Cheers Jacob

 

[kind325]

Concussions are one of the least understood injuries a person can get... It's my assumption the reasoning for that is because of professional sports owners and leagues have suppressed it intentionally. Don't get me wrong tho, I love football. But head trauma is about as serious it gets regarding personal injury. Depression, anxiety, headaches are just the tip of the iceberg. Try losing grip with all things that use to be automatic and now are a chore to accomplish. Try walking and falling over or being completely lost because of dimensia. Try having no energy to be active with your kids. Worst of all try dealing with everyone else around you that has no idea what you are truly struggling with everyday because the mainstream acceptance of concussions is torn between "all head trauma activities should be stopped" and "stop being a little baby" mentalities.

Personally I deal everyday with the effects of conclusions and wouldn't wish it on anybody. I would never in a million years say someone that takes their own life because of all the effects weak or selfish. Anyone that does say that needs to slam their head as many times and as hard as Dave did and report back here... If you make it that long. As well head trauma gets worse over time unlike other injuries that heal over time.

 

[djjiz]

Rode flatland and street roughly 10 years and had a golf ball sized tumor removed from my brain in '98. Stroke at 19 and was told I'll never ride a bike again. Went to a follow up appointment to get staples removed and i showed him the pliers i shaped to pull all but 3. When he asked how i got there i showed him my bike in the waiting room. Dr almost dropped me right then and there as a patient when he noticed there were no brakes.

At 19 there were large amounts of pressure from peers to walk it off and rub some dirt in it. I can only image it's a percentage of a percentage of what he went through.

36 now and struggle with this brain injury more than ever. Shit just doesn't go away. We can do all the mental push-ups we want but when you add physical injuries to mental it's a constant cycle that feeds off each other and eventually consumes your day.

It's getting to a point that i need a rib pushed back into socket before i can walk. Again, percentage of a percentage of the physical pain he was probably going through and all in the name of progress and entertainment.

It's fawking sad to grow up with someone that was your peer and some days your hero only to watch him end his life. I still hold him as well as many riders in a high regard and hope his family can forgive him and themselves.

 

[WHITE-TRASH]

"You kids were Dave's world, he loved you more than anything on this planet, you were his everything. That's why he put a bullet in his head in the driveway and left you to grow up without a father, me without a husband to try and figure out the mess left behind rat her than seking help for whatever his issue may have been."

 

[djjiz]

Seems pretty cut and dry looking at it that way.
Someday we will all be that strong but today isn't the day.

 

[djjiz]

Did he seriously shoot himself at his house?

 

[Krawler Konceptz]

My uncle committed suicide... You know what ...his kids had a better life then what would have been. Nobody knows everything behind closed doors... Yes it was shitty... But you know what...to think that sane people can even think they close to know...are far from it... There should be better way out... But these people are not even sane enough to have that thought.... And the weight of depression eating up these people can compare directly to other diseases.. Yet you don't call these people selfish? And they put their families through emotional pain of seeing them to the end and having the family feel helpless that they can't do anything... Difference between you ending it or the doctors is one really better than the other?