Pete Wentz has taken to the streets to try to get the message out that suicide is bad, and he’s doing this by letting kids everywhere know the even angsty, eyeliner-wearing, bisexual musicians aren’t safe from the grips of suicidal depression. You don’t say?
Pete tells the story of how he once attempted suicide, just after his band had finished recording their first major-label album:
“I got in my car. I remember I was listening to Jeff Buckley doing Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and sat there and took a bunch of [anxiety drug] Ativan in a Best Buy parking lot. And I called up my manager because I was, at that point, completely out of my head with Ativan. And I was talking to him and I was slurring my words, so he called my mom and my mom called me and she came and got me and we went to the hospital.”
You tried to kill yourself by overdosing on pills, Pete? What are you, a chick?
Anyway, I’m poking fun at this, because that’s my job, but there’s nothing funny about teenage suicide. I lost more than one friend that way as a teenager and college student. Pete is working with Half of Us, a foundation whose goal is to raise awareness about mental health issues on campuses across the country. And I think that’s awesome. They have contact information for most major universities on their website. Your school can and will work with you to treat depression at little or no cost to you.
Use this resource, people, and pass it along to your friends.
oh dear, i have that same hoodie, i got it from H&M. i mean, i have to shop there though. and it was from the ladies section.
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i totally repect him for doing this.
however, I think that his relationship with AShlee right now is not good for him. I think she is controlling and a little manipulative. And I think she’s better off without him, too.
Being in a relationship turns you into a leech. You forget how to be an independent person true to yourself.
yes its great that hes doing this- however im with beet what a chick you would have to take a shit ton of ativan to od. its like trying to slit your wrists with a pick lady bic.
but still good for him.
Take Ashlee with you.
i cant stand this douche!! for some reason i want to slap the shit out of him everytime i see his face.
he wears guy-liner. (hoots of derision)
totally gay
You can’t tell me he couldn’t find a gun.
My opinion the rest of you that have posted have no respect for Pete as a human! It’s great that he has brought his past and a hard moment to the public. He’s just trying to help others that have been suicidle and may not have gone though or lost there life, or for those how may be considering it. So they can get help and we don’t continue to lose people in society due to suicide. I can’t believe out of all the things a person could possible say on this subject, you all comment about his close, the way he looks, how he attempted and so on. Be more mature, I mean really this isn’t something to shake off. You must not know of anyone who has lost there life to suicide. It doesn’t take one to know one to realize the seriousness of the situation. I could go on… I’m just saying how I think it’s just crazy the responses above. As a college student I’ve lost more than one friend to suicide and I can’t say i’ve never thought about it myself. So I think it’s great for people like Pete to help those that need help.