Comments Thread For: Ricky Hatton on Near Suicide: I Had a Knife at My Wrists!

[Pacquiao'd]

FLoyd left Manny them crumbles to eat up

[Sparked_26]

I'll never have sympathy for people who contemplate suicide. It is the worst possible kind of indulgence.

Someone used the word disingenuous to describe Hatton earlier in this thread. Maybe he does have a point?

[John Barron]

it's fookin britain after all. i'd be suicidal too if i lived there.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

it's fookin britain after all. i'd be suicidal too if i lived there.

I'd be suicidal if I was American.

But I hear fat people are jolly?

[Thread Stealer]

Not sure if making a comeback is the best thing to do. I'm sure he missed the sport, adulation, adrenaline rush of fighting, and was greatly disappointed by his losses to Floyd & Manny. Well he's gonna eventually lose again, especially given his age, fighting style, lifestyle, wear and tear on his body, etc....He runs the risk of brain damage, as every fighter does, and that has been linked with depression, among other things.

[Ravens Fan]

I'd be suicidal if I was American.

But I hear fat people are jolly?

At least most of us have all our teeth so we can chew the food to get fat.

[Chuckguy]

I'd be suicidal if I was American.

But I hear fat people are jolly?

I have to say America is a great country to live in and be from just the ****** UK. I for one would love to live in GB!
Only idiots talk crap about living in the UK. Its a beautiful place rich in history. I guess that other dude is ****** fab and wants to stick to his lovely projects! haha what a loser!

[BartBears]

Depression is a mental illness. It's often triggered by a catalyst, usually a traumatic event. In Hatton's case, his brain chemistry was probably thrown off-balance by his perceived fall from the top. Not difficult to understand.

One has no control over this event, only in the subsequent treatment. But it's extremely difficult to grasp what to do if you've never experienced it before. One who's never been depressed literally cannot comprehend the complete hopelessness it produces. Being materially wealthy, or otherwise successful, makes no difference. Life seems to lose all meaning.

Asking a depressed person to "snap out of it" or "man up" is like asking an insane person to "stop being crazy". I don't know if Ricky is playing up his experience; but if he was truly depressed, he was undergoing what can only be described as a living hell.

Very well said my friend.

I wish Ricky all the best, but I think his comeback is a mistake. No matter what he does, loss against May and Pac will follow him forever.

[panicchaser]

When did I try to justify anything? I was only pointing out that you are trying to make a point when you don't have all the information. And the one thing I do know to be 100% true is that in many cases substance abuse is a good indication of someone that is suffering from mental illness.

Look at the bold on YOUR statement and put 2 and 2 together! His choice, his consequences, no sympathy here!

[Ravens Fan]

Look at the bold on YOUR statement and put 2 and 2 together! His choice, his consequences, no sympathy here!

I guess it is how you look at it. I personally believe that addiction is a disease. And I have first hand knowledge of the power of addiction.