German Goalkeeper Enke Killed By Train In Suspected Suicide

I don't think he could control it at the end and that lead to his suicide


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I'm not a big soccer fan and didn't really follow it. When I was a boy, I visit a couple of games of the 2 Bundelsliga teams which are close to my home, Eintracht Frankfurt and Kickers Offenbach.

 

Just curious who here has kids & who doesn't. Wondering what direction some of the opinions come from...

 

I have a son (he will be 3 on Dec. 15th) and a 16yo step son.

 

I have 2 daughters, 8 and 4.

 

Thanks. I'm not trying to be a ball-busting d-bag or anything like that. I just can't imagine anyone abandoning their family to go through life on their own. Life IS tough, and we need to be there for our family when they need us, and to lean on them when we need them.

 

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I have a 9 year old daughter.

 

A few strong opinions here...

A tragedy without a doubt. However, Enke had been battling depression even before the death of his child. While it's fairly certain that event pushed him over the edge, he had been previously under doctors care for this.

Depression can be a lot more than just feeling down. It can alter a person's thinking to a point of irrational behavior. I wouldn't see it as a case of cowardice but a mental issue.

What is Clinical Depression?

A selfish act? Yes, suicide always is but he was being hailed as a great guy, generous, respectful to others & a top class sportsman. It's obvious that there was a profound impact from his depression. Besides that, he took on that onrushing train 'challenge' pretty decisively.

 

This is how I feel about this too.

His wife Teresa gave a very emotional speach 3 days ago. I don't think she look as him as a coward

 

It seems we are discussing semantics at this point... or all along.

Millions of people live with extreme amounts of depression. It doesn't make you a victim, nor does killing yourself.

 

We all handle crap differently and have different crap that take pplace in our lives. If somebody wants to kill himself than who the fuk am I to judge, I don't know his life story I don't know what haunts him, what keeps him up at night, what holds him back. Yeah it's tragic for the family they leave behind but life goes on.