by Iamallcool 14 Replies latest jw friends
It wouldn't surprise me if it played some role, though the poor girl has a lot of other crazyness in her life, too.
Your link had me worried she had died there for a second, there TTATT, as the link says "Commit" - but then I went to the article and it actually says "attempt", and it seems she is recovering. So that's good, at least.
http://www.charismanews.com/us/39785-did-cultish-religion-move-paris-jackson-to-commit-suicide
11:30AM EDT 6/6/2013 JENNIFER LECLAIRE
Paris Jackson ( Facebook ) Paris Jackson, the 15-year-old daughter of the late pop legend Michael Jackson, tried to take her own life on Wednesday. The young Jackson is reportedly “physically fine.”
TMZ reports Jackson left a suicide note before cutting her arm with a meat cleaver and taking a large number of Motrin pills. She also reportedly called a suicide hotline. The counselor called 911. After receiving stitches for the cut, she reportedly was placed under psychiatric supervision.
"Paris is physically fine and is getting appropriate medical attention," Perry Sanders, an attorney for Paris' grandmother and guardian, Katherine Jackson, said in a statement. “Being a sensitive 15-year-old is difficult no matter who you are. It is especially difficult when you lose the person closest to you."
Michael Jackson died in 2009 from a fatal dose of a surgical anesthetic during rehearsals for his London concert series, “This Is It.” He was 50.
Some believe the drama that continues around Michael Jackson’s death may be causing stress for his surviving daughter. Others point to the anniversary of her father’s death as a reason for the suicide attempt.
"People who feel no one understands them are vulnerable to wanting to join a beloved deceased parent or family member,” Dr. Ran Walfish, author of The Self-Aware Parent, told WENN. “Given Paris' personal circumstances and the anniversary of her father's death, she was a high-risk candidate for suicide."
But some are suggesting Jackson’s suicide attempt is the fruit of being raised as a Jehovah Witness (JW). According to the DailyMail, in May, Jackson refused to follow her grandmother in preaching door-to-door, as is common in the JW faith.
"After years of going with her family around their Calabasas, Calif., neighborhood spreading the religion's message every Sunday, the 15-year-old and her brother, Prince Michael, 16, have decided to no longer participate," the paper reports.
Richard Kelly, a director of the Advocates for Awareness of Watchtower Abuses (AAWA), an international nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about concerns regarding the “high control” religion, says Jackson’s episode is characteristic of what happens to JW children.
“There is a high incidence of suicide attempts and cutting among JW children,” he says. “They’re told to go to all the meetings; they’re told Armageddon is coming; they’re told they need to go door-to-door to hand out materials. Kids with minds of their own develop problems with these demands and act out in various ways. Suicide attempts are not uncommon.”
They actually interviewd Richard E. Kelly from AAWA about the suicide attempt.
Is it surprising? I don't how he ever could adopt those children. Money talks.
There is something in the biology of teenagers. I watched House hearings on Accutane( a powerful drug for severe acne. Truly disfiguing acne only) and antidepressants. The drug companies were being grilled about the very high suicide rate. Studies showed that w/o these drugs, few of these teens would ever commit suicide. Only the drug companies knew at the time about the sharply increased risk. Well, the drug co put a bold warning label on the drug for European and Japanese markets. In the co's home country, not even doctors were warned.
One of the best Congressman with years of prosecutorial experience obtained special committee waivers to appear on the panel. His own 15 year old son had severe acne and took the drug. One second he was relaxed and joking with his family in the livng room. Within two seconds of walking into his bedroom, he split his neck artery. They questioned his classmates, neighbors, teachers, merchants to see if he any signs of depression. There were none.
Also, I Just read in headlines that Paris refused to ever attend KH again.
This is a cry for help. Hopefully she will get it and will be allowed to exit this cult she was forced into immediately.
