Charlotte Dawson's Legacy

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I hope that in the future if not today open discussion on Depression and Mental Illness can carry on...

Thoughts and best wishes to all who loved and cared for and about you .

“Charlotte was a beautiful person physically, but she also had a beautiful soul. She was kind, loving and generous,” Vicky said.

“She was a kind, loving and generous person and worked tirelessly for the causes she believed in.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/family-flies-in-from-new-zealand-to-lay-charlotte-dawson-t...

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yes...everyone is somebody .

I hadven't read about that so I don't know the facts

Did these things happen when she was unwell Chuk ? Not that that is an excuse ...Mentally unwell and unhappy people can and do sometimes do things they wouldn't otherwise do and aren't always kind to other people ? 

I think anyone who advocates for a cause does it for others...in raising awareness and encouraging others to talk about Mental Illness and raise awareness they are doing it for everybody ....and very importantly doing it to try to save lives not yet lost.

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If she had and was fighting constant vile abuse ...eventually she or anyone else might crack and fight back.

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in twit land, she was known to also cause it, leading others to retaliate

It just seems that since her death she has been placed on some pedestal as if she was some sort of saint. She wasnt, 

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sorry I didn't read your post properly...I remember the threads here about the twitter bullying .

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Chuk wrote: It just seems that since her death she has been placed on some pedestal as if she was some sort of saint. She wasnt

that can and does happen  .

I do put what and who she advocated for on a pedestal...and am thankful to her  for doing that .

She was a Cancer advocate too I think ?

[freddie*rooster]

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@chuk_77 wrote:

in twit land, she was known to also cause it, leading others to retaliate

It just seems that since her death she has been placed on some pedestal as if she was some sort of saint. She wasnt, 

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She was no shrinking violet who mixed with some suspect characters involved in the party scene.

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I think that the my younger self might have fitted that description too 

edit: minus the nasty stuff 

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Chuc I couldn't agree more.  The danger is in creating a myth that just isn't true.  

[chuk_77]

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@freddie*rooster wrote:

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@chuk_77 wrote:

in twit land, she was known to also cause it, leading others to retaliate

It just seems that since her death she has been placed on some pedestal as if she was some sort of saint. She wasnt, 

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She was no shrinking violet who mixed with some suspect characters involved in the party scene.

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yep I heard that too

[darksideofthemoon]

Was she indeed.  Pity a lot of other people aren't!!!