Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond > Heath Ledger Remembrance Forum
I know we've talked about this before, but
Ellemeno:
How can a smart person have put SIX major drugs into his system?
This is a piece I get really stuck on. Any words of insight? Or commiseration?
Shakesthecoffecan:
--- Quote from: Elle on May 07, 2008, 03:53:36 pm ---How can a smart person have put SIX major drugs into his system?
This is a piece I get really stuck on. Any words of insight? Or commiseration?
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I don't know Elle, but I know it happens, look at Anna Nicole.
Perhaps he accidentally took too much of one and it had not completely left his system, and if he had jet lag, he could have been easily confused. It could have slippery slope, one drug building on the others.
opinionista:
--- Quote from: Elle on May 07, 2008, 03:53:36 pm ---How can a smart person have put SIX major drugs into his system?
This is a piece I get really stuck on. Any words of insight? Or commiseration?
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It has nothing to do with being smart. If Heath suffered from accute insmonia, like the press said, it's not surprising he took desperate measures. He wasn't careful which doesn't mean he wasn't smart.
Fran:
--- Quote from: Elle on May 07, 2008, 03:53:36 pm ---How can a smart person have put SIX major drugs into his system?
This is a piece I get really stuck on. Any words of insight? Or commiseration?
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Oh, Elle....
...because he was human -- it's as simple as that. Human beings make mistakes and don't always use their best judgment. Unfortunately, in this case, the mistake had a tragic result.
Elle, I don't think you'll ever be able to fully understand the "why" of it. I tend to think of it as a whole convergence of things that occurred with a horrible consequence. I know that the "if onlys" can easily drive me crazy: if only someone had been with him that night, if only he had been able to fall asleep naturally, if only he was deeply involved in a relationship, if only he had stayed in London, if only he had never visited the doctors who wrote the prescriptions.... I think I'm finally at a place where I can accept what I cannot change. Not that it makes it any easier, but at least my frustration over trying to figure out the "why" of it is gone.
Hopefully, you'll get to that place, too.
MilAn:
I think he should have gotten proper help for his depressions. I read that a consequence of depressions is anxiety and insomnia omong others. If he wasn't able to help himself, I hope someone else tried at least. We can't know! It's sad that his family didn't live in the same counrty as Heath. A good support system can be very helpful!
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