Truman State Suicides
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This is what I was thinking. This is like some 80’s ****. We are truly regressing in a lot of parts of the country.
There was a case two or three years ago about a teenaged girl who talked her friend into it.
Sounds quasi cult like or something and some people will believe anything.
I remember the Heaven's Gate deal in 1997.
And in Waco iirc it wasn't suicidal necessarily but folks were willing to die for Koresh.
I had a lot of high school classmates who went there when it was NE Mo St and a couple of my sisters in law. They all became teachers.
Band campers in the 1970’s in fifth and sixth grade were more awkward than crazy. My friend who had an abusive father talked me into going cause she wanted to get away from him for a week. I was hoping she would talk to a counselor there or an adult would see the bruises. Was surprised he would let her go but her music was about the only thing she did he ever supported
Sounded very much like a cult leader. I always tell myself I would see the warning signs in my kids if this started to happen, but if they were in college, man I'm not sure.
Also West Des Moines. I think sometimes when one does it, it almost gives their friends the same idea
I want to say Mt Vernon had something like this about a decade back. It used to be a great little town. I haven't been there in years, but it was surprising to me
It's not like we don't have examples of this being done. I'm sure they prey on people who are having issues to begin with. Seems like students under pressure at a prestigious school would be prime targets. I loved college but it can also be extremely stressful. I still have nightmares about missing a class or test. I've come to find out that it's a very common nightmare because college for a lot of people is borderline traumatic at times.
Off topic..but former Hok, Jeff Horner is the MBB coach at Truman State. Team made it to the Elite 8/Div 2.
Quite a few Iowa kids on roster.
Quite a few Iowa kids on roster.
My favorite former Iowa player is Jeff Moe.... obviously
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Peer pressure can be a powerful thing. Keep in mind that WWII Japan had a very different suicide culture, but the "kamikaze" units were voluntary. Many pilots' journals expressed misgivings about doing it, but they did it anyway.
Had a dream just the other night about missing a class or assignment etc.
Nothing traumatic but woke up really relieved that I only have a job to go to.
It wasn't like that 25 years ago when they didn't offer any majors but engineering.
I graduated from Truman State in 1995. Believe it or not, I was also a member of the same fraternity as these suicides. There was a lot of pressure at Truman state to succeed, even then. I breezed through high school, but really struggled at Truman. But three suicides all in the same fraternity?!?!? Hard to believe it's a coincidence.
