A Reluctant Note About Michael Jackson
Posted by realityrounds on June 27, 2009
I will admit that I loved Michael Jackson and his music. When he died, I felt like a part of my childhood died. Of course the medical blogs are on fire speculating on how he died. The blogs debate each other here, and here and here. Theories range from drug overdose, to cardiac arrest, to fibromyalgia, to anorexia nervorsa.
It amazes me that no one has mentioned mental illness. As usual, mental illness in swept under the rug. It is not a real medical problem. It is well documented that Michael Jackson suffered physical and emotional abuse from his father while growing up. As an adult, it was equally obvious he had major self esteem and body image issues, most likely stemming from his childhood. Michael Jackson had extreme self-loathing and self-destructive behavior. To me, mental illness was the cause of Michael Jackson’s death.
As far as the pedophilia jokes floating around the internet, not funny. Child abuse will never be funny. Not ever. So stop it.
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takingheart said
Yes… child abuse jokes can end… now.
I was so excited to get my first vinyl album of his for my tenth birthday… along with Billy Joel “Uptown Girl” and “Wham!”
Seriously, how could we ever pull together another “We are the World?
Heidi Montag and Paris Hilton are the fame now.
So sad.
R. May said
Agreed. I made exactly that point about child abuse on another medical blog. Never Funny.
I always have felt badly for the adult Michael – just a very sad person who obviously had major issues – and the only people close to him were leaches and enablers instead of truly caring about him.
A fine example about how fame-wh**e parents can screw up their children.
mamamia said
I loved the music, especially the early videos(MTV generation), but always pitied the price of his genius that made him great.
man-nurse said
I thought the same thing. The immediate cause of death is kind of inconsequential compared to how utterly destroyed he was as a person. It’s really sad, and kind of fascinating. I hate to say it, but I’d like to see a documentary or even a feature film made about him.
debbiedoesnothing said
Thank you for posting this.