# Terrell Owens attempts suicide **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrell-owens-attempts-suicide/374356 "2006-09-27T13:50:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrell-owens-attempts-suicide/374356/1 "2006-09-27T13:50:23Z")
[My husband just told me.](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/09/27/owens.report/index.html?cnn=yes) ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrell-owens-attempts-suicide/374356/2 "2006-09-27T13:54:45Z")
Other reports say it was an allergic reaction. [Link](http://www.latimes.com/sports/football/nfl/la-sp-owens27sep27,1,5531763.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-nfl) ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrell-owens-attempts-suicide/374356/3 "2006-09-27T14:01:18Z")
The more recent reports say attempted suicide. How’s this going to affect the spread for this weekend’s game? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrell-owens-attempts-suicide/374356/4 "2006-09-27T14:03:52Z")
First of all, I hope Mr. Owens gets some help with his psychological issues. After that, I’m wondering how/whether this will affect the way people perceive depression. ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrell-owens-attempts-suicide/374356/5 "2006-09-27T14:05:20Z")
I can see this leading to a pit thread… but I will just keep my mouth shut on the matter… ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrell-owens-attempts-suicide/374356/6 "2006-09-27T14:07:13Z")
[QUOTE=934spe] I can see this leading to a pit thread… but I will just keep my mouth shut on the matter… [/QUOTE] Yeah, good job doing that. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrell-owens-attempts-suicide/374356/7 "2006-09-27T14:07:34Z")
[IMHO](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=389951) We were first 😛 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrell-owens-attempts-suicide/374356/8 "2006-09-27T14:12:53Z")
[QUOTE=Jimmy Chitwood] Yeah, good job doing that. [/QUOTE] and WTF was that supposed to mean?.. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrell-owens-attempts-suicide/374356/9 "2006-09-27T14:15:25Z")
[QUOTE=The Weird One] First of all, I hope Mr. Owens gets some help with his psychological issues. After that, I’m wondering how/whether this will affect the way people perceive depression. [/QUOTE] Not, I hope, as the province of overprivileged, narcissistic, antagonistic one-(valuable)-trick-ponies who have a long history of misbehaving in order to attract attention! That would be far too cruel to many people who are depressed and still, somehow, manage not to be assholes. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrell-owens-attempts-suicide/374356/10 "2006-09-27T14:15:36Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] The more recent reports say attempted suicide. How’s this going to affect the spread for this weekend’s game? [/QUOTE] You’re right. Wow. It was obvious the dude had some issues, but suicide? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrell-owens-attempts-suicide/374356/11 "2006-09-27T14:23:05Z")
[QUOTE=934spe] and WTF was that supposed to mean?.. [/QUOTE] I was congratulating you on your restraint in not posting to the thread. ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrell-owens-attempts-suicide/374356/12 "2006-09-27T14:30:02Z")
[QUOTE=Jimmy Chitwood] I was congratulating you on your restraint in not posting to the thread. [/QUOTE] I wasn’t try to restrain from posting in the thread, last I knew it was open to all.. I was stating my opinion that I feel that this story could lead to some mixed comments on the situation. And thanks for the sarcastic congratulation, I appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrell-owens-attempts-suicide/374356/13 "2006-09-27T14:38:58Z")
Since there’s already a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=389951) about this (in IMHO, but it’ll probably soon find its way over to the proper forum), I’ll close this one down.