Darren Sutherland

All i can say with regards to what Darren's state of mind may have been if he was suffering from any type of depression is that his TRUE feelings on how he was with his world, life, career etc would have been hidden well and truly from the world.
It is a terrible impairment to suffer from depression, and much misunderstood.
i speak from personal experiance unfortunately.

 

Yeah depression can effect anyone regardless of how much they have going for them in life, it's such a tragic story.

 

If I am not mistaken, I think a lot of people go through depression but do not necessarily suffer from "Depression". What I mean is, it might be possible for someone to suffer from depression (permanently) but that does not necessarily mean somebody who was depressed, for say, a year or 6 months actually suffers "from depression" as a mental illness.

But I have always wondered about the possibility of unexaplined suicides being the possible side effects of somebody having a bad od from taking an illiegal drug such as cocaine or heroin. You hear stories about the "down's" people can get that are so bad they act extremely out of character. However since this is a boxing forum I don't want to accidentally imply this was the case for Darren Sutherland as I am pretty sure he was the least likely person in Ireland to take cocaine or any other type of drug. He was to straight a person for anything like that. I would never speculate on the death of somebody. But Darren Sutherland was a real hero and gave the Irish people a lot to be prooud of in my opinion. He should be remembered for being a great sports star.

 

some people need life long medication for depression, and some don't. Myself as an example, i was a bit ****ed for a 6 month period, but am tip top, doc says i am fine, and been great for 3 years. Was fine prior to my issue also. It can creep up on anyone.
Wheras if you are bi-polar or something like that you can need medication for life. Look at frank bruno, he was/is on lithium to stabalise his moods, and is still on it as far as i am aware. People can function with the right care and attention.
Who knows if Darren was suffering from it. But like i say, it can be hidden from others for months even years, and then you can crack. Maybe that happened maybe that didn't, but it is hard for people even those close to you to know what is happening. It tends to be when you admit it yourself that the problem starts to be resolved.

 

i seem to remember hearing he has suffered from it when he was younger and during his amateur days.

 

A friend of mine's younger brother knows darrens younger sister and she told him that Darren was gay and couldnt cope with it and the fact that it might come out,before everyone attacks me im just saying thats what i heard and a lot of people in my area are saying the same thing..

 

****ing hell mate, that is some kind of statment to come out with. You must be 100% certain to say that, no?

 

I was told that a week after his death,im just saying what i was told,my friend wouldnt lie,i dont mean to offend anyone..

 

not saying anoy body would necesarily be offended if darren was gay, but i think maybe this is why sometimes these subjects are best left alone, as although i don't doubt your sources, these things can be viewed quite badly unless they are verified by someone who beyond any doubt would be able to confirm this i.e. family, or maybe maloney or someone like that

 

Yeah thats true,maybe i shouldnt have said anything..

 

My uncle who got to know him through the amatuers/Olympics said he had some strange ways about him, nothing funny but sort of OCD like, an example was that he would allow himself a specific amount of time to browse the internet and he would stick it to it religously not a minute more nor a minute less, simple things like that.

From what I gather he could tell there was something not right about him, stuff troubling him, those inner demons that some people have

Damn shame really, I was really looking forward to seeing how his career would have panned out

 

Darren's suicide still gets to me everytime I think about it, it's a really difficult one to come to grips with. I can imagine the fact that he was in London and feeling lonely having alot to do with it as I've been in a similar situation. Maybe he felt under pressure from Maloney to stay in London instead of moving back home, and maybe Darren was the type to not want to let him down and so he stayed there, even though he was deeply unhappy.

 

:verysad

Such a shame

 

I'm not having a go mate, but that sort of stuff shouldnt really be spread about unless you yourself knows its 100% true. Even then, i'd probably leave it all things considered.

Anyway, Darren was a top bloke and a fine boxer. Sadly missed by many.

 

To be fair to FIN. I can understand what he means. I don't wanna say any more but just don't jump on fella cos it's a rumor that had being doing rounds.

It's a really sad state of affairs. He seemed a very introvert guy and we must remember this all came around time of his last fight where he had by his standards a really poor display and was cut and the cut was causing him a fair bit of pain as it was infected if i remember correctly.