[HN Gopher] Heather Armstrong has died
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       Heather Armstrong has died
        
       Author : mistersquid
       Score  : 41 points
       Date   : 2023-05-10 21:51 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
        
       | neonate wrote:
       | http://web.archive.org/web/20230510211713/https://www.nytime...
        
       | sammalloy wrote:
       | I'm sad to say that I had never heard of her, but it sounds like
       | she was influential and made her mark and had a way with words.
       | One thing that struck me is how she was suffering from depression
       | for years and committed suicide, leaving her partner and children
       | behind. I've only met one other person who was facing this kind
       | of scenario and it has left me endlessly questioning how they
       | could do this and if there is a known etiology that could lead to
       | such decisions like this, such as the much talked about and
       | popularized parasitic fungus that hijacks insect brains and
       | causes them to kill themselves.
        
       | sonofhans wrote:
       | RIP Dooce :(
       | 
       | I started reading her in 2001, just when I was founding my first
       | startup. When she got fired in 2002 she _was_ the zeitgeist.
       | 
       | Public service announcement -- dealing with childhood trauma is a
       | monster. She covered it with alcohol, like many people do. If
       | you're struggling with trauma, get help. It's not cognitive. You
       | can't solve it on your own.
       | 
       | I feel for her family, and wish them well. So it goes.
        
       | kyleyeats wrote:
       | If anyone is at the end of their rope, feel free to email me. I
       | do emotional philosophy and would be happy to help if you've
       | exhausted all other options.
        
       | runnr_az wrote:
       | Whoa. That's so sad... she committed suicide?
        
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         | CSSer wrote:
         | Yes. You might be getting hit with the paywall. The article
         | notes this. Her long-time partner found her.
        
       | efields wrote:
       | RIP. This sucks so hard. I was in my early 20s when I started
       | reading blogs regularly and Dooce was just on the peripheral of
       | bloggers I followed. Even tho I wasn't into her subject matter,
       | her style was hugely influential. (Edit for clarity)
        
       | haneefmubarak wrote:
       | Paywall bypass / archive link: https://archive.is/A2UvS
        
       | benatkin wrote:
       | RIP :(
       | 
       | I need a source for "lapsed mormon". It doesn't seem like
       | something that the author should just be coming up with to
       | describe her. Google turns up little.
       | 
       | There's this which has the term but doesn't say if she identified
       | that way: https://www.forbes.com/2009/05/06/mom-advice-bloggers-
       | techno...
        
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         | pbiggar wrote:
         | https://dooce.com/2017/11/06/on-the-power-of-a-congregation-...
        
           | benatkin wrote:
           | I was looking specifically for the word "lapsed".
        
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