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Kermit Roosevelt

Here was Kermit's basic problem. He was highly emotional and extremely dependent on his father, Theodore Roosevelt and when he died, he wrote that he felt like he had lost an island in a sea or uncertainty or something to that idea. As long as his dad was alive, he felt secure in life. He was his mother's favorite. When you study the Roosevelts you learn that TR's mother's family, the Bullochs seemed to really carry the "depression gene." All of TR's children had it to some extent. TR, himself had it - especially in periods of inactivity. This is why he wrote that "black care (depression or the blues in modern terms) seldom sits (on a horse) behind a rider whose pace (in life) is fast enough. TR's daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth in her interviews that eventually became the basis of the book, "Conversations with Mrs. L" also said clearly, "my father had this tendency toward depression too. I've spoken personally to several modern-day Roosevelt family members and one of them, who is quite well known, said to me, "Well, I think people make TOO much of this depression business, personally. I just don't see it." Well he doesn't see it because he doesn't WANT to see it, frankly. TR's mother [Martha Bulloch Roosevelt]] used to be so overcome by bouts of depression that she would lock herself in her room for a week and the maids would just shove her meals under her door. She was either up or down. When you combine this natural tendency toward depression with the circumstances of Kermit's loss of both his beloved father and his closest sibling, Quentin Roosevelt and then add in the fact that he soon became totally estranged from his wife, Belle, but in deference to the Roosevelt family traditions, could simply NOT divorce her, all those things were commulative and mutually supportive. I think he turned to drink as a form of deadening the pain of being unable to live up to his father's high standards. He carried on an affair with the "real love" of his life for over 20 years being unable to divorce Belle. He would disappear literally for weeks and months at a time with his mistress. His wife and his brothers would then put out a dragnet even bringing in the FBI to locate him. By the time WWII came around, they had to send those agents looking for him. He went back into service in the British Army, but they soon had to discharge him for ill health. He was overweight and was having recurring bouts of malaria and self-medicating the pain with alcohol. His wife then intervened with the US President, FDR to get him a commission in the US Army. Not knowing what to do with him, they sent him off to Alaska with no really useful job description. Isolation + depression + inactivity = a deadly combination. Shortly before committing suicide, he spoke of a poem that discussed suicidal thoughts and the "peace" that a gun would bring to personal suffering. His mother, [Edith Kermit Roosevelt]] was never told of the suicide. Instead she was told that he died of a heart attack. A tragic life really. In modern times, he might have found some professional help. In his day, it simply didn't exist. He really was an amazing person. Incredible courage. Native intellect, sensitive. A gifted linguist. So sad he was unable to overcome those personal demons. SimonATL (talk) 02:19, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for taking the time to provide life's circumstances of Kermit Roosevelt that gives me a better glimpse of his overall psychological profile. I agree, an amazing person that gave back as much as he was given in his life. His death was unquestionably a tragedy exacerbated by the environment foisted upon this brilliant individual that still had a profusion of potential left unrealized. Fascinating life story indeed. eYeDEF (talk) 03:48, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

DDT

Hi Ydef. Just to say that I reverted your edit regarding bedbugs in New York. While the source (The Independent) is usually reliable, the story sounds a bit bogus to me. The rise in bedbug numbers is reported to have occurred since 2004, but DDT was "banned" much further back in time than this (i.e. if it was the sole factor responsible, one might have expected such rises to have occurred before now). Which isn't to say that the bedbug rise is completely independent of insecticide non-use of course, but one can imagine other factors might have come into play. Do you know what the original source of the story is? Perhaps there's a scientific report at the bottom of all this - that would be much more informative. Cheers, --PLUMBAGO 11:22, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Original research question

Regarding your edit of Kobe Bryant – Shaquille O'Neal feud‎‎, your edit summary had a question of "Why was original research requested? The previous mystery as to ONeil not calling Kobe to offer support and antagonism in the press makes complete sense with insight of what Kobe told police." If it was a question on what is original research, click on the link, or the "original research?" tag in the article itself pulls up the same info. Otherwise, it looks like its in the article since it sounds like its someone that is putting in text that might make sense but probably is doing their own reasoning, i.e. O'Neal didnt say it, or some reliable source didnt write their own best guess. The simplest solution is to come up with a source that backs it up and add the citation. Bagumba (talk) 07:15, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

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