What lessons can be drawn from the tragedy of Verónica Forqué?

On Monday Spain received tragic news: the death by suicide of Verónica Forqué, an actress with a reputed career, who had always projected an image of sweetness and joy. But in recent months he was on everyone’s lips for his disconcerting appearance on an audience show like ‘Masterchef celebrity’, the culinary contest of the famous, which bases part of its success on showing the participants as they are. And Verónica Forqué was no longer the same as in the 80s, as another of the contestants, her colleague, confessed to the camera Victoria April.

It was not the same, no, because Forqué had a history of depression and his maddening behavior had caused an initial rejection of his companions who finished drifting in worship. And the judges ended up pampering her. The own Carmina Barrios, who refused to cook with her, confessed the next day that at night it was difficult for him to sleep because of the pain it gave him to do so. But there is a world outside, which is that of social networks, where people hidden under anonymity prey on the weakest. And these reality shows, or that have a part that shows the famous naked, fill their jaws with fresh guts to devour.

When life hurts

It hurt the actress so much to live that she decided to stop. Although on other occasions he had endured that pain. “There was tried to take my life many times & rdquor;, he told Jorge Javier Vázquez in ‘Sálvame’ in December 2020. “And I found myself with the pills in my hand and he told me: ‘But Vero, if you are not going to take them’. It was like some kind of ritual& rdquor ;. Two things prevented it. “How are you going to take this with your 90-year-old mother, whose son has just died? And for my girl, above all, because what a bitch that such a cute mother goes and kills herself! & Rdquor;, he said then. And he concluded: “There are desperate people who have to do it, but I always have that thing to get ahead. And I hope I don’t lose it & rdquor ;.

What was it that kept you from moving forward? That media exposure contributed to give him an initial push not to hide and learn to live with it, but it ended up breaking definitively? Do youUndressing so much publicly causes irreparable harm in those who do not have the tools to cope? Because healthy people can be strengthened. Such is the case of Tamara Falcó, for whom ‘Masterchef celebrity’ It was an opportunity, since she left behind her image as a mother’s daughter (Preysler) and beata to demonstrate a culinary and communicative talent.

The ‘influencer’ serbia

However, reality is full of examples of people who do not exceed having millions of eyes scrutinizing them. Just one day before Forqué committed suicide, the ‘influence’ serbia Kika Dukic, At just 21 years old, he took his own life because of the ‘bullying’ suffered by the internet during five years of his short life. One more in the long list of young people who pose with perfect bodies and an apparent life of luxury, but who have poor emotional intelligence.

These two deaths occur precisely a few days after the celebration (Sunday, 19) of ‘La Marató de TV-3’, a solidarity program that this year focuses on mental health. One of the participants in the ‘solidarity telethon’, which brings the message of the fight against stigmatization of these diseases, Roger Ballescà, psychologist at the Sagrat Cor Hospital in Martorell and a member of the board of directors of the Official College of Psychologists of Catalonia, does not assess this specific case, because he does not know the condition of the actress and if she fThey broke the control mechanism of the production company, but remember “the importance of considering the emotional stability of a person when including them in a program that we know will be, albeit positively, a stressor”.

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The doctor also emphasizes another issue no less worrying: the use of these people by some programs. “For years, certain media have been doing show of people who clearly show a certain mental imbalance or instability, because sometimes they can have quirky and quirky behaviors. There should be no profit from it. Neither at the level of social networks & rdquor ;, complaint. “It is a factor that does not help at all. Not only the person who is the subject of this show, but the society as a whole, as it contributes to stigmatizing mental health & rdquor ;, he regrets.

And this also applies to the increasingly common cases of ‘influencers’ who, pressured by their ‘haters’, they end up taking their own lives. “In the world of social networks and mass media, there is an important degree of loss of control And that can have an impact on a person who has a certain vulnerability to break down. They are not especially friendly environments, but hostile & rdquor ;, indicates. And it confirms that in a suicide the victim is not only the person who dies. “Suicide is always associated with a guilty feeling important in the people who are left and have had a relationship & rdquor ;, he says.

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The question arises as to whether this sad ending hinders the message that ‘La Marató’ wants to give that it is possible to get ahead. “It doesn’t make it difficult. What we cannot do is deny that mental illness is also life-threatening: by suicide, risk behaviors or eating disorders. People must know. You should talk about mental health, because one of the problems we have is stigma. In the media it is declared that a person has a cancer, but not a disorder. And that doesn’t help & rdquor ;, he insists.

Ballescà draws some conclusions from this sad event. “It is tragic news that should not discourage people. It should be known that disorders have a series of risks, that they must be treated well, that they must be taken into account when selecting people to be part of a program that involves significant stress and that we must take care of whom present signs of some emotional instability & rdquor ;. Said it remains.



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