{"id":187274,"date":"2016-02-25T09:44:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T17:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=187274"},"modified":"2016-02-25T09:44:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T17:44:55","slug":"ronda-rousey-suicidal-thoughts-arent-a-weakness-we-should-condemn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ronda-rousey\/ronda-rousey-suicidal-thoughts-arent-a-weakness-we-should-condemn\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronda Rousey: Suicidal thoughts aren&#8217;t a weakness we should condemn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey revealed recently on The Ellen Degeneres Show that after her <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-holm-knocks-out-rousey-becomes-ufc-champion\/\">UFC 193 KO loss<\/a> to Holly Holm she <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-ronda-rousey-discusses-loss-to-holly-holm-on-ellen\/\">briefly had suicidal thoughts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After Rousey made the statement, many members of the combat sports community <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/watch-stars-react-to-ronda-rouseys-post-ufc-193-suicide-comments\/\">poured out their support<\/a> for Rousey, revealing they know the devastation after a loss.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2016\/02\/23\/ronda-rousey-im-not-ashamed-of-suicidal-thoughts-i-can-help-people\/\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ<\/a>, Rousey spoke about the history of mental illness in her family, as well as why she feels suicidal thoughts aren&#8217;t a weakness we should condemn.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;There&#8217;s a history of suicide in my family.  My father and his dad both took their lives and I think suicide is the No. 1 killer of young teens as well. I do a lot of work with Didi Hirsch, which is a free mental health clinic here in LA and the last event I went to here with them was erasing the stigma, taking the stigma away from suicide and everything and making it actually acceptable for people to talk about it &#8212; and look for help and not feel ashamed of themselves for it and should be encouraged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not about damning people and I feel like there&#8217;s been an overly negative light on that. It&#8217;s something that people are going through, not something like a weakness that we should condemn.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey revealed recently on The Ellen Degeneres Show that after her UFC 193 KO loss to Holly Holm she briefly had suicidal thoughts. 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