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Pete Wentz Admits Attempting Suicide

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Posted: 2008-03-19 17:24:16
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(March 19) - Fall Out Boy frontman Pete Wentz reveals a struggle with depression that lead to the bassist's attempt on his own life, Usmagazine.com reports.

Wentz, who is currently dating Ashlee Simpson, says he was "completely lost and out of control," around the time his band recorded their first major record, and prescription drugs didn't help.

"I got in my car. I remember I was listening to Jeff Buckley doing Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' and sat there and took a bunch of [anxiety drug] Ativan in a Best Buy parking lot," Wentz says, as a part of a series called 'Half of Us' to help prevent student suicide for MTVU.

"And I called up my manager because I was, at that point, completely out of my head with Ativan. And I was talking to him and I was slurring my words, so he called my mom and my mom called me and she came and got me and we went to the hospital," Wentz continues.

The rocker finishes, "It's not really about keeping your head above water, it's about feeling all right and feeling safe in your own skin."

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