I wish Torie had remained active on Instagram. I remember checking her channel when I joined. She had been quite active then totally stopped. I just checked again and it looks like she never resumed. Final post in fall 2019. The positive feedback might have helped her. Even if you aren't competing or doing much of anything the Instagram followers will supply Likes and positive emojis to any sight of you.
Sorry for your loss.
But as far as the above goes it is now well documented that many nyoung women that spend a lot of time on Instagram get depressed to some extent. So your cure might have been instead a contributing factor. Or neither. But from everything I've been reading lately posting a lot on Instagram does not generally make people, especially young women, happier.
Let this be a reminder that your words do hurt and leave an impact on these athletes that read the hateful comments you leave. So to all of these people who say awful things about Sha’Carri (some which are borderline bullying) another extremely talented black female sprinter from the US.. remember this.
Let this be a reminder that your words do hurt and leave an impact on these athletes that read the hateful comments you leave. So to all of these people who say awful things about Sha’Carri (some which are borderline bullying) another extremely talented black female sprinter from the US.. remember this.
Rest easy, Tori Bowie 🙏🏻
The poster didn't say anything negative about tori. He, or she, was responding to a poster claiming to be in the know and that she was forced into the limelight, that's BS.
What does Sha'Carri have to do with this? If Richardson Disses Jamaicans & Allyson Felix, people have the right to diss her.
Please stay on topic. This is about an awesome young lady who is no longer with us and she was humble. Rip Miss Bowie, you lived a great life
Really numbing news. Some of the articles say she was found at her Florida home. If it was self inflicted I hope the family seeks and accepts all counseling. My sister committed suicide 6 months ago. It really doesn't get much better. There is devastation, anger, blame and regret...all in varying doses, coming and going. Plus the legal matters. But the grief counselors do offer a valuable sentence here and there that is memorable, and can soothe when needed most.
I wish Torie had remained active on Instagram. I remember checking her channel when I joined. She had been quite active then totally stopped. I just checked again and it looks like she never resumed. Final post in fall 2019. The positive feedback might have helped her. Even if you aren't competing or doing much of anything the Instagram followers will supply Likes and positive emojis to any sight of you.
The London gold was truly memorable. In fact, I remember where I heard about it, in the SwimSwam comment section, of all places. I was saving the track tape for later and never imagined the result would be spoiled on a swimming site.
RIP
Oh, I'm so sorry. My condolences to you and your family. I hope you all can find some peace and comfort in the days to come, even though such things seem out of reach right now. May your sister rest in peace.
Such sad news. I did not know Tori personally but loved her as an athlete. She is gone way too soon. May she experience eternal peace. Sincere condolences to family and friends. Lighting a candle for Tori tonight.
Really numbing news. Some of the articles say she was found at her Florida home. If it was self inflicted I hope the family seeks and accepts all counseling. My sister committed suicide 6 months ago. It really doesn't get much better. There is devastation, anger, blame and regret...all in varying doses, coming and going. Plus the legal matters. But the grief counselors do offer a valuable sentence here and there that is memorable, and can soothe when needed most.
I wish Torie had remained active on Instagram. I remember checking her channel when I joined. She had been quite active then totally stopped. I just checked again and it looks like she never resumed. Final post in fall 2019. The positive feedback might have helped her. Even if you aren't competing or doing much of anything the Instagram followers will supply Likes and positive emojis to any sight of you.
The London gold was truly memorable. In fact, I remember where I heard about it, in the SwimSwam comment section, of all places. I was saving the track tape for later and never imagined the result would be spoiled on a swimming site.
RIP
Instagram is one of the major things driving people nuts. And this accelerated during 2020-2021 due to the ceaseless propaganda and fear-mongering. She probably got off instagram because it was driving her nuts.
I wish Torie had remained active on Instagram. I remember checking her channel when I joined. She had been quite active then totally stopped. I just checked again and it looks like she never resumed. Final post in fall 2019. The positive feedback might have helped her. Even if you aren't competing or doing much of anything the Instagram followers will supply Likes and positive emojis to any sight of you.
Sorry for your loss.
But as far as the above goes it is now well documented that many nyoung women that spend a lot of time on Instagram get depressed to some extent. So your cure might have been instead a contributing factor. Or neither. But from everything I've been reading lately posting a lot on Instagram does not generally make people, especially young women, happier.
Social network use can also be addicting. I know someone whose wife is addicted to Instagram, she spends all day on it. It has ruined their marriage but since they have a young child he spends his days homeschooling their daughter (he is wealthy and can afford to do this). When used wisely social networks can be educational, can help grow a business, introduce you to new people, keep distant relatives connected. But it is a double-edged sword that should be used with restraint. The dark side of social networks are addiction, depression, exposure to shady people, warding off scams, loss of privacy, tracking by internet companies including the very social networks you frequent (of course LRC would never do this).
I also seem to recall seeing an article mentioning how sports organizations such as the NFL and perhaps USATF are now offering classes to athletes about how to use social networks, in the same vein as offering young NFL players classes on financial management. Some things they are taught include:
- When posting a photo or video in a public place, wait at least a day and only post when you are no longer at that location.
- Do not post photos/videos from any location you frequent.
- Do not post photos/videos showing where you live.
- Do not post anything showing your phone number (some athletes made this mistake when it was popular to post photos of text message exchanges with other athletes and famous people), documents showing personal information, etc.
- How to be careful about who is in your social network. If you have a connection who ends up posting a photo with you outside your home with the caption "Here I am with my bestie neighbor outside our apartment building", a big piece of your privacy just went out the window.
- How to deal with rude or aggressive comments. When should you block someone vs when you should just ignore them, etc.
- How to remain politically neutral.
- How to use each particular social network. Exactly what features are available. How to enable/disable things like DM, etc. Each social network works differently, has different features to support privacy.
- Other things affecting privacy, including what information you give the social network provider itself to create the account.
- Etc, etc, etc. The above likely doesn't cover everything.
You get the idea. Social network use can reveal too much information which can be used by bad actors. Even when following all the above guidelines, strangers can still piece together all the posts to learn an astonishing amount. NFL teams do this when they evaluate draft prospects. Watch the movie "Draft Day" with Kevin Costner, there is a scene where the scouting department is looking at the social network account of the quarterback the team owner wants to draft. If you haven't seen that movie it is quite good. And this is a real thing not just made up for that movie. Teams employ psychologists in those evaluations. When a team is about to offer a college kid a contract for many millions of dollars they want to know everything they can about him.
Perhaps this post will be of use to some of the young athletes who may browse here.
No, she wasn't "forced" into the limelight of the track and field, modeling, having money...
Let's not tell lies. I may die tomorrow or 50 years from tomorrow, but I wouldn't like people telling lies about me, would you?
Perhaps "forced" is not the right word, but I do recall Tori or someone saying at one point she was being pressed from a lot of directions and that she was not as outgoing as she appeared to be.
The former Olympic and world champion sprinter Tori Bowie has died at the age of 32, her management company confirmed on Wednesday. The American won three g...