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> Each suicide costs society about $1 million in medical and lost-work expenses and emotionally victimizes an average of 10 other people. So... the 10 other people emotionally victimized is an average figure, but the $1 million in medical costs isn't? How does finding a dead body rack up any medical expenses?
I probably have an unpopular opinion on this, but I feel that people who wish to commit suicide should not be prevented from doing so. By all means, if someone wants to get help or needs counseling they should be able to get it. But if in the end their choice is suicide, we should be making it easier for them, not harder. I think that if I ever wanted to commit suicide I would be less likely to seek counseling out of…
"The Suicide Prevention Resource Center synthesized these studies and estimated that between 30 and 40% of LGBT youth, depending on age and sex groups, have attempted suicide."
Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_among_LGBT_youth
I hope I just missed the reference somewhere in the piece or these comments.
I probably have an unpopular opinion on this, but I feel that people who wish to commit suicide should not be prevented from doing so. By all means, if someone wants to get help or needs counseling they should be able to get it. But if in the end their choice is suicide, we should be making it easier for them, not harder. I think that if I ever wanted to commit suicide I would be less likely to seek counseling out of…
I don't think so - especially when a lot of times, due to their illness, they cannot make their own choice.
I probably have an unpopular opinion on this, but I feel that people who wish to commit suicide should not be prevented from doing so. By all means, if someone wants to get help or needs counseling they should be able to get it. But if in the end their choice is suicide, we should be making it easier for them, not harder. I think that if I ever wanted to commit suicide I would be less likely to seek counseling out of…
I probably have an unpopular opinion on this, but I feel that people who wish to commit suicide should not be prevented from doing so. By all means, if someone wants to get help or needs counseling they should be able to get it. But if in the end their choice is suicide, we should be making it easier for them, not harder. I think that if I ever wanted to commit suicide I would be less likely to seek counseling out of…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is all over the world. A large number of men are commuting suicide, mostly students and then married men. Yet if you look through pop media all you will see is how many women are 'attempting' suicide... :/
That is because men are seen as disposable, throughout the Western World. ~80% of those 40,000 suicides were men. I've a feeling if it were 80% female there would be a lot more attention given to it.
The entry paragraph gives a quick glimpse of the complexities but here's my attempt at a tl,dr of it:
- there are highly asymmetric rates of attempted and completed suicide between genders
- can vary significantly between different countries
- males die much more often by means of suicide than do females
- reported suicide attempts and thoughts are much more common among females than males
- females have a higher rate of attempted suicide than males earlier in life, which decreases with age
- for males the rate of attempted suicide remains fairly constant when controlled for age
- genders tend to differ in their methods of suicide and responses to suicidal feelings
I probably have an unpopular opinion on this, but I feel that people who wish to commit suicide should not be prevented from doing so. By all means, if someone wants to get help or needs counseling they should be able to get it. But if in the end their choice is suicide, we should be making it easier for them, not harder. I think that if I ever wanted to commit suicide I would be less likely to seek counseling out of…
I probably have an unpopular opinion on this, but I feel that people who wish to commit suicide should not be prevented from doing so. By all means, if someone wants to get help or needs counseling they should be able to get it. But if in the end their choice is suicide, we should be making it easier for them, not harder. I think that if I ever wanted to commit suicide I would be less likely to seek counseling out of…
But if your choices are because you suffer from a mental illness such as depression, should we as a society just "shrug" and say "Well, it's their choice, let them do whatever they want." ? I don't think so - especially when a lot of times, due to their illness, they cannot make their own choice.