Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill themselves?
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Re: Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill themselves?
#2Because if life isn't working out in the way you expected, it starts to become apparent in your 40's.
Re: Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill themselves?
#3As a fourtysomething man the reason is one of intent. I have no desire to kill myself, but I do know that if I chose suicide I would die.
Re: Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill themselves?
#4Because if life isn't working out in the way you expected, it starts to become apparent in your 40's.
So how do you explain the difference between male and female? Women has lower expectations of life or they hit their expectations better than men in general?
Re: Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill themselves?
#5Couldn't it be hormonal? doesn't testosterone drop as we age?
Re: Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill themselves?
#6Because if life isn't working out in the way you expected, it starts to become apparent in your 40's.
So how do you explain the difference between male and female? Women has lower expectations of life or they hit their expectations better than men in general?
Women also take anti-depressants at a higher rate than men, likely preventing some percentage of suicides. Men often seem to regard anti-depressant use as coming with a stigma or being an admission of weakness.
Re: Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill themselves?
#7Because if life isn't working out in the way you expected, it starts to become apparent in your 40's.
So how do you explain the difference between male and female? Women has lower expectations of life or they hit their expectations better than men in general?
This might be sexist, but some people claim that women never blame themselves for any life problems and find a way of justifying themselves no matter what.
Re: Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill themselves?
#8Couldn't it be hormonal? doesn't testosterone drop as we age?
Testosterone usually peaks close to 40 (plus or minus five years), and falls roughly 10% every decade thereafter.
Re: Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill themselves?
#9Because if life isn't working out in the way you expected, it starts to become apparent in your 40's.
So how do you explain the difference between male and female? Women has lower expectations of life or they hit their expectations better than men in general?
As a generalisation, women are more likely to reach out for emotional or psychiatric help than men are.
Re: Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill themselves?
#10As a fourtysomething man the reason is one of intent. I have no desire to kill myself, but I do know that if I chose suicide I would die.
So why does a fortysomething man have more intent?