Voat was full of that. I've lost many friends to suicide.
Substance abuse can cause severe depression, bad diet can wreak havoc as well.
Knew an incredible rock guitarist, he shot himself (young men and suicide by gun is epidemic, there's a good book out there about it) on his birthday cause he was supposed to become a star before thirty. Substance abuse was involved.
Had a friend ask his brand new wife what did she want to do on this New Year's eve, he said how about this, and put a pistol in his mouth and killed himself right there in front of her.
Had a girlfriend kill herself in her forties, with a gun, unusual for a female. My grandmother did the same thing, shot herself through a pillow. And more.
Sad world.
Do you think the suicide rate would be lower in the US if there wasn’t such easy access to guns or would the same people just find different methods? I know I’ve heard people over here talk about the fear of the pain of hanging or whatever, but then I also know a good few people who did go through with hanging themselves. Have always wondered about the phenomenon in the US though cos as you say the gun-suicide thing does seem to be an epidemic over there.
In Canada, research has found that tighter gun regulations only reduced the incidence of suicide by firearm as a method, but did not change the overall suicide rate. If people want to kill themselves, they'll find a way.
Yeah, good question.
And, I've never understood how someone successfully hangs himself.
Yeah it must take some balls all right. But even more to the point it takes some planning. You’re not going to want to use old rope obviously, you need to find somewhere that will support your weight and you won’t be disturbed (can take a little while especially if you get the drop wrong which most do if they even try the drop) etc. Similar with overdose for most as you probably won’t have the right drugs in sufficient quantities so will need to source and buy. I think what makes the gun approach in the US seem so different to me is that if you have a gun in the house you could kill yourself on a whim, and I think that’s what really makes it so different to what we see over here (although we have a very bad suicide problem here nonetheless).
loads of suicides with pills too. wouldnt be surprised if that was more popular than guns.
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