2008: 8.3 million had thoughts of suicide

thats crazy, i thought i was the only one

What are the statistics? According to a 1999 surgeon general's report, suicide is the eighth leading cause of death in America , with men four times more likely to kill themselves than women.

The prevalence of male suicide is not restricted to North America . An Australian study offered similar statistics. Of 2,683 suicides in Australia in 1998, 2,150 were males, making suicide the second leading cause of death among 25- to 44-year-old men. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports that the suicide rate for men aged 20 to 39 years has risen by 70 percent over the last two decades.

Statistics from Ireland and the United Kingdom indicate rates of male suicide as high as five times that of women. Indeed, a recent study found that suicide was the leading cause of death for Irish men between 15-34 years old.

we will probably never know the number of those that were successful. the 'stigma' still exists: 'died suddenly',
'drug overdose', 'drowned', etc.

I would not want a counselors job in these trying times.

http://current.com/items/90952259_high-school-suicide-cluster-feared.htm?xid=42&...

In something I wrote about a year ago, I mentioned that the suicide hotlines were getting many more calls than usual. It is not unusual during these kinds of times.
When Hurricane Iniki devastated Maui, the rich called their insurance companies and rebuilt. The poor had a very high suicide rate. A friend of a friend, a physician in a group that goes to places where catastrophes have occurred, told me he spent a week there. Just counseling. Many of those people did not think they could ever rebuild and looked at suicide as an option. The MD said this is very common.
We have to look around us all the time. Even those close to us who are struggling in silence may need the phone call that may save them. I'm sure I'll take flack on this one but it boggles my mind that the hurricane tragedies that happened on our mainland just four years ago did not really inspire the news media. A little story here and there. They were not really individual stories. I hope I don't offend the Ayn Rand fans. I'm not saying to be altruistic. I would never suggest such an outlandish thing. Think about it? Where is the good news? It's starting to sink in...the bad news that is.
Some might not even have to kill themselves. They might just die of fright if they listen long enough.

Come on now, maybe some that listen to Beck but not all of them.

this is yet another reason why we need to stop fox news.