What are your opinons on suicide. I read an article in Scientific American about what triggers suicide in people.

Suicide is 11th top causes of death in the U.S and growing.

New Zealand has the biggest youth suicide rate in the world :$

Teenagers will always be depressed for no reason....

I'm too stupid to work this out
Is my arse too big?
He left me!
I have too many pimples

Many adults are always depressed too...
I lost my job
My wife and I split
She's cheating
My house burnt down

People will always find something to be depressed about. The family support and close-loved ones support brings them back from the brink. Also, community initiatives to improve the situation.

Suicide can also be herotic, if it's for a good cause. In some cases it's from despression, or maybe even stupidity! :crazyboy:

A lot of people commit suicide @ Teen ages, due to pressure from GCSE's, A-levels and the like!

Nick Clubman.

higher than 50% of depression is caused by boredom and/or isolation.

Suicide it always a sad thing. Somehow these people have noone to talk to about their problems and see only one way out. Death. I agree that most reasons are pathetic but some suffer depressions and their mind just tells 'em that death is the only way out.

Originally posted by mhflierman
Suicide it always a sad thing. Somehow these people have noone to talk to about their problems and see only one way out. Death. I agree that most reasons are pathetic but some suffer depressions and their mind just tells 'em that death is the only way out.

I agree 100% in 2000 i was deeply depressed over a girl and it did cross my mind (suicide) but i knew i never had the guts to do it and ofcourse i didnt. I now know (through help and guidence from family and a school councellor) that most of the time when we are depressed we seem to look at the worse possible outcome - what people might think of me etc... not thinking positively... one person said "in one or two years you'll look back at this and laugh"

Im still laughing.

There was a thread about 2 months ago that has peoples thoughts on this subject, including mine http://www.soccergaming.tv/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51882&highlight=suicide.

It is a big subject for me, as Larry says we have the biggest youth suicide rate in the world, I know of 8 people directly who have committed suicide, and the first 'official' sociologist, Emile Durkheim, wrote on suicide.

(btw: ignore the argument between Joe and I about 3 pages in, it happens about *once a month* :brow: ...eh, Joe:crazyboy: ).

Originally posted by mhflierman
Suicide it always a sad thing. Somehow these people have noone to talk to about their problems and see only one way out. Death. I agree that most reasons are pathetic but some suffer depressions and their mind just tells 'em that death is the only way out.
That`s right, I tried to kill myself once, but before I did, it crosses my mind that there are people who faces greater problems than I have and they don`t run away from it. That`s why I didn`t kill myself, cos` if I killed myself, I would never defeat the problem, but the problem defeat me.

I read in one news couple years ago that Japan has the highest number of suicidal rates. It happens majority with teens. They are enforced by their parents to do better in schools, do extra curricular after schools.

Oh, this sucks ! :kader:

Originally posted by rhizome17
and the first 'official' sociologist, Emile Durkheim, wrote on suicide.


Wow, I was about to bring that up. Ok, well, suicide comes from too little social attachment, so people who are loners or don't have many close friends are more likely to commit suicide.

That`s why I didn`t kill myself, cos` if I killed myself, I would never defeat the problem, but the problem defeat me.

You come up with that? I think I like it.

i dont think most of the poeple that say here tried to commit suicide didnt but think that just thinking about commiting suicide is returning from it. most people that are able to realize their problems depth would be too scared to try it anyway so only the thought would pass their heads.

Originally posted by internazionale
I read in one news couple years ago that Japan has the highest number of suicidal rates

No, New Zealand does, i think they took that off Jamaica? Or maybe thats the drug rate :$

i just dont understand how someone can take their own life. I dont mean reasons why but how they can go through it.

They think that by doing this they're ending their misery, but do they not stop to think that with their death they'll start the misery of even more people? Like parents, relatives and friends.

Suicide costs money.

its a fact, i cant remember how much some councillors quoted when they came to my high school in grade 10 (college gr 12 now) ....

IMO, and it is my opinion, and you may not like this opinion, so don't crucify me for this, but I feel suicide is maybe selfish in a way. They take the easy way out. But my voice is a voice of inexperience. i don't know what goes on in their mind, and I can only imagine it is a living hell and scary. I wouldn't be able to do it myself, well, at least i don't think so, and hope I do not.