Re:Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic
by dj_mc_merlin on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @06:07PM
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I apologize if this is dark. Could it be that the change-up in our routines and the world in general has made some suicidal people reconsider? We live in very interesting times.. I have never been close to considering suicide, but I imagine I would at least have wanted to find out what happens next now that there's a global pandemic.
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Re:Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic
by standardUser on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @06:28PM
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That take isn't unintuitive, but I think it discounts the degree to which suicidal thoughts are the product of mental illness. It's not that a suicidal person needs a reason to live, or a logical argument to change their mind. In most cases (some estimates say 90%) the individual needs treatment for a specific mental illness.
Re:Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic
by akvadrako on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @10:11PM
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I don't think that's true at all. For example in Japan most suicides are by older men who become single. It's not like they suddenly develop a mental illness.
Re:Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic
by neetle on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @07:21PM
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Suicide and what motivates people to complete it is an incredibly complex topic. If you're looking at somewhere to start reading, I found Durkheim's theories interesting (and somewhat comforting, given recent experiences).
If someone reading this is considering it, please reach out to someone. I won't say that it will get better, but most people who survive their attempts regret attempting it in the first place.
Re:Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic
by bellyfullofbac on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @06:43PM
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My guess is, it's because in the beginning of the pandemic many people started reconnecting with people they hadn't talked to in a long time, and some suicidal people found sympathetic ears.
Fascinatingly, social media and messenger apps probably have data to back my guess, "Of people that interacted with each other, give me the time interval since their last interaction", and my guess is, the average of that interval would've increased in March/April 2020.