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bluecat*dancing · ‎10-09-2014

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day which marks the release of the World Suicide Report by WHO.

Some facts from the site, http://wspd.org.au/about/

Quick facts about suicide in Australia

• Suicide is the leading cause of death for men under the age of 44 yrs

• Suicide is the leading cause of death for women under the age of 34 yrs

• The population death rates are around 10/100,000 people every year

• Annual number of deaths by suicide has changed little over the last two decades remaining plateaued at around 2,300 each year

• 65,000 plan or attempt to take their life each year

• 400,000 people think about taking their life each year

• The Global Burden of Disease Report cited 36 million years of healthy life were lost as a result of suicide in 2010

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"There is nothing more; but I want nothing more." Christopher Hitchins

fourandsixpants · ‎10-09-2014

More than 800,000 people each year worldwide die by suicide - around one person every 40 seconds - with many using poisoning, hanging or shooting to end their own lives, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday.

....in India:

Suicide is the second leading cause of death in the 15-30 age group. Every 90 minutes, a teenager commits suicide. Many of these attempts are due to loneliness and needs attention, help and love. Unfortunately, suicide accounts for more deaths than AIDS, cancer, heart attack, obesity, birth defects and lung diseases.

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channys_mum · ‎10-09-2014

@freddie*rooster wrote:
Very sad time for the relatives of the family in the Boree Creek tragedy.

If life is not where you want it and you want to leave is one thing, but to take the family with you, you would have to be in the darkest place.

Blessed are the cracked, for they are the ones who let in the light.

purple_haize · ‎10-09-2014

I belong to an online group called *Parents of Suicide*, it is an American site, when my son died, they were the biggest help to me, at the time Tim died there were 850 mothers/fathers on that site, all losing a child to suicide.

Like me, none of the parents knew their child was going to die, they didnt do anything different to what they did every day, then one day they ended it, with no idication it was going to happen.

It is a very sad way to lose a family member, the majority of people dont leave a note & so the family will wonder forever, what set them off to think that dying was their only option.

freddie*rooster · ‎10-09-2014

@channys_mum wrote:
@freddie*rooster wrote:
Very sad time for the relatives of the family in the Boree Creek tragedy.
If life is not where you want it and you want to leave is one thing, but to take the family with you, you would have to be in the darkest place.

True CM.

I'm sure I heard on the news where the extended family said there was absolutely no sign of any problems within the family. So on that basis the husband/father must have hidden his despair.

bushies.girl · ‎10-09-2014

http://www.theage.com.au/nsw/body-pulled-from-lockhart-dam-after-kim-hunt-and-three-children-shot-de...

So very sad for all concerned 😞

bright.ton42 · ‎10-09-2014

Also it's commonly thought that if someone constantly threatens suicide they won't do it. wrong. A very close family member of

mine did. Everything was tried but he was in far too dark a place to be helped.

polksaladallie · ‎11-09-2014

@freddie*rooster wrote:

I'm sure I heard on the news where the extended family said there was absolutely no sign of any problems within the family. So on that basis the husband/father must have hidden his despair.

The world is full of families who present as perfect families, even to close friends and family members, but who have severe problems and dysfunctions, which can lead to tragedies such as this or lifelong mental problems for individuals reared in this atmosphere.

purple_haize · ‎11-09-2014