Only 1%?

/The statistics surrounding depression in this country are scary. It's an invisible epidemic.

The other 99% made murder plots, so it all works out.

I rarely say this, but: "Done in one!"

I've made a plan, but it involves attacing Imperial Star Destroyer with Millenium Falcon. So I guess I'll be around for awhile.

birdboy2000: Only 1%?

/The statistics surrounding depression in this country are scary. It's an invisible epidemic.

The statistics I've heard are that 20% of people will suffer mental illness at some point in their lives. I'm lucky enough that no-one I'm close to has committed suicide, but I have a sibling with schizophrenia (she's doing fine now with medication) and a close friend who has suffered depression and sometimes I do worry about them and what they might do to themselves

I'll bet it's not the same 1% everyone keeps talking about

Unfortunately.

AndreMA: The other 99% made murder plots, so it all works out.

Why not multitask? Murder everybody who deserves it before offing yourself.

The face of the suicidal 1%

bingethinker: Walker
We can only hope. Jump f*ckers!

DarkSoulNoHope
I rarely say this, but: "Done in one!"

We can only hope you two f**kheads are standing on the sidewalk where they land.

I'll make sure to give them a wide berth when they jump out of the windows of the Stock Exchange building.

ThisNameSux: AndreMA: The other 99% made murder plots, so it all works out.

Why not multitask? Murder everybody who deserves it before offing yourself.

Generally people keen on the idea of that have a misguided perception of who deserves it:

Pretending a portion of the population doesn't exist having the hoped for outcome?

DarkSoulNoHope: I rarely say this, but: "Done in one!"

You should go back to not saying it.

/because it's stupid

santadog: I live in Estes Park, right outside of Rocky Mountain National Park. People from all over the world come here to vacation, and get married in this beautiful place. What most people don't know is we have a very high suicide rate here. People come here to die.
It's not reported. It's not published.
The only way you hear about it is on the Police and Park Ranger scanners. There are at least 1-2 attempts per week up here, and around the holidays, that can triple. A woman a couple days ago was the last attempt I heard about.
The town keeps it all hush hush.. because the numbers would probably put a dark cloud over vacation land if more people knew about it.

Every morning I run the 3.5 miles from my place in the Marina to the base of the #1 suicide destination in the world, the Golden Gate Bridge. I've never seen somebody jump, though a sick, twisted part of me kind of wishes that some day I do.

For anyone contemplating suicide - don't do it. Seriously.

/We now return you to your regularly scheduled snark

I don't know what it's like to *not* constantly think about not killing myself.

about 17,520 actually die out of 2.2 million, thats a bunch or quiters

bingethinker: Walker
We can only hope. Jump f*ckers!

DarkSoulNoHope
I rarely say this, but: "Done in one!"

We can only hope you two f**kheads are standing on the sidewalk where they land.

Why? So they can take pictures? Good idea.

I would expect that the majority of teenagers at least vaguely flirt with the idea before they grow up, get their hormones under control and get their shiat together somewhat.

Also, if you count people who engage in self-destructive behavior without admitting to themselves what they are doing the percentage should be a lot higher.

Why Would I Read the Article: Every morning I run the 3.5 miles from my place in the Marina to the base of the #1 suicide destination in the world, the Golden Gate Bridge. I've never seen somebody jump, though a sick, twisted part of me kind of wishes that some day I do.

I saw someone jump to their death about three weeks ago. My work building faces I-84 near downtown Portland. I heard a commotion from my coworkers, and went to the window - a figure had climbed over the rails of the SE 12th Ave bridge and lingered for a minute. He then simply let go - I could see him jump, but the fall/impact was blocked by foliage. Traffic immediately came to a halt.

The Oregonian reported the next day that a man did indeed jump from that spot, and died en route to the hospital.

I had never watched a person take their life. But what I noticed more than anything, I didn't feel any emotion.

Still a fraction of the rate in Japan. :-(

1 in 100 adults made suicide plans in past year. I'll bet it's not the same 1% everyone keeps talking about

Most likely not - but it SHOULD be

/hot

I don't recall making a suicide plan last year.

I am the 99%

Your math skills are lacking subby.

santadog: I live in Estes Park, right outside of Rocky Mountain National Park. People from all over the world come here to vacation, and get married in this beautiful place. What most people don't know is we have a very high suicide rate here. People come here to die.
It's not reported. It's not published.
The only way you hear about it is on the Police and Park Ranger scanners. There are at least 1-2 attempts per week up here, and around the holidays, that can triple. A woman a couple days ago was the last attempt I heard about.
The town keeps it all hush hush.. because the numbers would probably put a dark cloud over vacation land if more people knew about it.

i wouldn't say too much about this.
you may be next

betty bag

It would be higher but Obama is only a moderate conservative.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2263690.stm

clip - When the Conservatives ruled both state and federal governments, men were 17% more likely to commit suicide than when Labour was in power. Women were 40% more likely to kill themselves.

Why Would I Read the Article: santadog: I live in Estes Park, right outside of Rocky Mountain National Park. People from all over the world come here to vacation, and get married in this beautiful place. What most people don't know is we have a very high suicide rate here. People come here to die.
It's not reported. It's not published.
The only way you hear about it is on the Police and Park Ranger scanners. There are at least 1-2 attempts per week up here, and around the holidays, that can triple. A woman a couple days ago was the last attempt I heard about.
The town keeps it all hush hush.. because the numbers would probably put a dark cloud over vacation land if more people knew about it.

Every morning I run the 3.5 miles from my place in the Marina to the base of the #1 suicide destination in the world, the Golden Gate Bridge. I've never seen somebody jump, though a sick, twisted part of me kind of wishes that some day I do.

In 7 years of working in 20+ story buildings, i've seen two suicides happen. Well, one was an immediate aftermath with scattered assorted body parts. The other one, I was rounding the building's corner on the way to lunch and someone landed 15 feet in front of me and splatted. No, you don't want to see that.

I came pretty close about three months ago. Thought I was being made redundant and my job is all I have. I sorted out my finances, deleted all my porn, wrote my will and farewell letter. I bought a length of climbing rope and researched the right hanging technique online. Then I settled on the venue - the contemplation room at work, nice and peaceful. The rope could be tied to a high window catch and I could garrotte myself sitting down.

Then I kept my job and I was all like WTF? That climbing rope was expensive. Still, it showed me how crappy my boring life is and I'm making an effort to change.

LawyersRock: The other one, I was rounding the building's corner on the way to lunch and someone landed 15 feet in front of me and splatted. No, you don't want to see that.

Is it a splat? I've heard they bounce. Sounds like it's a splat.

LawyersRock: Why Would I Read the Article: santadog: I live in Estes Park, right outside of Rocky Mountain National Park. People from all over the world come here to vacation, and get married in this beautiful place. What most people don't know is we have a very high suicide rate here. People come here to die.
It's not reported. It's not published.
The only way you hear about it is on the Police and Park Ranger scanners. There are at least 1-2 attempts per week up here, and around the holidays, that can triple. A woman a couple days ago was the last attempt I heard about.
The town keeps it all hush hush.. because the numbers would probably put a dark cloud over vacation land if more people knew about it.

Every morning I run the 3.5 miles from my place in the Marina to the base of the #1 suicide destination in the world, the Golden Gate Bridge. I've never seen somebody jump, though a sick, twisted part of me kind of wishes that some day I do.

In 7 years of working in 20+ story buildings, i've seen two suicides happen. Well, one was an immediate aftermath with scattered assorted body parts. The other one, I was rounding the building's corner on the way to lunch and someone landed 15 feet in front of me and splatted. No, you don't want to see that.

Curious: What did you end up having for lunch that day?

Suede head
I came pretty close about three months ago. Thought I was being made redundant and my job is all I have. I sorted out my finances, deleted all my porn, wrote my will and farewell letter. I bought a length of climbing rope and researched the right hanging technique online. Then I settled on the venue - the contemplation room at work, nice and peaceful. The rope could be tied to a high window catch and I could garrotte myself sitting down.

Then I kept my job and I was all like WTF? That climbing rope was expensive. Still, it showed me how crappy my boring life is and I'm making an effort to change.

If it ever gets that bad again, try 1-800-273-TALK, the national suicide prevention hotline.

/hug
//been suicidal too

FunkOut: Well, some folks made plans but then found out that their family would just be pursued for the student loan debt then.

I realize how messed up it is, but suicide is a very real last resort plan for me. I am hoping that when I finish my masters degree program in counseling I will be able to get my license and find a job that pays enough to keep my head above water, but if it doesn't work out jumping off a bridge is always an option. Of course I am nowhere near that point right now, but its sad to say that the prospect of living with crushing debt and trying to declare bankruptcy if I cant find a job to cover the payments and living with that black mark for the rest of my life just doesn't seem worth it. Even if I can find some position that pays just enough to make the minimum payment on my loans, the interest alone would be enough to keep me in debt for a the better part of my life. I have lived many years under intense stress and I do not look forward to continuing that viscous cycle forever. Stress is hell on your mental and physical health.

And the really messed up part is that YES I do realize it was my choice to go to college, but if I had not attempted an education suicide would still be a distant option because I just can't settle for working a shiatty McJob for the rest of my life. And coming from a background of no family support at all, going to a trade school would still cause me to be in debt. It sometimes feels like there are no good options.

/Suicide is a distant option at the moment, but if I had to choose a way to go I believe jumping off a bridge would be the best choice.

i know of two people who have committed suicide in the last twenty years. am i doing something wrong?

What constitutes making plans? Like when I daydream of kidnapping my boss, torture him then kill him and if i know i'll be caught i kill myself first?

My coworkers stepson blew his head off after a bitter argument with his exgirlfriend who was totally using him. He took his handgun (which he had a lisense for and he was sober), walked out of a party into a friends backyard and blew out his brains.

He was 22.

It devastated not only those that witnessed it, but his family and the community. Within the hour of him killing himself, tweets had ripped through the community and we found out that another coworkers kids knew his stepson via mutual friends.

I know what it is like to live with dark, dark, craptacular thoughts, but please people, if things ever get so shiatacular, go get help and remember to always keep moving towards the eternal sunshine. It gets better. I promise.

suicide can be pretty funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIpWYq2_kV8

when its fake lol

santadog:
The town keeps it all hush hush.. because the numbers would probably put a dark cloud over vacation land if more people knew about it.

It's not just your town. Generally speaking, the only time a story of a suicide is published is if the person was well-known, or the suicide caused some sort of other event that the news couldn't ignore. Not too long ago, a guy in my city jumped onto the freeway from an overpass and freeway traffic came to a standstill for hours during the peak, so the news outlets were pretty much forced to publish the cause. Otherwise they usually keep it quiet, because publishing news about suicides tends to bring out the copycats.

Why Would I Read the Article: LawyersRock: The other one, I was rounding the building's corner on the way to lunch and someone landed 15 feet in front of me and splatted. No, you don't want to see that.

Is it a splat? I've heard they bounce. Sounds like it's a splat.

It was a splat. There may have been a bounce, I don't know. What is burned into my mind is "hey what's that big thing falling? *SPLAT* Oh..that's not pretty. Not at all."

BroVinny: LawyersRock: Why Would I Read the Article: santadog:
Curious: What did you end up having for lunch that day?

It was pretty late for lunch, like 3:30/4pm, since it was a busy day. So I just went to this fruit stand and got some bananas.

Shirley Ujest:
I know what it is like to live with dark, dark, craptacular thoughts, but please people, if things ever get so shiatacular, go get help and remember to always keep moving towards the eternal sunshine. It gets better. I promise.

So very true.