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2016-03-27 22:04:10 Post No. 27446091
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>people die by suicide nearly twice as much as people die by all forms of violence (including war), yet we hear so much more about how killing is wrong, and war is bad
>suicide claims twice as many lives as breast cancer, yet when was the last time you saw a TV ad about suicide?
>so many PSAs about "fire kills so make sure your fire alarms are working", even though fire kills 3 times less people than suicide
>suicide is the 10th leading cause of death across all age groups
>suicide is the leading cause of death amongst 25-34 year olds
Why is it that we hear so little about it? Why are their so few charities to help suicidal people out? Of all of the mental illnesses out there, depression and feeling suicidal is taken the least seriously. Where I live, if you have Schizophrenia, you get given free medication, and you get given welfare to live on. But if you feel suicidal and hate your life, you get given free medication, and told that if you want money you should get a job. I have a friend who suffers from insomnia, and he "can't get a job because he doesn't get enough sleep" and he lives off of the government. But I have never heard of someone who got welfare for being too depressed to do anything.
I really don't understand this attitude towards depression and feeling suicidal. It's like everyone treats it as a fake illness. I would rather have insomnia or schizophrenia than to feel like this, and people wouldn't think I am pathetic for it, either.
