Posted by DaisyM on January 17, 2004, at 18:59:52
In reply to Re: news reporting on suicide, posted by EmmyS on January 17, 2004, at 9:48:22
I agree there should be more reports. My husbands brother committed suicide 17 years ago and it just about ripped his family apart. The only place it was mentioned was in the Obit and only then in the : please send donations to suicide prevention, etc.
I think if more people knew how it effects those left behind, they would really do everything possible to get help. I realize that when you are in a deep, dark place your thinking isn't rational and you believe in someways that you are doing the world a favor but one of the significant ways to assess suicide risk is to find out about family. Women with young children are not likely to follow through if you remind them they are leaving their children.
It is a hard subject to report in a sensitive way. Recently a teen in my area drove down to SF and jumped on the Golden Gate Bridge. It was covered very well in our local paper and there was a bunch of stuff about signs, hotlines, etc. etc.
It is a hot button with me too...even after all these years. My husband suffered so because he "didn't know it was that bad."
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