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Dang, my hometown makes national news...

You are correct that it is not a good thing. Just keep an eye on the people you know who appear troubled. If you miss the signs and something does happen it will bother you for the rest of your life.
 
Apologies, wrong forum, joke was made in bad taste.

Reddogtwo, I know two people who took their own life, and I don't know how you would tell if they had "troubled thoughts" other than the people coming right out and telling you "what they've been thinking".
 
I had a neighbor and a close friend that I graduated with. We both went our different directions after high school and at the first 5 year graduation they had a picture of him on the wall along with another person that died from luekemia. I asked a classmate what is the deal with Jimmy. He said Jimmy shot himself with a shotgun.

My cousin about ten years ago shot himself with a shotgun. So suicide is not new to me but I would have never guessed.

murph
 
Sometimes they do talk about it before they do it, sometimes they do not. One of the guys I ran around with in college, I was one of the groomsmen at his wedding, he was a couple of years older than I was, we went our separate ways after college, his name appeared a few years ago in the obituaries. After a call back up north, it was this time of year so we down here, found out that he had done himself in with a shotgun. He had turned fifty not long before, had a wife, two kids. The thing was that he was seeing a doctor and was taking medication for his depression.

I had run into him a restaurant a couple of years before but had not noticed anything different about him, have often wondered if I had reached out somehow, maybe things would be different. Always did wonder about about that short shotgun he had purchased while in college and about what that thing was really good for. The problem had been around for many years and nobody noticed.
 
REDDOGTWO said:
I had run into him a restaurant a couple of years before but had not noticed anything different about him, have often wondered if I had reached out somehow, maybe things would be different. Always did wonder about about that short shotgun he had purchased while in college and about what that thing was really good for. The problem had been around for many years and nobody noticed.
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I don't have anything to do with the mental health field. My opinion is that no matter what you would of done, even if you did know about your friends intentions, you wouldn't of been able to do anything.

With some, it's cry wolf, with the others who are "serious", you along with others would have no clue until its to late.

We are all responsible for our own choices. Yes, if chances permit, help, however realize you can only do so much.

This may sound horrible of myself, but I despise those who need others to take their own life (aka suicide by cop, throw yourself in front of a car...) It's one thing to hurt your loved ones, it's another to have someone do your own dirty work.

Last week had a neighbor up the road about 1/2 mile kill himself. Good health, pushing 70, my farmer neighbor told me that he had cancer real bad and didn't want to go through chemo (sp?) Only time in three years living here I've heard sirens (sheriffs going to the house). The guy who killed himself talked to this farmers sister last year when she had cancer (she died seven months ago). She went through chemo as well and apparently didn't help. Talking with the farmer, things didn't look good for this guy.

Thats kind of man I feel sorry for. Wanting to live, but to proud to want to go through crap and pretty much destroy your body just so you can make it look like your trying to stay alive, and your already at the end of your life in years. What to do? In some insane way, I admire him for ending it on his own terms. I don't know if the term would be if I had the balls or if I was crazy enough to do what he did if I were in his position. Although if I were in his postition, I can't say the thought wouldn't cross my mind and perhaps stay there.

Not to get a religous debate going, but for those who are of Christain faith, I know you shouldn't take your own life, but at what point will, or would God understand?
 
Ick! It is worse. On TV last night they were saying that there have been 4 additional suicides since USA Today spoke with our coroner. Here's a blip in our local paper:

Reporter: Marianne Lyles
New Media Producer: Rachel Beavin

A problem plaguing Vanderburgh County is making national headlines.

An article about the drastic rise of suicides in Vanderburgh County made the pages of USA Today.

Chief Deputy Coroner Annie Groves says its not the kind of recognition desired, but hopefully the attention raises awareness, "We were a little surprised by the national interest however I guess when you have a rate that has tripled from last year at this time it does spark an interest." Especially since Vanderburgh County's suicide rate has tripled since last year.

Since USA Today met with the coroner's office, there have been two more reported suicides bringing the total to 17.

Groves says there are still two more pending cases which are possible suicides.
 

Chief Deputy Coroner Annie Groves says its not the kind of recognition desired, but hopefully the attention raises awareness
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I find it odd that they think it is good that it "raises awareness" because at some point you'd have to wonder if there is so much awareness that people who maybe where just considering it but probably would not do it, are not actually committing suicide because it is in the news and they now see it as an acceptable chioce?

On other interesting thing, Indiana has some moderately liberal gun laws, and the initial article stated that 33.3% of the suicides involved guns, but the national average is 52% for gun assisted suicides. I wonder, of the 4 additional suicides that occurred, how they were committed?
 
B_Skurka said:
I wonder, of the 4 additional suicides that occurred, how they were committed?
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The coroner report generally lists suicides by firearm as "cerebral disruption" for the cause of death. Only one of the other 4 have that as a cause of death. One odd thing was that the guy listed in the USA Today that killed himself by hanging - on a flagpole. He apparently left a strip club about a quarter mile away at closing, took in a large amount of cocaine, and hung himself at a high school's flag pole. That happened to be the night we got our largest snowfall (a whopping 4" I think), and I drove my MIL to work that day. We drove right past where this guy was hanging that morning and never saw him. It wasn't until nearly 1:30pm that he was found; by some kids.

I don't know the cause, but our area has been hit extremely hard lately with manufacturing jobs pulling out and going to Mexico and other foreign countries and dozens and dozens of small mom and pop businesses going under after 50 years or more in business. I still see it as a permanent end to a temporary problem, but I think the overall attitude here is as low as I've ever seen it. Also, our local news outlets seem to constantly dwell on everything negative. I agree with you that raising awareness of the huge jump in suicides may not be such a good thing. I'm concerned that some who are deeply depressed may think "hey, I may as well join those people". Obviously it's sad. The person commiting suicide likely does not know how many lives they wreck. Any family they have and friends they have must live with what happened.
 
Of all the suicides that I have seen in my area, I would say that at least 90% are people under 21 years old, and the vast majority of those are female. They seem to prefer trying to OD or slit their wrists. I can only remember one suicide by gunshot, and that was an elderly man recently diagnosed with cancer.
Bonehead
 
My brother sent me some pictures of a Meth user who was sitting on the ground pulling out his intestines and other organs. The police stopped him and he is currently in the Hospital. Dont know if he will live. Most likely infections will kill him. The police had to handcuff him to stop him. Meth is a scurge upon our society! Any Meth dealer should be executed on site!
 
My radio woke me this morning at 4 AM for a dispatch of a 22 year old woman trying to commit suicide by drinking betadine. I guess she could'nt find any drugs or knives.
Bonehead
 
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