Interesting study on suicide cases.

[Pain of Thought]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31780455/ns/health-mental_health/

Deadliest day for suicides: Wednesday


A five-year study of deaths across the United States found that suicides are far more common on Wednesdays than any other day of the week.


Thursdays have the lowest rate, with only 11 percent of suicides.

Suicide rates by day of the week

Day Suicide rate (percent)
Sunday 11.8
Monday 14.3
Tuesday 12.7
Wednesday 24.6
Thursday 11.1
Friday 11.2
Saturday 14.4

Serious question. Has anyone here ever contemplated suicide?

[phoenix18]

No, I havent.

[TakitoEspanoza]

Yes many times, including the day Michael Jackson passed away.

[Black Joker]

nope. never. i'm way too big of a fan of myself to consider offing me

[The Magic Man]

Everytime I see the name Zelenoff.

[Thorpesaurous]

I've suffered from depression for many years, and have considered suicide on several occasions. I actually wrote and still have a series of suicide letters on my hard drive.

[JayGuevara]

I think actually going through with suicide would be dependent on a lot of other variables than just the day of the week. Personally I'd be much more inclined to off myself in the dead of winter, or if it was a cold rainy day (I think it's gonna rain when I die, word to Layne Staley) or something like that. Simply the day of the week wouldn't have that much of a bearing I don't think, but the specifics of that day.

I'd hate life much more on a random Wednesday in January than I would today. :confusedshrug:

[JayGuevara]

I've suffered from depression for many years, and have considered suicide on several occasions. I actually wrote and still have a series of suicide letters on my hard drive.

What do you write in a suicide letter? If I wrote one, I'd kinda want it to be like Dead from Mayhem, where after slitting my wrists unsuccessfully, shooting myself with a shotgun and writing "Sorry about all the blood" and for making a mess of shattered skull fragments on the couch and throughout the living room.

But then again, I'm not that brutal. So if I was to off myself, I'd probably do alotta drugs, and if those didn't kill me, then just one shot to the dome while high as a kite.

But, truthfully, knowing myself, my suicide note would be so long and drawn out and wordy and I'd go through revisions of it trying to make it sound better, that by the time I was done, I wouldn't wanna kill myself anymore. It'd be like a suicide essay, or novella. :oldlol:

[Thorpesaurous]

I actually have multiple letters written to different people. A few to people I actually don't even speak to anymore.

[Pain of Thought]

I've suffered from depression for many years, and have considered suicide on several occasions. I actually wrote and still have a series of suicide letters on my hard drive.

I really hate to ask, but would you mind sharing? Not to ridicule or make fun, I would seriously find that an interesting read. If you don't want to share, could you PM me. Honest to God no one would read it but me.

[phoenix18]

I actually have multiple letters written to different people. A few to people I actually don't even speak to anymore.
Wow. Good thing you made it through. I would never commit suicide.

[Thorpesaurous]

I really hate to ask, but would you mind sharing? Not to ridicule or make fun, I would seriously find that an interesting read. If you don't want to share, could you PM me. Honest to God no one would read it but me.

Only one person has ever read any of them, and that was my mother whom my shrink suggested I let read hers. It was pretty brutal. I'm probably going to keep it that way. Sorry.

[Pain of Thought]

I think actually going through with suicide would be dependent on a lot of other variables than just the day of the week. Personally I'd be much more inclined to off myself in the dead of winter, or if it was a cold rainy day (I think it's gonna rain when I die, word to Layne Staley) or something like that. Simply the day of the week wouldn't have that much of a bearing I don't think, but the specifics of that day.

I'd hate life much more on a random Wednesday in January than I would today. :confusedshrug:

It's funny you mentioned the winter. Common perception is that more people kill themselves in winter VS other months, but according to the study, it found more suicides were committed during the summer months than any other season.

They're not quite sure why Wednesday is the most popular day (more than double any other day and this was a study that involved 30k + cases), but that maybe it's related to being during the middle of the work week / work stress related.

[rufuspaul]

Dear Cruel World,

I have put up with you and your cruelty long enough. Yesterday I thought I could make it. But something about today, Wednesday, has made me give up all hope. Good bye.

Rufus

ps my lazy ass cousin is not getting my Gerald Wallace jersey!

[phoenix18]

Dear Cruel World,

I have put up with you and your cruelty long enough. Yesterday I thought I could make it. But something about today, Wednesday, has made me give up all hope. Good bye.

Rufus

ps my lazy ass cousin is not getting my Gerald Wallace jersey!
:lol

[JayGuevara]

I actually have multiple letters written to different people. A few to people I actually don't even speak to anymore.

I've written random things, including one letter of intent to quit my job before, and after proofreading it, it ended up reading like a suicide note. I was like "oh. Well this really gives the wrong impression" :oldlol:

I have given suicide thought before. Usually nothing more than a passing flirtation, wondering what would happen if I did so, etc etc. But there was one time where I was very very close to actually pullin the trigger. I used to think suicide was for cowards, then when I was ready to do so, I saw who the real coward was. :oldlol:

My mother has the clinical form of depression or whatever, and I have deduced that I think I really may be bi-polar, and that a couple of my ex-girlfriends weren't wrong when they said that before. But I also deduced that no matter how much life is killing me, I'm too gotdamn hard headed to lay down and die. It's gonna take some Scarface type **** to finally put me down for good, this lil petty **** isn't gonna cut it. :oldlol:

[Pain of Thought]

Only one person has ever read any of them, and that was my mother whom my shrink suggested I let read hers. It was pretty brutal. I'm probably going to keep it that way. Sorry.

I completely understand, kind sir.

[KeylessEntry]

Never considered suicide, but today is wednseday so I'll give it some thought.

[phoenix18]

I've written random things, including one letter of intent to quit my job before, and after proofreading it, it ended up reading like a suicide note. I was like "oh. Well this really gives the wrong impression" :oldlol:

I have given suicide thought before. Usually nothing more than a passing flirtation, wondering what would happen if I did so, etc etc. But there was one time where I was very very close to actually pullin the trigger. I used to think suicide was for cowards, then when I was ready to do so, I saw who the real coward was. :oldlol:

My mother has the clinical form of depression or whatever, and I have deduced that I think I really may be bi-polar, and that a couple of my ex-girlfriends weren't wrong when they said that before. But I also deduced that no matter how much life is killing me, I'm too gotdamn hard headed to lay down and die. It's gonna take some Scarface type **** to finally put me down for good, this lil petty **** isn't gonna cut it. :oldlol:
Exactly. You will have to ambush me to put me to sleep.

[Thorpesaurous]

Dear Cruel World,

I have put up with you and your cruelty long enough. Yesterday I thought I could make it. But something about today, Wednesday, has made me give up all hope. Good bye.

Rufus

ps my lazy ass cousin is not getting my Gerald Wallace jersey!


That's exactly what mine said to my mother, except it my brother and Hubert Davis jersey. Times have changed.

The Wednesday thing is weird. I guess you could postulate it has to do with being the middle of the work week, so perhaps job stress is at it's peak. But that's still a huge statistical difference, especially considering such a large number of suicides are committed by people out of work. Maybe it's because the middle of the work week is the point at which the support system of people around the sufferer are most distant.
The seasonal thing is a bit surprising too, but I do know that violent crimes also peak during the hotter summer months, so it doesn't seem to far fetched. Seasonal affective disorder is a form of depression commonly associated with winter, but it can actually affect any particular time of year depending on the sufferers trigger.

There's an interesting book out, I'll try to find the name, that does a large study on suicide, and actually has a huge section of interviews with people who survived suicide attempts, genuine ones, and not just calls for help. A bunch of bridge jumpers mostly. It's supposed to be pretty fascinating. I heard an interview with the author on the radio. If I can find it I'll post a link.

[rufuspaul]

That's exactly what mine said to my mother, except it my brother and Hubert Davis jersey. Times have changed.

The Wednesday thing is weird. I guess you could postulate it has to do with being the middle of the work week, so perhaps job stress is at it's peak. But that's still a huge statistical difference, especially considering such a large number of suicides are committed by people out of work. Maybe it's because the middle of the work week is the point at which the support system of people around the sufferer are most distant.
The seasonal thing is a bit surprising too, but I do know that violent crimes also peak during the hotter summer months, so it doesn't seem to far fetched. Seasonal affective disorder is a form of depression commonly associated with winter, but it can actually affect any particular time of year depending on the sufferers trigger.

There's an interesting book out, I'll try to find the name, that does a large study on suicide, and actually has a huge section of interviews with people who survived suicide attempts, genuine ones, and not just calls for help. A bunch of bridge jumpers mostly. It's supposed to be pretty fascinating. I heard an interview with the author on the radio. If I can find it I'll post a link.

:lol I think Charlie Ward tried to kill himself over Hubert's jersey.

[Pain of Thought]

At times, thinking of the afterlife or lack thereof can be gruesomely taxing on the mind. Is there God? Are there, gods? Is there no God or gods? Which religion is right? Are all religions right? Are all religions wrong? Is there still a God, or gods anyway even if no single human who ever walked this earth knew of the one true God(s).

The bewilderment bubbles and the curiosity is killing you (almost literally). You want answers. You want to know the ultimate truth, and worst of all - you don't feel like waiting around to find out.

* click click *

BOOM!

So perhaps this individual isn't depressed. Maybe they're very content with their life, but the mysteries and unknown truths surrounding the afterlife, God or neither drives them to taking their own life just to know the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Whatever that may be.

[Pain of Thought]

I'm still scratching my head over the whole Wednesday thing. More than double any other day, and this study had 30,000 cases. That's something you just can't ignore.

[barne100]

I'm still scratching my head over the whole Wednesday thing. More than double any other day, and this study had 30,000 cases. That's something you just can't ignore.

Going into work on a Monday you forget how ****ty it really is and it takes the Monday to remember.. by Tuesday you're really considering it because there's no way you're making it through the week.. so by Wednesday you complete it.

If you start thinking about it Wednesday or Thursday you can generally last through to the weekend. There's that slight peak on Saturday because they lasted through the week and realized they had nothing to look forward to on the weekends.

If you ever plan to commit suicide set it up for a Thursday. I'd say you're least likely to go through with it on that day.

[TonyJones]

Suicide is one of my favorite topics.

Check this site out. Some people write out their thoughts before going through with killing themselves.

http://suicideproject.org/

Also this shows you some people with mysapce accounts that have committed suicide:

http://mydeathspace.com/article-list.aspx?q=suicide

This gives you a view of suicide from the personal perspective.

[Pain of Thought]

If you ever plan to commit suicide set it up for a Thursday. I'd say you're least likely to go through with it on that day.

In fact, Thursdays according to the study was the most likely day you would not commit suicide.

[Pain of Thought]

Suicide is one of my favorite topics.

Check this site out. Some people write out their thoughts before going through with killing themselves.

http://suicideproject.org/

Also this shows you some people with mysapce accounts that have committed suicide:

http://mydeathspace.com/article-list.aspx?q=suicide

This gives you a view of suicide from the personal perspective.

Thanks for posting this.

[Akrazotile]

Yes many times, including the day Michael Jackson passed away.


:roll:

[-p.tiddy-]

that is an interesting study...seriously


I've never contemplated suicide myself, never been depressed on that level. I want to live as long as I possibly can, I'm hoping some kind of anti-aging technology comes around before it's too late for me.

[Akrazotile]

that is an interesting study...seriously


I've never contemplated suicide myself, never been depressed on that level. I want to live as long as I possibly can, I'm hoping some kind of anti-aging technology comes around before it's too late for me.


First people who will get that technology will prob be in the military.



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Sign up, soldier!

[ILLsmak]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31780455/ns/health-mental_health/

Deadliest day for suicides: Wednesday





Suicide rates by day of the week

Day Suicide rate (percent)
Sunday 11.8
Monday 14.3
Tuesday 12.7
Wednesday 24.6
Thursday 11.1
Friday 11.2
Saturday 14.4

Serious question. Has anyone here ever contemplated suicide?

It depends. I haven't like laid out a plan, but yeah, of course. The ideas of life and death are things I think about a lot.

I have this weird feeling/paranoia that if I tried to kill myself, I wouldn't die... I would just exist as a vegetable. So, I'm straight on that. That's what you should tell people when they are like IM GONNA DIE. Not talk about how wonderful life is... but that there is a failure chance, and even little girls who OD on a bunch of pills and have a suicide attempt, you think that shit doesn't **** you up forever? I bet it does.

-Smak

[oarabbus]

Depends by what you mean about contemplate suicide.

If you literally mean contemplate, as in "contemplate an ethical issue" or contemplating philosophy, then yes. Maybe even a little bit of suicidal ideation.

If you mean, have I ever made a plan/outline or intended to follow through on it? No.


To be quite honest I'm too scared of death to try that ****