Have you ever being affected by suicide?

cooltown · 29-08-2010 04:35PM #1

Have you ever being affected by suicide?
Yes by a close friend and I just can't believe he did it!

Deus Ex Machina · 29-08-2010 04:36PM

Once, when I was about to finish a sente

amacachi · 29-08-2010 04:37PM

Who's suicie?

King Felix · 29-08-2010 04:38PM

Two of the friends who I grew up with killed themselves within 10 days of each other.

It's a pretty hard one to get your head around, OP, but if you've ever suffered from long term depression you might get close to understanding why somebody would do it.

stovelid · 29-08-2010 04:38PM

amacachi wrote: »

Who's suicie?

Suicide with the D mistakenly omitted.

OP: it's happened twice: a friend and a (close extended) family member.

You just have to try convince yourself that it was what they really wanted.

storm2811 · 29-08-2010 04:39PM

Yes,there's a family in a near by village who were largely affected by it,I don't think I should say much in case someone close to them is reading but I'll just say that that family has seen so much of it I honestly don't know how they cope.
The whole community was in shock for weeks.

I think most of the people around here, including me were affected because we all knew them quite well.

Leitrim has the highest male suicide rate doesn't it?I think it used to anyway.

alwaysadub · 29-08-2010 04:41PM

I presume you mean suicide.

Yep-a few times. Poll's not multiple choice, and i could vote for everything bar no.

amacachi · 29-08-2010 04:41PM

storm2811 wrote: »

Leitrim has the highest male suicide rate doesn't it?I think it used to anyway.

According to stats posted before it had a zero rate a few years, the rate is too hard to measure with different judges.

Ruu_Old · 29-08-2010 04:42PM

Happened to an extended family member, he had a grand upbringing but his life at the time was not going well and he found the way out I suppose.

eimearcmh · 29-08-2010 04:43PM

Ive just learnt what OP means:)
And yes unfortunately there is a higher rate in males that females.

tommyboy2222 · 29-08-2010 04:45PM

Have you ever being affected by suicie?
Yes, close member of family!
Yes, Friend!
Yes, Somebody not close!
No!

Anybody else think the exclamation marks are a bit unnecessary ?

falan · 29-08-2010 04:48PM

Yes, my best friend hung himself 3 years ago:(

OutlawPete · 29-08-2010 04:49PM

Yes, many times in the extended family.

kfallon · 29-08-2010 04:50PM

No - thank God!

Zillah · 29-08-2010 04:52PM

Myself and suicie being very sad.

Diabhal Beag · 29-08-2010 04:52PM

Relative was finding life to difficult to deal with. No hints at all that they were having problems. Left the note and it was heart-breaking.

_blank_ · 29-08-2010 04:53PM

Yep. A few times.

noura · 29-08-2010 05:12PM

I dont know why some people do that!!!!

even you hate your life , be sure that there is a lot of your friends or at least one who love you and want to see you around his/her live..

please don't do that. that just time and it will be gone

the life is sweet

girvtheswerve · 29-08-2010 05:14PM

Yes I have been affected by it and its horrible.

Not sure of the point of setting up a thread about suicide in After Hours??

falan · 29-08-2010 05:17PM

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Relative was finding life to difficult to deal with. No hints at all that they were having problems. Left the note and it was heart-breaking.

With my friend, he had been depressed for a long time.. We even went for our last pint together and at the back of my mind i knew i wouldn't see him again even though no words about it were spoken. It was all very relaxed talking and laughing about the good times. He had it in his head for a long time and no one and nothing was going to stop him..

He didn't leave a note as such but left stuff around my apartment so i would find it after.

Elessar · 29-08-2010 05:20PM

girvtheswerve wrote: »

Yes I have been affected by it and its horrible.

Not sure of the point of setting up a thread about suicide in After Hours??

Because sweeping it under the carpet and never discussing it is why it's so prevalent in Ireland. :mad:

Myself, no, never affected thank god.

amacachi · 29-08-2010 05:25PM

noura wrote: »

I dont know why some people do that!!!!

even you hate your life , be sure that there is a lot of your friends or at least one who love you and want to see you around his/her live..

please don't do that. that just time and it will be gone

the life is sweet

Hopefully you'll never find out what goes through someone's head when they do it.

John Mason · 29-08-2010 05:28PM

about 10 people i went to school with or knew from being out and about have committed suicide most within 4 years of each other:(:(

arybvtcw0eolkf · 29-08-2010 05:35PM

My brother in law on his 53 birthday.

And various friends, including being one of the first to witness the aftermath of the suicide of a work mate (he shot himself).

girvtheswerve · 29-08-2010 05:39PM

Elessar wrote: »

Because sweeping it under the carpet and never discussing it is why it's so prevalent in Ireland. :mad:

Myself, no, never affected thank god.

By all means discuss it. I just dont think After Hours is the best place for a serious conversation about something like this. Just my opinion

Minstrel27 · 29-08-2010 05:40PM

Yes.

landsleaving · 29-08-2010 05:40PM

Yes, a neighbour I knew quite well, two doors down from my house, and my next door neighbour a few years later.

Red Hand · 29-08-2010 05:41PM

Yes, in my extended family, a couple of time.

MultiUmm · 29-08-2010 06:12PM

I know many people who committed suicide, I didn't talk to most of them but I knew who they were.

It's a silent scandal that more people die from suicide in Ireland each year than on the roads. I always get the impression that mental illness is an extremely taboo subject here, especially in rural areas. This "sweeping it under the carpet" attitude has cost us dearly.

MultiUmm · 29-08-2010 06:15PM

girvtheswerve wrote: »

By all means discuss it. I just dont think After Hours is the best place for a serious conversation about something like this. Just my opinion

After Hours has many serious topics discussed regularly in it, and you don't see people saying they shouldn't be discussed here.

Why should this topic be any different? If it was moved to a quieter forum there wouldn't be much of a discussion.

My name is URL · 29-08-2010 06:20PM

I know a few people who have taken their own lives.. was never too close to any of them but it has always struck a chord with me whenever I hear about it happening. Everyone one of us is capable of being put into a situation where it seems like the only option, and it's not something that should be made light of in any circumstance. Just last week a 21 year old girl hung herself on a clothes-line and was found by her mam that afternoon

I hope nobody mentions natural selection either, because most of the cases I've personally been aware of the people have already got young families

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