Post by cassie on Sept 10, 2020 7:10:41 GMT -5
In light of the news that in almost every country suicide rates are up since the whole covid lockdown I thought this was an appropriate post.
Today Sept 10th is world suicide prevention day.
I bet most people have never heard of this day..
Yet suicide is one of the biggest killers around.
Every year world wide 1 million people commit suicide, thats 3,000 a day or one every 40 seconds. So why is it you never see anyone with a collection tin for research into the reasons for suicide or to help the families, why don’t you see people wearing a ribbon or badge to mark the day?
Did you know that more than half of all violent deaths in the world are suicide.
In the USA alone each year around 32,000 people commit suicide. Thats 10 times more than the total number of deaths in 9/11.
In the UK each year its over 3,500, to give you a scale, in 2018 only 2,946 died in road deaths.
These statistics are from the AFSP and SMHAI
I don’t intend to take anything away from those events I use them simply to show the scale involved. And because world Suicide prevention day is sept 10th it gets overshadowed by 9/11 memorials.
By now you are wondering what this has to do with you.. Because things like suicide happen to other people , not to nice ordinary people ,not to nice normal familes….
But it does and it can, and in the short time its taken you to read this post another person has decided that they would rather take their own life than face another day.....
Please take a moment to remember them
Today Sept 10th is world suicide prevention day.
I bet most people have never heard of this day..
Yet suicide is one of the biggest killers around.
Every year world wide 1 million people commit suicide, thats 3,000 a day or one every 40 seconds. So why is it you never see anyone with a collection tin for research into the reasons for suicide or to help the families, why don’t you see people wearing a ribbon or badge to mark the day?
Did you know that more than half of all violent deaths in the world are suicide.
In the USA alone each year around 32,000 people commit suicide. Thats 10 times more than the total number of deaths in 9/11.
In the UK each year its over 3,500, to give you a scale, in 2018 only 2,946 died in road deaths.
These statistics are from the AFSP and SMHAI
I don’t intend to take anything away from those events I use them simply to show the scale involved. And because world Suicide prevention day is sept 10th it gets overshadowed by 9/11 memorials.
By now you are wondering what this has to do with you.. Because things like suicide happen to other people , not to nice ordinary people ,not to nice normal familes….
But it does and it can, and in the short time its taken you to read this post another person has decided that they would rather take their own life than face another day.....
Please take a moment to remember them
For heavens sake, a doctor couldnt get the words out.. what hope is there for the rest of society?