Suicide rates are higher than they were in decades past. Why?

[Anonymous]

Life is harder

People are weaker

Other

[BCA6010]

It is definitely because people are weaker, and because life has gotten easier - too easy in fact, to the point it is killing ambition and the ability or will to overcome challenges. Not to completely downplay it, but the only things that have actually gotten harder are dating/relationships, and financial success, both of which are complex cans of worms and different issues on their own.

When you hear about "X young girl killed herself after being bullied online," you get that immediate knee-jerk of people saying how pathetic that is, without taking into account that a culture that has relatively recently become extremely apathetic, self-indulgent, and prioritizes social interactions online over "real world" relationships with families, coworkers, and organic communities has created a factory that feeds especially younger people straight into a psychotic meat grinder where they have little to no perspective or value for life. When you look at what technologies are being pushed into public use, almost none of it has anything to do with improving quality of life, and everything to do with stripping away responsibility and personal agency to give the consumer the illusionary promise of personal freedom, at the cost of accomplishment and confidence. When you look at the ongoing AI revolution, what you're going to see are basically all of the same trends of the internet becoming widespread, dialed up several times over as younger generations become increasingly detached from the physical world, less secure, more depressed, more desperate for affirmation and attention, and more prone to destructive or self-destructive behavior.

[ChiTown33]

Social media I think is a big reason. Facebook was meant to bring people together. And it has the tools to. But it doesn't take into the the competitive, individualistic nature of human beings. I don't know that there's a bigger example of something that constantly tells you, "you're not good enough". It's a lie! But it's a lie that people believe. People post pics of them out partying with friends. They don't post thier quiet times at home reading. Or the times they're depressed. This gives a FALSE perception of thier reality. When you have this false perception beat into your head that you're not good enough. And not enough good people in your life telling you otherwise how can you not get depressed.

I watched I video the other day with Neil degrasse Tyson. And he talks about how vast the human genome is so vast that the possible combinations of people being born, living, and dying throughout history has not even reached halfway. Meaning less people have lived BY FAR than could have lived if genetics-wise could possibly created. Which is the very definition of how UNIQUE AND SPECIAL you are. I don't know if anyone reading this is religious. I personally am. And TO ME, this shows how important you are to GOD. He loved you so much he made sure he made unique. There'll never be another like you.❤️

So if you're reading this know YOU MATTER!

[Anonymous]

i think it's because there's no stability, no unifying external element that makes people go 'oh shit i NEED to do this' whether that's war or looking after your family - plus we're living in a mass consumer society we're bombarded with social media and access to things that would just lower self-esteem, people have always had problems but i just think people in the past had more of a duty to keep going whilst it's easier to give up now, plus mental health was majorly stigmatised back then too

[jennifer_bloom]

People are suicidal because people worship vanity and because the sexual culture has led to men and women abusing people and putting up with abuse from abusive people. Now, people can buy loyalty with money but in ancient times, loyalty could not be bought.

[Sixgunsound]

Social lives have been replaced by social media. Dad has been replaced by big daddy government. Religion of most kinds have been squashed to be replaced by empty hatred and meaningless fights over colors or directions. The woke are asleep, the awake live a nightmare. Self esteem is more important than self improvement. The team your race is on is more important than the human race. State Farm is a better neighbor than most actual neighbors. Phones are smarter than their users. We have guided missiles but misguided men.

[Leapfrog00]

People don't care about each other anymore, and everyone is selfish. People take, take, take, and still expect something in return. No one can be trusted, so people get paranoid, which who can blame them?

Then the mental health resources are limited. Where I live, 5 hospitals shut down within 5 square miles in the last 2 years. Without reliable mental health resources, if someone has a crises, it will take longer for people to respond.

The economy is a problem too. Food is expensive, medical treatment is expensive, and being are struggling to buy food and get to the doctors. They get tried or starving to death or being in poor heath, so they kill themselves. It's like the Great Depression all over again, but 2.0.

[najekim]

I agree social media has a lot to do with it. Someone is always shaming somebody for just being unique in their own way in some cases. Then you have the SJW's and the snowflakes who think they know best and are rude enough to tell you you're no good instead of learning to have thicker skin. Now raising is this "gender identity" crap that really confuses people and just isn't needed in the first place. You're either male or female and is either straight, bi, gay, or non-sexual. All the while you have the politicians forcing people into choices and decisions about things that didn't matter for generations and still don't.

Actually, I'm surprised that there aren't more, not saying I want more, or that a uprising hasn't already occurred by the more level headed populous.

[Spade_01]

Tough times create tough men. Tough men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create tough times.

Many of us aren't involved in any world wars, while many others who have nothing to feed on, there are snowflakes who get triggered when soemone doesn't call them by their non sense pronouns. This weak mindset often mixed with inabilities to deal with supposed toughness makes them want to escape everything.

[exitseven]

We are creating a planet that most people want no part of. I read the obits every day. I see people under 30 that have died and most have OD'd. Then the ones in the 40-50 age group have taken their own life. I don't know it it ia just an American phenomenon or if it is worldwide. Myself, I would not give the liberals the satisfaction of driving me to commit suicide. If it comes to it I plan on going down fighting , taking as many of them as I possible can with me.

[Shamalien]

We are living in tough economic times. The future seems bleak. As miss Bloom said, our culture has degraded. We are on a downwards spiral

[Asker]

I agree. Our culture has degraded. The world we live in is getting worse.

[Shamalien]

Our culture has weakened our people, so we are weaker, but this culture makes life harder in many ways as well so I couldn’t answer

[Astarlessnightsky]

We got crisis after or even during crisis, and its been broadcasted 24/7 everywhere.

Decades ago you watched the news, and thats it, now you get bombarded with bad news over social media, liveticker, radio, ... there is almost no escaping.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I don’t know. I love myself too much to ever think about that topic.

[Asker]

That’s good 😊

[Adam1978]

Life is more complex, not necessarily harder but it makes things harder to handle. It's simply not just endurance as it was in the past.

[Ben487]

probably a combination of factors. There is more wealth in-equality , weaker people, life is probably harder even though old guys will say differently.

[CuriousMufuxka]

More accurate records. Really technology as a whole. Everything is connected. It's much easier for a mistake to be spread definitely through social media and cause a huge impact. It's also served as a platform to say your final words.

[Anonymous]

Biden.