rising suicide/depression rate

[Lord George]

Well we have a better standard of living nowadays, but we also have a much more selfish culture, which could prompt a rise in a selfish action such as suicide perhaps. Or it could be people are living longer and so have more time to consider suicide, before you wouldn't have a chance to think of suicide before you got picked off by starvation,disease or an angry man with a sword/gun.

 

[ScientificDJ]

A permanent solution to a temporary problem.

i agree, as unlikely as it may seem at the time, i reckon things will almost always improve if you try.

 

[TheRealCJ]

I doubt it's so much that Depression/Suicide rates are RISING, but with the advent of the Internet, and especially the fact that Suicide/Depression is no longer the taboo it was in decades past, you're just hearing a lot more about it.

Most people are much more open to admitting that they are depressed or suicidal.

Also, it's currently popular to be as such, so a good deal of the rises in statistics would be ungrounded claims by certain groups.

 

[K1LLSVV1TCH]

Increase in fuck-tards.

 

[Mikela]

It cold very well be the rising demands that society has on it's people. There are countries that have high suicides rates and reports almost always account for either poor living conditions/poverty or the increasing stress of jobs and educational needs. Specially now, with the economic crisis everyone is just caught in a race to do something, anything, to provide for the family. It's just a matter of all work and no play. Eventually, all that pressure has to give.

 

[veloper]

Maybe there are more suicides, because it's harder to commit suicide when there are other people in the same shit boat as you, people who would depend on you, but we nolonger are so dependent on eachother.

Miserable together vs miserable alone.

People also have more time to sit and think about how shitty they really are.

 

[Rolling Thunder]

Depression will always increase as average intelligence and awareness increases.

Balls. Depression and suicide will always increase as people place unrealistic expectations upon the world. Yes, the world is violent, cruel, greedy and amoral. It's been like that for the past four milennia, because it both works, and is absolutely awesome for it.


Pitiful.

 

[Xvito]

Stupidity is what causes depression. Not understanding what the world is, is what causes depression.

 

[grimsprice]

-some well thought out intelligent comebacks-

There is one thing you're forgetting. Availability of information. The world isn't getting worse, its just getting easier to hear about the bad things. Back when my parents were kids life was shitty, they were abused and many committed suicide. But nobody ever heard about it.

People always think the world is getting worse because of what they see on the television. But its not, its just getting to the point that if an Eskimo hits his kid with a fishing rod, everyone in the western hemisphere finds out about it. 30 years ago nobody documented the suicides and abuses of teens, and teens wouldn't talk about their depression and suicidal thoughts because they didn't realize how common it was. People lie on those surveys you know...

Suicides aren't increasing, they're just getting documented more.

 

[bobknowsall]

Stupidity is what causes depression. Not understanding what the world is, is what causes depression.

Now, this is the kind of ignorant statement that bothers me. Depression is caused by myriad factors, both neurological and emotional, but hey, let's ignore that and equate it to stupidity? (/sarcasm)Your wisdom and insight knows no bounds.(\sarcasm)

 

[EMFCRACKSHOT]

its the earths natural way of having population control...otherwise the planet would be totally overpopulated.

Thats just stupid ¬¬

I think some of it comes from increased social pressures like the need many young people have to be in a relationship.
Stresses like education and employment prospects don't help much either.
Speaking from personal experience, i think one problem is that the depressed people feel they have no one they can talk to so they just get worse and worse, burying it inside them until either someone notices or they snap and do something stupid

 

[Stoic raptor]

i wouldnt know, im pretty happy. but i think my friend is depressed, and he wont tell me why

 

[sabotstarr]

its because our generation has it very easy. Older generations had tough choices to make, and became stronger as a result. Our toughest choices now is what to play, or what class. So simple things get blown out of proportion.

 

[Inarticulate_Underachiever]

Grunge music, satanism and vidya games!

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Stupidity is what causes depression. Not understanding what the world is, is what causes depression.

BEEP

Incorrect answer

The correct answer would be: 'a chemical inbalance in the brain'.

 

[Zac_Dai]

Because people fail to realise lots of stuff and fancy titles don't make you happy.

 

[The Lawn]

Me and my friends are a jolly bunch so I honestly wouldn't know the current situation.
Though it seems there's less of those "emo" kids around, though most of the people labeled as "emos" were not exactly the ones who would jump off a bridge any time soon.
Hell, most of them were cheerful, they just dressed in the style.

Though myself, I do feel depressed sometimes, but then I just think of my life goals and that's enough of a mental boost to get out of that rut.
I sure wish it worked for everyone.
Suicide is a sad waste of near limitless potential, and its a shame people are driven to do it.

 

[The Brewin]

well to seriously misquote Fight Club...'we are histories middle children, we have no great war or great depression. Our great depression is our lives. we live in a world in which TV has taught us that we will all be millionaires, movie stars and rock gods, that we are working pointless jobs and wasteful lives to buy shit we dont even need. and we are slowly realizing that fact, and we are very, very pissed off'

as such...our lives have not exactly panned out as to how we have been taught they will be by media. As such...we dont know hoe to cope with the sadness of our lack of success i guess

 

[Daemon888]

i've been through my fair share of deep depression recently and i think that it has mostly to do with getting caught up in things you cannot control, cannot change, cannot let go of.... things that consume you and make you lose your ability to behave and think rationally. it is incredibly hard to regain the mental clarity you need to excavate yourself from that kind of despair... oddly, maybe sadly, escaping to games that i played in happier times have been a huge help... mgs4, cod4, others... even a few old school nintendo games from online emulators have helped, maybe just as an escape.. maybe more, a faint realignment of my mind that a game i played when i was happy makes my brain go back to that happy feeling. who knows. im lucky though, suicide... though an unavoidable spectre for anyone in an emotional hole has always seemed too much a cheap and easy way out to seem reasonable... so i soldier on, and thank solid snake for his gruff words of kojimic, though sometimes ludicrous, words of wisdom. hang in there brothers and sisters, all good things come to an end, but bad things do so as well and sometimes it is hard to even see what is good and bad until farther down life's road.

enough penny wisdom from a fool, im going back to gaming discussions... happier posts for all!