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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because no child needs to hear the graphic details of his mother's decision to take her own life and the gruesome hospitalization that followed! Maybe when they're adults or close to it, but we're talking all kids 12 and under.

Can you imagine what happens when some classmate hears about this from his/her mother and then 20 minutes later the whole school knows that so-and-so's mom hated life so much that she tried to kill herself right after her child's birthday party?

It's bad enough that she put the children through all this in the first place, but to air everything publicly in a way that exposes all of them to taunting and bullying -- just so lots of people can write lovey-dovey comments -- is gross and selfish and tacky.[/quote]

I don't know.  Mental illness is real.  Suicide is real and it's increasing.  Maybe if we didn't treat it as taboo people would feel more able to discuss their feelings openly and we could prevent attempts like this.[/quote]

DP here. Suicide is real and increasing, but the cause of that trajectory is unknown. Who's to say it's not increasing because we do talk about it so openly and get lovey-dovey comments and affirmation that we are loved and all this validation that other people see and crave as well? I don't want to kick mental health issues under the rug by any means, and I don't think depression and anxiety are things to be ashamed of or should be in any way taboo. I'm not so sure about suicide though. What devastation for her family and friends she would have left in her wake had she succeeded. How can we not acknowledge that too, while we also realize that she is suffering and isn't thinking clearly? [/quote]

I don't think you understand depression or mental illness. People aren't doing it for attention.  When we start treating mental illness as a medical issue, people will be able to discuss it more openly.[/quote]

Don't you believe that teen suicides have a copycat element to them? I do. I'm not saying people have mental illnesses for attention. I am saying that the attention, which is now often positive, loving attention, that people get when they attempt or succeed at suicide, probably has some influence in the already warped mind of a depressed person.[/quote]

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