The Urge to End It All: How?

This article is by far one of the most useful ways to understand suicide in a rational sense, and the following posts are concerning topics discussed in the article. I strongly recommend reading the full article. (Original Article by Scott Anderson)

One of the problems with suicide is that too many people look at it the wrong way. The actual act of suicide appears on impulse more that anything else, and this transcends over both groups stated before.

Imagine a case where a man shot his wife. We realize how important the gun was in the situation, and we don't naturally assume he would have killed her in some other way if the gun hadn't been there.

This does not hold true to people's perception of suicide, when it should. If a person shoots themselves, we tend to assume that if there hadn't been a gun they would have found another way.

And although that sounds realistic, it is not necessarily true.

Many people look at why someone killed themselves in terms of trying to prevent it, well this article discusses how someone kills themselves, and uses that data to prevent suicides in the future.