A View of Despair is a really interesting visualization of suicide statistics in the Netherlands in 2017.
Tag: suicide
Military Mind & What Matters
Weird episode of the day. I walk most places. I walk to the grocery store. It's just over 2 miles from where I live. Because it is a ways, I bring my military sea bag, so I can carry all the groceries back home. I'm walking away from the grocery store, and someone behind me … Continue reading Military Mind & What Matters
Wanting to Die
"Which I suppose calls the question: is it ever possible to really, really want to die when we have people we love here on earth?"—Courtney E. Martin, "Birth and Death in the Bathtub." courtney.substack.com. November 16, 2019.
Suicide Contagion
"Consider Marilyn Monroe, whose August 1962 suicide saw a 12 percent increase in suicides over the next 12 months; indeed a study published in February in PLoS One found that the August 2014 suicide of Robin Williams touched off a 9.85 percent increase in suicides by the following December, resulting in an "excess" of 1,841 … Continue reading Suicide Contagion
Modern Dying
"I have heard it said that modern dying means dying more, dying over longer periods, enduring more uncertainty, subjecting ourselves and our families to more disappointments and despair. As we are enabled to live longer, we are also condemned to die longer. In that case, it should come as no surprise that some of us … Continue reading Modern Dying
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