I just posted this early today Suicide rates continue to rise
and now this –
You hear how suicidal thoughts can overwhelm the most unlikely people, defying logic, reason, faith, love, and everything else that makes life worth living. You hear it, and perhaps you believe it, perhaps you have some doubts.
And then one morning you wake up and see that the guy who made a good living traveling around the world to the most unlikely places, eating amazing food, who seemed to have friends in every city, and who appeared to be in a happy relationship with a beautiful actress and activist . . . has decided to end it all with no warning.
Was something about Kate Spade’s suicide a trigger? Do people having suicidal thoughts become more likely to act upon them if they hear about someone else doing it?
At the end of Kate Spade’s obit in the NYT was a notice to call a crisis line if one was contemplating suicide. So obviously that’s an evidence of others in the media realizing that it is a trigger. And think of the damage if a family member commits suicide. A very unhealthy legacy…
It’s horrible.