Why do people kill themselves when the economy is bad?

LikeAnOcean

Are humans that materialistic?

It's just money.

As long as you aren't starving to death, you should be grateful you have your health.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/06/california.murder.suicide/index.html

know1

I usually don't say this, but that's a very lame comparison/question.

Why does anyone ever kill themselves? The only person that really knows is the person that does it.

Anon

LikeAnOcean wrote:

Are humans that materialistic?

It's just money.

As long as you aren't starving to death, you should be grateful you have your health.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/06/california.murder.suicide/index.html

the only person that ever knows the answer to the question as to why they killed themselves, is no longer around to tell us.

LikeAnOcean

know1 wrote:

I usually don't say this, but that's a very lame comparison/question.

Why does anyone ever kill themselves? The only person that really knows is the person that does it.

I guess so, but it got me thinking.. Apparently I found out I had a relative who owned a grocery store during the great depression. He felt so bad because people were starving that he gave food away until he ran out of money and then killed himself..

digster

I would never claim to be able to speak for someone who is that depressed and full of hopelessness, but I'd imagine that a suffocating feeling that you would not be able to provide for your family could be an overwhelming weight that could lead to trying to find a way out. It's tragic, but that's the only thing I could think of.

pateljam

LikeAnOcean wrote:

Are humans that materialistic?

It's just money.

As long as you aren't starving to death, you should be grateful you have your health.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/06/california.murder.suicide/index.html

I am not going to touch the suicide...

But I will say we Americans are very materalistic....

Vedderlution_Baby

Well, yea. We're taught that money is everything and without it you're nothing.

Lizard

at the risk of being slammed in this forum....I think that shame and culture (based on the surnames in the story) have a lot to do with the actions taken by the father.

Anon

the only question i'd want to ask him, is ok, we get you don't want to be here anymore, but why murder 5 other people as well. they are your wife and kids for fucks sake.

unsung

Maybe someone is scared of being on the street. No money means out of your house.

Wilds

I don't know if this is a cultural issue, as I'm not too familiar with Indian culture. (sure this could happen within any culture but sometimes the idea of losing face is stronger in Asia?)

But my guess is the shame felt by the murderer for letting down his family was too much for him. And if he didn't kill the family then they would carry his shame after he was gone.

Just a guess, could be way off base.

Kann

Because people relying on the market for their living are claiming this is the end of the world (or something very similar) and delivering panick and fear through the media. And some people are very very sensitive to fear and doom, sometimes a little too much. Remember that girl that killed herself because of the LHC (posted around here somewhere), same type of stuff.

whitepants

After reading the story and seeing the guy, I guess in his culture, he felt depressingly ashamed at not continuing to provide for his family after being unemployed. I think some men just have serious issues with having their manhood tested and equating it with the a)big house, b)big car, c)big bank account.

Only the guy knows why his worthlessness in the past few months summed up to kill his entire family first and then himself.