I guess I will go kill myself. I always hate being left out of fads...

Some do not want a long slow death.

Quote: Heisenberg wrote in post #1

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America’s suicide rate has increased markedly over the past decade for middle aged Americans. The biggest jump has occurred among white Americans, whose suicide rate per 100,000 population rose from 15.9% in 1999 to 22.3% in 2010. About 57 percent of suicides in America occur between the ages of 35 and 64. The suicide rate jumped in 39 out of the 50 states, and it increased most in the Western United States.

The most popular form of suicide among the middle aged remains guns, but replacing drug overdose in second place is hanging.

The media have suggested that the rising suicide rate is at least partially due to the down economy.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/...cide-rate-jumps

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I talk to hundreds of people in my practice, and I want to share with you an observation that I have made. With all the media attention lately on the fact that America has hit 90 million people who are not in the workforce, I see very little being written, asking the big question, WHY?

It is easy to say that the main reason is the entitlement culture affords people the ability to not have to work, but I am hearing the real reason is STRESS. People are reluctant to admit that they just can’t take the pressure anymore of day-to-day living, and the biggest way to relieve stress is to not work.

Think about how our culture is now structured for the average adult: STRESS, everywhere you look--commuting in horrible traffic, as you want to scream in frustration--money stress, to pay rent/house note, tuition, utilities, gas, insurances, vacations, cable bill, rising food costs, and on and on and on--stress from family problems, divorce, delinquency, drugs, crime, infidelity, keeping up with the Jones, etc.

People have too high an expectation of what they should have out of life, and get overly stressed over it all. How does all of this manifest itself? A prescription drug culture (Zoloft, Xanax, etc.) that tricks people into thinking a pill will knock back the stress, when these drugs, in my opinion, only make things worse.

I am hearing more and more that people just want to drop out from it all, as they are reaching a breaking point, and have decided less income and dependency on entitlements will reduce their stress, and is not so humiliating, so giving up working becomes more acceptable, to KEEP ONE’S SANITY.
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Quote: nerd wrote in post #3

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Some do not want a long slow death.

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Suicide has surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of injury death for Americans. Even more disturbing, in the world’s greatest military, more U.S. soldiers died last year by suicide than in combat;

http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/americans-sna...y-the-millions/

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I have a fear of running our of money so if I do, I'll just take myself out and then it will be over.

Quote: algernonpj wrote in post #6

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Quote: nerd wrote in post #3

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Some do not want a long slow death.

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Suicide has surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of injury death for Americans. Even more disturbing, in the world’s greatest military, more U.S. soldiers died last year by suicide than in combat;

http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/americans-sna...y-the-millions/

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Can anyone blame them with Obama as CINC?

Quote: Olivia wrote in post #7

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I have a fear of running our of money so if I do, I'll just take myself out and then it will be over.

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Quote: Frank Cannon wrote in post #10

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Quote: Olivia wrote in post #7

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I have a fear of running our of money so if I do, I'll just take myself out and then it will be over.

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Actually, I have a dream of running out of money so that I can cash in on all of the Regimes programs...

Hood Rich, Gangsta Lean baby...

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Quote: Heisenberg wrote in post #8

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Olivia, a better solution is to earn more money.

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Quote: Olivia wrote in post #11

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Well, don't hold your breath...

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Quote: algernonpj wrote in post #6

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Quote: nerd wrote in post #3

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Some do not want a long slow death.

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Suicide has surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of injury death for Americans. Even more disturbing, in the world’s greatest military, more U.S. soldiers died last year by suicide than in combat;

http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/americans-sna...y-the-millions/

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Suicide has always been the number one cause of death among cops. Strange, !