Good question you ask of Stephen Grossman. Partly because my brother committed suicide, I've been reading about suicide in the 53 years since he did so. One thing that comes out pretty clearly is that people who commit suicide often get very happy (relatively) once they've decided to do so. But before they've decided to do so, they are miserable, which is why they decided to commit suicide.
Good question you ask of Stephen Grossman. Partly because my brother committed suicide, I've been reading about suicide in the 53 years since he did so. One thing that comes out pretty clearly is that people who commit suicide often get very happy (relatively) once they've decided to do so. But before they've decided to do so, they are miserable, which is why they decided to commit suicide.
I’m sorry to hear that about your personal story, and also sorry to hear of the temporary improvement in happiness that precedes a suicide attempt. I’d hope that the number of Scandinavians intending to commit suicide is small enough that it has insufficient t power to explain the differences here.
Good question you ask of Stephen Grossman. Partly because my brother committed suicide, I've been reading about suicide in the 53 years since he did so. One thing that comes out pretty clearly is that people who commit suicide often get very happy (relatively) once they've decided to do so. But before they've decided to do so, they are miserable, which is why they decided to commit suicide.
I’m sorry to hear that about your personal story, and also sorry to hear of the temporary improvement in happiness that precedes a suicide attempt. I’d hope that the number of Scandinavians intending to commit suicide is small enough that it has insufficient t power to explain the differences here.
Thanks, Max Lib. Yes. The idea that it's a large number that would affect aggregate data is untenable.