Is it normal that suicide rates are rising?

75% Normal
15 Comments

I read somewhere that between 2007 and 2018, the suicide rate among 18 to 24-year olds rose a whopping 60%.

Voting Results
75% Normal
Based on 24 votes (18 yes)
Feeling Suicidal?
We couldn't help but notice that you might be asking about things related to suicide...
If that's not the case, please ignore this message.
But, if that is the case, please, please, please call this hotline and talk to someone about it. Or, visit one of these websites and get some help.
Unfortunately IIN isn't the best place for you to be asking about this. Check out the above websites or call one of the hotlines instead. They can help. Really. We know what we're talking about. Call. Do it. Please.
Remember that everything gets better with time.
Help us keep this site organized and clean. Thanks!
[ Report Post ]
Comments ( 15 )
  • [Old Memory]
    2 years ago | pl

    Covid and lockdowns.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    8
    8
      -
    • momgetthecamera
      2 years ago

      yeah frick the younger generation though, we need to protect the obese and elderly who choose to go outside and can't possible look after themselves

      Comment Hidden ( show )
      0
      0
  • [Old Memory]
    2 years ago | pl

    Social media is the bad guy here.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    6
    6
  • KholatKhult
    2 years ago

    Can’t imagine the suicide rates over the pandemic.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    5
    5
  • RoseIsabella
    2 years ago

    I certainly don't envy the young people today. I sometimes wish I could get in a time machine, and go back to the 1990's.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    4
    4
      -
    • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
      2 years ago

      im the first one to agree and wanna live in that era permanently but you gotta remember how much turmoil & uncertainty there was then

      Comment Hidden ( show )
      2
      2
        -
      • RoseIsabella
        2 years ago

        It just felt like good times to me. I must admit I've never really fretted to much about things on a wider national, or international scale, because I was most just concerned with myself, my life and my trifles back then.

        Comment Hidden ( show )
        1
        1
  • MonteMetcalfe
    2 years ago

    The rise of social media.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    4
    4
  • splashgame3
    2 years ago

    Social media and comparing themselves to everyone else

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    3
    3
  • olderdude-xx
    2 years ago

    My wife works in a hospital and deals with attempted suicide patients regularly.

    She says that the suicide and suicide attempt rate has skyrocketed due to Covid-19 and all the social disruptions.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    3
    3
  • Meatballsandwich
    2 years ago

    Yeah I've read those statistics before. There seems to be a MASSIVE increase in youth suicides, coinciding with the rise of social media around the late 2000s-early 2010s-period. Before that, it was actually declining, and had done so greatly since 1994, up until 2008 when the trend started reversing.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    2
    2
  • Tommythecaty
    2 years ago

    “2007 and 2018, the suicide rate among 18 to 24-year olds rose a whopping 60%.”So what else occurred as a big change between those years. Social media, it’s the problem. Fostering bullying, narcissism, attention seeking, validation scales...

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    1
    1
  • Lusty-Argonian
    2 years ago

    People are pussies. It's called natural selection. Modern medicine has made its job more difficult so here we are.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    1
    1
  • Sanara
    2 years ago

    People sense that society is going downhill and things are only getting worse while already being bad. The pandemic sure doesn't help, and people fear it will permanently change society for the worse. It makes sense, but its not good

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    1
    1
  • 1WeirdGuy
    2 years ago

    I think its because we arent preparing youth for the real world. Now they're giving them safe spaces in university and sheltering them and telling them how important their feelings are. Then they get out there and realize that was all bullshit. We are teaching them to be victims.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    1
    1