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Re: suicide tw, i just thought it was relatable

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i'm actually reading a book that explores this idea, how when the media reports on suicides or just in society when we talk abt suicide we tend to view it as this isolated incident which pushed someone "over the edge". like if Jane Doe ends up gambling too much and losing her house or smthn then kills herself, ppl react like "i can't believe she would kill herself over one thing like that, it's just a house, how could one thing be so important as her life" or in the opposite extreme "no wonder she felt like she had no options left she lost her house and that must have made her depressed and felt she had to kill herself". when in reality it makes more sense to look at it as just a part of a longer stage... u have to think, well why did Jane have a gambling problem in the first place? why did she gamble so frequently and extremely that it got to the point of losing her house? why was her gambling so normal (or secret) that nobody in her life intervened or noticed? its a much more subtle and insidious pattern of behavior and ultimately it makes more sense but its also scary.