Black Men and Suicide

I highly doubt that this has anything to do with race. Im sure its from drug abuse and nothing more. This kid really needed some help and to get control over his life. This help could have gotten help at <a href="http://healthhealthy.blogspot.com/2007/06/narconon-vista-bay-never-fall-again.html">Narconon Vista Bay</a> and the drugs wouldn't have been a problem and the control over his life could have been gained.

The fact that suicide has increased for Black Men at 83% is alarming, and downright scary. So often our black youth are stigmatized negatively and unjustly. We must do everything we can to protect our youth on a daily basis, and to reverse the stereotypes and promotion of decadence that ultimately strips our men of their self esteem. The drug that one of the commenters mentioned LEXAPRO may cause suicide should be OFF THE SHELF!!! If we given the doctor the benefit of the doubt, he or she may not have noticed that the person was severely depressed. How much effort is really made before we are shoving drugs down our childrens throat (black, red, yellow or white) to treat mental disorder or depression - especially when the drug can kill you. Why wasnt the depression detected. There has got to be a better way.

Still, the issue that suicide has increased by 83% -- affirms this is a systematic problem that must be dealt with a great sense of urgency. Seems to me that the responder notsoquietmajority is part of the problem. Instead of looking at the facts and dealing with the situation, that person could care less that black people are dieing at alarming rates. I would bet that person is a promoter of race wars, and black genocide. It is people like that who point their finger to troubled youth as the problem, are ignorant at best. I am sure if the rate of white children went up 83% in two year they would show compassion to their families, not spur racial hatred. In fact, that person makes me want to go negative... they are feeding on our emotions and yes spurring racial antagonism with your heartless and cruel comments... it is provocative. Folks, be careful. Dont' let these fools promote a race war. That person is ignorant, and has deeply as they hurt us, ignore the fool. One million people of all races came to see Obama, and we wont tolerate the backwardness of such idiots.

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just wanted to make a slight correction. the site this happened on was not myspace. it was a site where people can have live web chats with friends or, in most cases, strangers. i, too, was appalled at the fact that people watched this young man kill himself and no one tried to help him. people were egging him on while others didn't believe he was doing what he claimed he was going to do. it is a sad situation that could have been helped. that young man laid on that bed for quite sometime before someone noticed that he had stopped moving a long time ago before they called the website master to tell them what happened

The public who urged him on may not be to blame per se, but they share a portion of the responsibility. I cannot understand that action in any way.

I agree with the view that he killed himself to stop the pain. Anybody who has ever faced that door for more than a fleeting moment knows well that it is generally not the one-off event that shoves somebody over the brink. It is day after day of what becomes unbearable torment and pain which finally causes them to seek out the precipice, stare over it for what is an eternity in that state, and ... for some ... leap willingly into what they believe cannot possibly be worse than what they already live with.

It is wrong. It is horrible. All of us have a responsibility to help prevent it in anyone we have even met much less a family member or friend. Still, it is only possible to help prevent it if one understands that nothing is fixed in a moment. It's a battle which rages in each individual, like this poor man, often unseen by those around them until the dark becomes preferable to the light.

It's a disease. It can be treated. However, it is not a cold or something which goes away. It's an ongoing battle for many.

Help your fellow person.

The public who urged him on may not be to blame per se, but they share a portion of the responsibility. I cannot understand that action in any way.

I agree with the view that he killed himself to stop the pain. Anybody who has ever faced that door for more than a fleeting moment knows well that it is generally not the one-off event that shoves somebody over the brink. It is day after day of what becomes unbearable torment and pain which finally causes them to seek out the precipice, stare over it for what is an eternity in that state, and ... for some ... leap willingly into what they believe cannot possibly be worse than what they already live with.

It is wrong. It is horrible. All of us have a responsibility to help prevent it in anyone we have even met much less a family member or friend. Still, it is only possible to help prevent it if one understands that nothing is fixed in a moment. It's a battle which rages in each individual, like this poor man, often unseen by those around them until the dark becomes preferable to the light.

It's a disease. It can be treated. However, it is not a cold or something which goes away. It's an ongoing battle for many.

Help your fellow person.

They should round up those voyeurs and take all their money and property and give it to the victim's family. Then, they should put those monsters in prison until they rot. America has no place for the kind of scum who took delight in someone else's agony. I'll bet those people were glued to their televisions during the terrorist attack in India cheering on the guerillas and hoping for more deaths and mayhem.

Mental illness has no skin color. That should be common sense

What bothers me about this is the comment from his relative that said he was "happy" in public. Abraham was NOT happy; he was masking his pain. This family knew he was bipolar; mental illness is a valid illness; just as valid as diabetes, high blood pressure or anything else. No one would object to him taking meds for any of those ailments. This family needs to stop blaming the public who watched and coaxed him on; it's not their fault. Families need to start accepting mental illness as a serious condition; no one has to die from a mood disorder. This boy did not kill himself because he wanted to die; he killed himself to stop the pain.

What bothers me about this is the comment from his relative that said he was "happy" in public. Abraham was NOT happy; he was masking his pain. This family knew he was bipolar; mental illness is a valid illness; just as valid as diabetes, high blood pressure or anything else. No one would object to him taking meds for any of those ailments. This family needs to stop blaming the public who watched and coaxed him on; it's not their fault. Families need to start accepting mental illness as a serious condition; no one has to die from a mood disorder. This boy did not kill himself because he wanted to die; he killed himself to stop the pain.

What about having access to the health care system or social services organizations?

Wow! I was shocked to learn that this young man is black. There is a perception that black people are supposed to be so much more resillient than everyone else because of all the shty we've lived through. This misconception is particularly so among women -- the strong black woman vs. the weak withering white flower. It's all hogwash. People are people and things suck at one time or another for all of us. I'm beginning the think that while the level of "suckiness" might be different depending on your circumstances, the ability to handle it apparently has little to do with race.

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