MetaFilter posts tagged with suicide

he could bear to wait no longer

ZachsMind — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:09:05 -0800

Last Year I Killed A Man , by Vaughan Thomas. Published Saturday July 19, 2008 by The Guardian.

Nothing to see here.

an egg — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:06:43 -0800

Now, here's something you don't see every day. I found it unlikely, but perhaps he was a copycat suicide. It isn't suspicious, the BBC says so, repeatedly.

The psychological impact of war

Surfin' Bird — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:01:07 -0800

For the former U.S. marine Michael Elliott the psychological impact of war is the latest and most challenging battle. Private Joseph Dwyer survived rocket-propelled grenades and shocking violence, made his way back to his family and friends, but couldn't escape the “demons” that followed him home. Experts say up to 30% of returning soldiers will require psychiatric help: a number not seen since the end of the Vietnam War. Today 60% of war veterans suffering from PTSD don't receive any help at all.

The Urge to End It All

Who_Am_I — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:41:13 -0800

In a 2001 University of Houston study of 153 survivors of nearly lethal attempts between the ages of 13 and 34, only 13 percent reported having contemplated their act for eight hours or longer. To the contrary, 70 percent set the interval between deciding to kill themselves and acting at less than an hour, including an astonishing 24 percent who pegged the interval at less than five minutes.

A surprising article about the nature, methods, and deterrence of suicide.

The Light The Dead See

troubles — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:03:30 -0800

30 years ago today, Frank Stanford, a young Arkansaw poet shot himself three times in the heart with a 22-caliber pistol. He was 29. By then he had become a powerful and unique voice in the American poetry landscape, dubbed "a swamprat Rimbaud" by Lorenzo Thomas and "one of the great voices of death" by Franz Wright. He left behind a strong (though often hard to find and/or unrecognized) body of work, most notably his immense epic The Battlefield Where The Moon Says I Love You, a 15,280 line poem with no punctuation or stanzas. The first link is to great resource with selections of poems from many of his unpublished books. It also contains a haunting essay by his wife, Ginny Stanford, that recounts Frank's death - “Death in the Cool Evening.” A well written article on Frank Stanford at the Poetry Foundation. Bill Willet (a friend of Frank Stanford) reads “The Singing Knives” (YT) Wikipedia.

RIP Travis N. Twiggs, USMC PTSD Sufferer

homunculus — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:40:04 -0800

PTSD: The War Within. A Marine writes about his PTSD experience. This article from the January issue of the Marine Corps Gazette was written by USMC Staff Sergeant Travis N. Twiggs. Twiggs killed himself and his brother after a long police chase in Arizona earlier this week.

Charged

NotMyselfRightNow — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:42:50 -0800

Lori Drew was charged today for her involvement in the MySpace-related suicide of Megan Meier last fall.

Suicide by robot.

jbickers — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:01:38 -0800

Suicide by robot.

I'm going to kill myself in 90 days

revmitcz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:33:11 -0800

"I'm going to kill myself in 90 days." A blogger calling herself "Jane" sets up a blog to chronicle her final 90 days, and is calling on the internet for suggestions on how to do it. Disturbed blogger? Or another "viral campaign" for something soon to be revealed? I couldn't find any articles about it, or further investigation. The WhoIS yields nothing interesting and the only mentions I could find were a bunch of forum posts and a craigslist post

Three Years. Fifteen Suicides.

rollbiz — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:55:44 -0800

Prison and the Mentally Ill in Massachusetts: The Globe reports on the pitfalls and consequences of using a retribution-based correctional system on the criminally insane in MA, as inmates in the state kill themselves at triple the national rate. Part I. Part II. Part III (in tomorrow's Globe). Photos of the system's most troubled. Last words of some disturbed inmates. As solitary confinement and other traditional forms of correction continue to be used on the most vulnerable in the prison population, one must wonder: Is the problem funding (PDF), understanding, or a combination of these and other forces? What is the solution?