• HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Yea I found out from my server at a restaurant that my cousin killed himself. She was his friend. It had been months since it happened and no one told me that he passed, even though I saw my family recently. Fucked up.

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      14 days ago

      People get really weird about suicide. Almost like they think talking about it will incentivize others to kill themselves.

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        14 days ago

        there is a phenomenon known as “suicide contagion” or “copycat suicide,” where exposure to suicide can lead to an increase in suicide rates.
        Typically this occurs with media, like when a celebrity is in the news for suicide, but I believe there is still a relationship in just talking about it, especially in younger folks.

        https://www.cmaj.ca/content/185/10/861

  • kn33@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    “The family has COVID”
    “Oh, okay”
    2 days later
    Sister sends me a screenshot of a Facebook post in which my mother’s in the hospital

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      Because if there’s anywhere you should share your private medical issues, it’s on a for-profit website that tracks and sells literally everything you do online, and won’t even show it to the people who you wanted to share it with.

      Facebook Nowadays: “Oh, you want to see what your friends are up to? Too fucking bad. Here’s a thousand pictures of Sylvester Stalone, and 900 ads.”