Suicide and the IRS
Before I left home today news of the plane crash was on. The early reports were that it didn’t appear to be a terrorist attack. But since the IRS had an office in the building I know many thought there was a connection.
Very sad. There’s the mental illness part, sure. But after reading his letter, you can sense the seriousness of his views.
Stigma and suicide
Perhaps there is just as much stigma associated with suicide today as there was decades ago. Maybe it’s a different kind of stigma, one that “only” embraces a kind of silence and not shame. But maybe the two are still connected. CNN.com had this brief article on the survivors of suicide:
Although their stories are all different, the survivors have one striking thing in common: the way they talk about suicide. Rather than saying someone “committed suicide,” they will say that a person “died of” or “lost to” suicide.