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Originally Posted by kunkstyle
Do you honestly think in this specific scenario access to mental professionals would help? I don't think these suicides are exactly due to mental issues or clinical depression. Certainly not saying it's the correct action, but drowning in debt with no job options isn't exactly solved by talking it out or going on meds.
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Yes, very much so. Talking to a professional could help immensely, it could help push away some of the clouds and thoughts of the world caving in on you away.
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
would Christmas have to do with it too? Christmas is a big deal to a lot of people and to be struggling at this time of year would make it much worse.
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The article specially mentions, in the first paragraph, the spike in numbers is for the first half of 2015. So they have nothing to do with Christmas. You're not wrong about the Holiday blues, but nothing to do with this.