re: Suicide is now the 10th leading cause of death in the US

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Social media

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I honestly think this plays a factor.. Especially in younger people. Was talking with a friend awhile back. He has a son in his pre-teens. He was saying that people say "the kids are just weak today.. blah blah blah", but before social media. Kids go to school, something happens, they go home, then when they went back to school it might follow them until something else happened to someone well.. But today, it constantly follows them.

And once kids latch on to something, they can get pretty cruel.. So something happens that is embarrassing to a kid. It's all day at school. Then from there it doesn't end. They all are communicating with each other on social media.. It's where they hang out and it's ongoing. And you get a group of kids... Once one starts with something, the rest follow and it only snowballs from there.

I never really looked at it that way until he mentioned it and looking at it from that view point I can understand why these kids are more driven to suicide. And when I say I understand, I don't mean it as if it's something I support or anything.. There needs to be away to address this, but also.. I am sure drug addiction plays a role for many people.. and mental illness... Mental illness can be hereditary right? But is there anything that can cause someone to have mental illness? (other than experiences that cause PTSD).