do rich people commit suicide?

Question

Stop right there!! I know rich people commit suicide but I want a website that talks about this…suicide rates you know…because I’m was suicidal basically because me and my family are poor. Thin I asked my self ‘how many rich people commit suicide’ and I wanna know could yall help me find websites with that information?

Answer 1

I understand how you feel - like maybe they don't have the same pressure, stressors or hardships in the same way as those who are not as well off economically. Your question is interesting. I know that they do analyze and try to collect data in regards to all mental illness - including suicide considering cultures or races, socio-economic status (which is what you are talking about here), gender, age, etc - So they do actually collect that kind of data as accurate or not accurate it may be.

Mental illness alone can never truly be accurate when you look at the numbers - for example - women in society tend to seek help more for depression,etc because it is more understood and accepted by society when a woman is not feeling well emotionally. But - less men tend to admit when they are not feeling well because they feel that society would look down on them or not consider them "manly" by admitting to emotional problems.. Of course, this is not true but - it does show you that the statistics of who has what are not fully accurate. Statistics are always based on some sample and a lot of the time the samples or groups of people that they use to collect the data from in surveys or other methods are just not accurate because the sample is biased, taken from one area, etc. It is hard to ever know the real numbers to anything because of this. The same problem, more or less, exists for suicide rates.

There are tons of people that drove off the road and died hitting a tree - no note, no signs and their families just would never believe it was done on purpose - that that person was taking their life;committing suicide when he hit that tree. There are tons of drug overdoses, some we know to be suicide and some that we don't. There are of course more obvious and apparent signs that someone actually wanted to or did committ suicide but you also get into the fact that women who tend to committ suicide do less violent things then most men do - they take too many pills or something like that while men more often shoot themselves, hang themselves - things that are more violent in nature. So some lines can get blurred too - are the suicide rates considering all people who attempted it or who actually succeeded - so even if there was a site that listed these estimations, the odds are they are not accurate.

I understand what you are saying - I do but I think that everything in life comes from our own perspective. A rich man may not know what it is like to ever be poor - unless he was once poor and a poor man may not ever know what being rich is like. And, we always want that which we don't have and assume that it must be better on that side.. that way. More often than not, we are wrong - there are struggles there too - maybe different kinds.. but the rich have their problems too. They may never want for anything or ever feel what it is like to not being able to buy their child something or pay their bills - they may never know those things but their lives come with another set of problems and stressors. Most of us can't imagine even why they would have any problems when they have all the money in the world - but an old saying goes that money can't buy happiness.. like all these women who pay tons and tons of money to look different with plastic surgery and then can't stop getting it because inside they are still the same person who still feels that same way - they got to be on the "other side", the "greener grass", but they did not ever get to feel different. Sometimes, we are able to get to or see the other side, the other way of living and it does not change how we feel inside. The reasons for suicide vary of course as you know and not all of them are because the person was economically strained - it is from the way someone feels - mental illness, depression, inferiority, lonliness, -- maybe the rich feel like no one is their true friend and is just out for their money - maybe the rich will never know love the same way because their husbands or wives are just with them because of their money - and maybe they know that but settle. They don't appreciate money as you or I would having to sometimes struggle - needing that money.. most were born into it - some worked for it but eventually it means nothing to them and they take it for granted. I knew a guy in high school who killed himself suddenly one day out of nowhere - this model, perfect student, athlete, smart, wealthy family, etc - everything that most guys were jealous of and who girls wanted to date and he couldn't stand himself or to live anymore.

It is all about what we each see as a struggle and while money is that for some of us - for the rich, it is something else - maybe lonliness because it is true - money really cannot buy happiness - it can create greed and a following of shallow, greedy people.. Some say that money is the root of all evil and it can be. I know you can't see that but it can be.

Thank God you didn't take your life. I too have struggled in life - in several ways and have thought about and considered - maybe even acted on my thoughts - but life is too short. Even with all the tears, struggles, -- everything.. somethings make life worth living. And I know how hard it can be and how upsetting it is to watch your family struggle and suffer and to feel that yourself but everyone has problems - of their own - the ones inside that they keep hidden that no one can see -- or even understand why or how they could have them. There are few moments but sometimes I am perfectly happy for just a few moments - content, happy to be alive, everything is serene and I am glad I am here.. even with all my problem, someone always has it worse. I try to spend more time now being grateful for those people and things in life that I do have, instead of that which I don't have. I try to just keep living day by day and it is not fair that some of us have to struggle and work our butts off while others can just sit back and never worry like we have to - it isn't fair but it is what it is. There is another saying that goes - I thought I had it bad when I had no shoes until I saw a man with no feet.. I try to think like that - I try to just be happy with what I have in life - the love I know I have from and for people who are close to me. That might be something the rich will never truly have and that would be even more painful in the end.. If I find some site like the one you are looking for, I will let you know.. But try to stay strong - for you and your family. We are not only wealthy with money - we can be wealthy with love and strength, friendship, courage, and support - we can have that which some others may never even know - and for that, we are the lucky ones.

:o)

Answer 2

Here's the website you want.

You can find websites like this very easily using Google or Yahoo searches.

Answer 3

national institute of mental health,or W.H.O. as a start then perhaps medical universities.
I would say that individuals of wealth,and fame are more likely to have mental problems including suicidal problems probably more so than the average joe or jane.

Answer 4

yes, all categories of people when they are weak minded commit suicide

Answer 5

http://www.utexas.edu/student/cmhc/booklets/suicide/suicide.html

Answer 6

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1160222.stm
http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/81.cfm
http://www.medindia.net/patients/patientinfo/suicide_rich.htm
http://www.theberries.ns.ca/BOTW_archives/suicide_myths.html