Suicide

racso1975

Maybe it is just me but has anyone else found the amount of suicides taking place in the county for the last 12-18 mths to be phenomenal

Bog Man 1

A very high % of suicides there is drink involved . You can get beer made without using Hops as there is something in hops that makes people feel low .
People drink far too much and think it is acceptable to do so and then expect the rest of us to be overjoyed when they give it up .
If you listen to the radio or TV there is a lot of bad news redundancies, extra expense like 1 % levy on insurance . Being bombarded with negativity has an effect on people and trip them over the edge . If you listen to peoples conversations in general they can be unnecessarily negative and to some vulnerable people this can be bad for them . Joe Duffy on the Liveline programme gives me the ire people are so negative and complaining . I turn on Lyric if I am stressed while I am working
I have read a suicide note and the person was very calm about it and thought they were doing the right thing and was aware of the consequences for the people left behind .
The education system has a lot to blame as it measures failure rather than measuring what people know .
Some people that commit suicide have been battling depression for years and then throw in the towel.
I have not noticed an increase in suicides . The last two funerals I was at one Lady was 96 and worked cleaning holiday homes into her 80,s . Another guy was 86 and was a bad alcoholic until he was 50 gave up the drink got married and had three children who seem very stable to me . Another guy died of a massive heart attack doing something he enjoyed .

iano.p

racso1975 wrote: »

Maybe it is just me but has anyone else found the amount of suicides taking place in the county for the last 12-18 mths to be phenomenal

I just said the same thing yo my wife in the last year i know 3people that have died from suicide. I just hope people look for help before things get too bad for them

dublinsd

Im not suprised! . Its a discusting country full of spin and asshole bankers.
The country is full of scum. All the intelligent ones have left. All thats here is stupid people that believe the nonsence that the government and RTE put out on a daily basis.
People have not even blinked as the bankers have ruined this land.
I myself am unemployed. I have a degree in engineering which is worth **** all and now am left with no other option. I am 40 and have tried everything from bouncing to academics.The employers only want drones!!! Just com[pleted an intership at 40...turned out it was a load of bollox! After coming from a difficult few years of study, I was told by social welfare people on Pearse street that I should do nanother ****in course in l;ookin after the elderly.....they dont have a clue!!!!!!! All the figures and stats we here are bull****!!!!! **** Ireland! **** the people, the politicians, the bankers, the civil servants. The local doc told me the other day that 2 in 5 people are on antidepressants...joke!!!!
We are deprived of real medicines...cannibis oils and given the **** they produce with **** all results. The health and water systems are a ****in joke.
Modern day slavery discuised as something else.
One world order is all these scumbags care about.

Owryan

Cant find any figures for 2013 but between 2007-2012 the rate for Carlow was 13 per 100,000. So thats about 5 per year. A lot less than i was expecting

brianblaze

Carlow has always been fairly bad for young male suicides. A lot of groups here for support but nobody seems to know about them.

Carlow needs a Mens Shed, if it doesn't have one already

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slimjimmc

brianblaze wrote: »

Carlow has always been fairly bad for young male suicides. A lot of groups here for support but nobody seems to know about them.

Carlow needs a Mens Shed, if it doesn't have one already

There are 4 in the county: Carlow, Bagenalstown, Leighlin & Tullow.
http://menssheds.ie/find-a-shed-list/

VixToons

is there an equivalent for women??

racso1975

https://www.facebook.com/pages/County-Carlow-Womens-Network-CCWN/194266810621722

might get some direction here

wheres me jumpa

Open to correction but I think I recall at one point Carlow had the highest rate of suicide in the country.

Agree with brianblaze, groups need more awareness around the county. I wasn't aware there were men sheds locally.