As I'm reading about Robin Williams dying from suicide, I'm reminded of this horrible moment that way too many face. His death puts a spotlight on it in our society, but unfortunately in a few days or weeks, society may well forget what happened. They may even fault him in some form or another, but sometimes it seems like nothing will change. It seems like nothing in our society will get done when it comes to suicide. Does society enable suicide.
How does our society enable suicide? There are many ways of course and most are oblivious to them.
First and foremost, is that society does not want to talk about suicide. There is no fostering of a place to go for those that are struggling with this. Yes, there are some hotlines, but how many people would know where to call if they needed to? How many people would even think to pick up the phone? Even with all the outreach, we are still seeing people commit suicide because they felt like they had no place to go and no one to talk to. (See information for suicide hotline below)
