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In Debt And Suicidal


itsnatasha
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Posted on July 9, 2009 at 4:47 am

foolishgames
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Posted on July 9, 2009 at 5:02 am
Here's another one from CNN, and I'm wondering if the amount of debt (for example if it exceeds $100k) has a direct effect on suicide...

"A man who shot his wife and three children to death before committing suicide in Middletown, Maryland, last weekend had about $460,000 in mortgage and credit card debt.."

x and y
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Posted on October 21, 2009 at 4:47 am
In debt and suicidal -

For some people being in debt is just the trigger for the suicide. Perhaps the person is pre-disposed to it or really has the tendency and the pressure of being in debt just pushed the person over the edge.

None the less, debt still played a factor to the suicide.

Stephanie Says
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Posted on October 21, 2009 at 4:49 am
In debt and suicidal -

You know what's scary? I just read an article about the Neuroscience of suicide and found this:

many who have suicidal tendencies still end up taking their own lives, despite intensive
intervention.

damon and graham
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Posted on October 21, 2009 at 4:51 am
In debt and suicidal -

I thought I read a thread here that talked about creditors running a mental check or requiring a mental report or something to that effect - aside from running just a credit check on prospective debtors...
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