The end.

When I first started this class, I have to admit that I was a little emphasize about the whole blogging thing. After a week or two when by and I start getting the grasp of things, I realize that it wasn't so bad after words. Much better than the usual English class were you write 3-4 papers lengthy papers. I think that all English classes should be based off this particular class structure instead of the old tradional way most of us were use to doing. Unlike any of my other class, this class had a lot more of peer interaction and through reading everyone's blogs every week, you actually learned more about the different people in your class and their viewpoints of different issues.

Suicide And Divorce Link

Divorce brings on a lot of physical and emotional stress into a person's lifestyle. It is believed that if your going through a divorce or been through a divorce that you are at a greater risk for suicide. Researchers found that divorced people are three times more likely to commit suicide than people who are married or never been married and the divorce is the number one link in all suicide cases in major US cities. Divorce ranked all other physical, financial, and psychological factors.When breaking it down into gender, women are more likely to attempt suicide, but are most often unsuccessful, where as men who do attempt suicide are more likely to succeed. Men tend to have a higher suicide rate because they are more likely to use guns to kill themselves, whereas women attempt suicide with less lethal methods, such as poisonings or cuts.

Men and women also have different ways of coping. Men tend to have friends that they can have fun with, but a lot of time men don't share feelings amongst other men about the daily problems their going through. Where as women are most open to their friends and tend to have friend so they can talk about their feelings. Women are socialized to have more friends and deeper friendshipw where they tend to share more personal information amongst each anotehr. Men are socialized differently, to be macho, do not have much deeper friendships, and when a man show weakness to another man, he feels like he is less of a man. So when a divorce occurs, women have more of a social support network.


Why do people going through a divorce feel the need to end their live?

Most of the reasoning behind a person who is going through a divorce to thinks about suicide is because the feel inadequate, unwanted, and ashamed. Most men have suicidal thoughts during or after a divorce, feel like they fail at "being the head of the household" and that they are longer needed. This may make a man feel ashamed that he couldn't keep this household together and happy or inadequate at the role he played within the household. While a woman may feel needed because a woman tends to keep the children after divorce compare to a man, sometimes the demand of suddenly having to step into the "head of household" role is too demanding and she feels like she will unable to meet the demands of her changing lifestyle. Their are many reasons why a divorce can make someone think about or attempt suicide. These were just a few reasons, but in general, everyone wants to feel wanted, loved, successful, and be proud of where they are in life. Without this senses of these feelings, sometimes people feel they are unable to cope with life demands and are very unhappy with the way things are currently going in their life and decide to take their own life.

I can understand that some people feel the demands of a divorce can be too overwhelming at time, but no one should ever have to feel they have to take their own life to escape their problems.