A poster on the train promoting the importance of life and the reduction of suicides in Tokyo. I'm guessing that one of the reasons why this is on the train is to target folks who are thinking of jumping under a train when they get off at their stop. Jumping under a train is a popular way to kill oneself in Tokyo and usually happens before or after work as you have already read in this article. Many suicides in your region? Image via Kirainet.
Wow... Umm... Ummm.... I got nothin funny to say but I will say that there aren't many here. But i did here that there are alot in Seattle because all the rain makes people more depressed.
Ive been thinkin... Why doesn't one just jump off a building to end their life. That way they can get a trill from the jump. I hav no problem with suicide except for when it involves other people. Like, i just remembered, that there where a couple school shooting in my area where the shooters all turned the guns on themselves at the end.
I've also heard of people dying cause people that jumped fell on them.
lol, I live in Seattle and it only rains in the winter. It is sunny and 70 degrees almost every day in the summer. And I haven't heard about many suicides at all here.
I only heard of 3, but there are more for sure. A friend of mine was "lucky" enough to be in a train which someone used to kill himself :/
Watch this video.. *tear* *tear* Very sad. :'-( http://www.reallyfunarcade.com/play/movie/in-memory-of-elle/
dude, so many trains were delayed during my trip there in the winter... Honestly, I have no respect for those who want to kill themselves....
taisetsu na hito ga mattemasu...just where is mine???
Well my country rank number 1 on the wourld hapiness chart, but there certainly suicides here aswell. I dont take a particular care in people that commit suicide, though ofcourse its very sad, that people feel the need to go to such extremes. What i really dislike is people, who suicides in such a way that it will create traumatic events for the pople around them, like jumping infront of trains,cars an of buildings. Because this is not only hurting themself, but punishing people, who have nothing to do with it.
You have to realize a lot of the time those people feel they are lost in the world. No one is there to validate there existence. So when they involve other people, at least then someone noticed that person was alive. It does cause mental issues for those involved but, at least they are finally remembered.
Happen 2 to 3 times last year in Singapore's MRT stations. I say that if they wanna die at least choose a simple way to commit suicide. Why jump onto the tracks and kill yourself? Not only they cause all commuters to be late, they will cause trauma to commuters that saw what happen (blood and gore).
Apparently the rubber tires on trains didn't help at all :( Why do people want to waste their only life away? Well, if recarnation was a proven theory it might make sense, but so far no one's told me there's a U-turn route back into the living world.
not much suicides here, more accidents instead. car accidents in Malaysia rank among the highest in the world, and you can obviously see why through the way we drive. Malaysian drivers obviously dunno the meaning of being courteous on the road.
well at least your bus have their track and they never/rarely going out off track aren't they? here in indo, bus driver act as they borrowing a ferrari. imagine how many damage they 'cause and i think crossing red lamp is pretty common in every side of world, unless strict singapore, maybe though the weird thing is, there's rarely road accident here ^^, most ppl got killed by blood dengue(demam berdarah, can some1 translate this?), or bird flu yeah, bird flu somehow still roaming here
Happen 2 to 3 times last year in Singapore's MRT stations. I say that if they wanna die at least choose a simple way to commit suicide. Why jump onto the tracks and kill yourself? Not only they cause all commuters to be late, they will cause trauma to commuters that saw what happen (blood and gore). Why do they throw their life away so easily? Juz because they are having a hard live? God gives us brains to think on how to get out of problems like this , not for them to decide to die.
Happen 2 to 3 times last year in Singapore's MRT stations. I say that if they wanna die at least choose a simple way to commit suicide. Why jump onto the tracks and kill yourself? Not only they cause all commuters to be late, they will cause trauma to commuters that saw what happen (blood and gore). Why do they throw their life away so easily? Juz because they are having a hard live? God gives us brains to think on how to get out of problems like this , not for them to decide to die.
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In my opinion people should have the right to commite suicide if they wish, it is the persons business and the government has nothing to do with it. One thing is of course trying decrease it with options, but I believe it is illegal with suicide and that is SICK. If someone doesn't want to live then of course that person doesn't have to. Suicide or a long prison sentence for example, what would your choice be? I would take death any day. And no no no, just because I am defending it doesn't mean I am planning to do it myself lol. I would call myself quite liberal in these matters and believe strongly in free will.
see, if they are going to commit suicide, do it in a place where you don't involve the general populace. Also, do it in a way that will make everyone around you not feel guilty for your selfishness. the first part is easy, the second part is not
personally i think people who commit sucide are people who feel that they are weak.such people to me are plain dumb and i would laugh when i see the papers about people killing themselves.why? because they choose to kill themselves without actually realising that they are strong.ironic isn't it? it is because they choose to DENY that they are strong and embrace that they are weak and that's what makes such people feel pathetic.make me wonder why do so many people do the opposite always?hmm... no offence btw,i am just stating a fact and a personal opinion.(^.^)Y.
I had left the library (yeah someone in the world still uses the thing) some one or two years ago when I noticed that they closed off the side street at the Empire State Building. It turned out someone had jumped and all the cops were basically "cleaning up"...and I had wanted to go into Jim Hanley's comic store too. I can't understand why someone would want to die so horrifically like that or jump under a train, life is not that hard is it? There's tons of crummy things but there's always bright spots that you can work for. :(
Someone I knew commited suicide by jumping... We weren't close but she didn't show any signs of being depressed or troubled or anything like that. So it came as a surprise ._. There've been several cases of people jumping in front of trains in Singapore too... most of the time they're successful :(
For myself, life is not to be wasted, but people have their own reasons, whether it be exaggerated or not. Happened from time in Paris, France. Here I am not sure if it happened once, I guess so.
*From time to time And I am not sure that an ad would do much in terms of prevention (would work on those who are still hesitant to cling on life or not), but it is always better than nothing. Now if it's about a law and not a real care for the population, it's a meh from me.
Zetsubou Sensei says life is worth while living! It must be true! The world is coming to an end (regarding your icon)
In fact that was Kafuka that was talking. Mr. Despair is still... in despair.
Im in despair!!!!! High suicide rates have left me in despair!!!!
it won't be suicide for kafuka. more of something like people just checking how trains work from below.
Yeah, you're right, but since I was cornered in the first place, I could only go for a less grim character than our dear Pink Supervisor, hence Kafuka. But I concede she would have gone for a speech that would have been much more optimistic. Warui. orz
LOL @ Kafuka optimism ^^
When people are at their worst point in their life, or at least they feel they are at their worst point, they wouldn't care who/what others would think. Death is the easiest escape route, no need to worry about anything anymore. I'm sure there's some of us out there who did ponder about this option before, attempting or not is another question. Thank god I'm way out of this stage, got another goal to achieve before I "pop the hood".
Don't really hear much about suicide here...which I think is a good thing ^^;
I didn't know what the suicide rate was, until I typed it into Google. A shocker, really [http://starbulletin.com/2004/02/21/news/story10.html if you were wondering, since I'm too lazy to post the actual statistics ^^;] I haven't noticed it, but if I wanted to kill myself, I'd pick something quick and painless, like a gun or a gigantic blender. Of course, I'd have to be possessed by a puppeteer to do that, so no suicide for me yet, thanks.
a giant blender is painless? O.o hope the blades will be sharp enough.
Not much suicide here in Vancouver, maybe they're just covered up. But really don't heard it often. Jumping train? Maybe once in 1-2 years.
I heard of a rumour there was one a couple years back but I dunno if it's true or not. There was one recently that someone died in but I think they got pushed off at Broadway. They should really get fences or something @_@ like in Hong Kong
yes we do have a quite a few cases of jumping under the train last year. the authorities are now planing to install fences.
I'm not aware of many suicides i Norfolk... suprising really, considering how back-end-of-beyond it can feel like sometimes. Lots of suicides recently in Wales, Bridge end I think is the place specifically... really sad... but I spose Wales can be depressing... all wet and full of sheep.....
I live in Bridgend. The suicides have been in the news so much because they're all teenagers. There was a big fuss about whether networking sites (facebook etc) were to blame, and whether there was some sort of internet suicide cult. I think it's probably more to do with the fact that Bridgend is such a depressing place. I have suffered from chronic depression for nearly half my life (I'm now 23), and while I have never attempted suicide, there have been times when it has seemed like a good idea. It's hard to describe how it feels to think you are completely worthless (to be absolutely convinced, even in the face of evidence to the contrary), and for people to denounce those with suicidal thoughts is somewhat narrow-minded in my opinion. It's a horrible thing, of course, because it hurts so many people (friends, family, witnesses etc), but for those who attempt it, it's often the only course of action they can see.
Oh, and Wales is beautiful. Go to Snowdonia some time, or take a walk in the Brecon Beacons. Stunning place.
I never hear much about suicide or attempts in my area. I remember hearing about a suicide pact happening at my old junior high, where two students went outside and shot each other purposely.
@_@ what!? suicide pact!?, wow, gun are really easy to get in texas, eh do you own a gun?
sounds like a shootout, cowboy style. lol.
have any of u ever thinking a suicide? i did there's sudden chill when u think about it, feel the pain by stabbing the knife to whatever your part of body, crushed by train, hung yourself, throw yourself out it always feel cold, because it always involve iron or rock, or whatever hard and cold in normal temperature i prefer died by morphin when i got cancer or whatever sickness from old age, no pain, dying in the sleep is the best way to died ,for me that is. ever thinking how u planning to die?
Planning to die......You are creeping me out...in this world there are too many possobility of dying...
I've thought of suicide before too ^^; Have also planned how I want to die. But in the end, I figure I just wanna die from old age :
Kind of remind me of the second episode of Sayonara Zeboku Sensei...Got to watch again!!!!
Lets join Mr. Dispair....*Running after the train*...Wait for me!!!
You know I was always curious if Japan still felt the same way about suicide as it did during World War 2. I know rather then being defeated they performed suicide charges against the Americans. I don't know how it used to be or how it is now. However, from an outsiders point of view it always seemed that suicide was an acceptable thing in Japan. Was it only really acceptable when dealing with various forms of the military?
Would be another accurate example of this be Samurai, shame and seppuku?
Yeah, Seppuku is another form of it. I still wonder if this is still seen as a very acceptable practice. Is this sign more of a campaign to change that view?
I live near NYC. I don't know for a fact if there are a lot of suicides in NY, but I'm sure there are. I mean, it's a pretty big city.
Suicides are selfish. If you're going to waste yourself please think about the people who have to clean up after you. Your friends and family will miss you and it will affect them (time, energy, and sanity). If you do it, you are a jerk. Practically speaking, these people don't have a shred of coping skills and probably suffer from Persecution Complex.
im not sure if its my rez. but isnt that goku from dragonball on the picture?
Nope, that's a little girl.
I almost laughed out loud at your reply :P (my husband will probably think I'm crazy if I did LOL)
Had two friends take their life in Colorado. One did it when he was alone in the house and the wife and kids were out of town visiting. We only knew something was up when he didn't report to formation in the morning. The other did it in the living room right in front of his wife and daughter, me and my wife drove up to the house not even ten minutes after it happened. On the other hand down here in the south we don't have to many suicides, but a lot of 'accidents', as in 'watch this' or 'whats this do?' type.
In Finland people commit a lot of suicides, actually we have one of the highest suicide-to-population ratios in the world.
I recall seeing a picture of a sign at a train station somewhere in Amfrica that said "please do not jump in front of the trains if you want to kill yourself. You are traumatizing the conductors." My region doesn't have that many suicides, to my knowledge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_booth This would solve a lot of the world's problems.
I can count 3 suicides of students in my school this year, all of them drug related. It's hard to feel empathy when somebody hangs themselves because they can't get more heroin, and then you have to wade through graffiti loudly proclaiming them to rest in peace for months.
people dieying in the middle of sex by using viagra is the "NEW THING" here if you don´t die like that u are not cool... LOL Really here they die like that 2 to 3 people a month, i recomend better to wax the dolphing better than die like that.
isn't that really, really traumatizing for their partners??? one minute you're fine, next minute necro... wtf! gives a new meaning to the phrase "i'm in heaven."
Ah, what a sad world we are living in. Well, if less people would to comitte suicide I would be happy but at the same time I can't quite understand why it's illegal. It's your life, your body so do whatever you want with it. But in my opinion, suicide should NEVER be last way out. My 2 yen.
not much suicide going around here in my region, at least nothing much printed or shown in the news. btw, shouldn't the title be "anti-suicide campaign" as i had the impression that this post was for promoting suicide.
anyone care to translate what this says? I want a quick laugh
みんなでいのちを大切に Everyone, treasure your life. Life たいせつなひとがまってます。 There are important people in Life waiting for you. 東京から自殺を減らそう Reduce suicides in Tokyo. I'm not sure if my translation is correct, but the meaning is roughly there.
I'm not sure the suicide rate here, but it happens. As for how I would go out, if I ever did, I would take as many people with me. So, I'd overload the cyclotron at Michigan State. They just increased its power, so I could, in theory, take out most of East Lansing and Lansing with me. Mmmmm, nuclear glow.
I met a group of Japanese students before and they were complaining about how scary it was with so many people committing suicide in Tokyo. On the other hand, Singapore's number of train suicides can be counted with 2 hands.
Danny this is quite a controversial post you've posted this time. One that cannot be taken lightly. By reading the comments from other readers, I have to say most people here do seem to have a relatively good life and do not hear much about suicides around your city or your area. It takes a lot of understanding to know why peole have decided to choose death over life. Despite we outsiders often think how great Japan is with the entertainment and life it has, its bad side is often overlooked and unknown to us unless you look deeper into it (or if you live there). Japan has a very high suicide rate, even among Asian countries. Hong Kong too has an above-global-average suicide rate, yet not a lot of people know about them (high enough to an extent that you'll see at least one suicide article on newspapers every day). Outsiders do not know how much in a tough world these people are living in. Reasons for suicides differ with different age groups. Common reasons for young people and adults are stress, depression, and financial problems. Work or academic stress is common especially in Asian countries when the work is demanding and the load is huge. A person in Asia (high-stress working environments) may have to work harder but get paid less than one for same stuff but in the Western world. Things can build up when there's simply not enough time to be with your family or your loved ones back home, but there's not much you can do about as you must work to earn money. Once you are out of job, you are in deep trouble unless you find another one as soon as possible. When one is depressed you may feel hopeless, tired, and felt that there's no help around you that you can look for. The feeling can be horribly overpowering that other thoughts start to overcome you to make the decisions that you won't normally choose, because you feel that "there are no other choices". There are also concerns with elderly suicides. Reasons for them to choose suicide can either be wanting to get freed from disease/pain (very common one) or simply didn't want to be alone. As a result, there are volunteers who are there to provide services for the elderly should they need any help in terms of physical/mental health or daily needs. People suicide because they do not want to continue with the way they are living with, possibly due to reasons such as they cannot face the problems by themselves or simply want to escape the cruel world that they have witnessed. There are times when things can be horribly unfair to people, which may lead them to think that even justice has abandoned them for good. Suicides can also be very sudden too rather than a build up from multiple causes, if something major has happened to them very quickly that they could not judge and cope with the situation. This is sometimes the case with teenage pregnancy. As mentioned above, suicides in Hong Kong is above global average, but not as high as Japan. The most common form of suicide there is jumping due to the number of high rises and appartments in the city, but nearly unheard of for trains because of good security and safety screen/doors. It may seem silly or unnecessary to us that they have chosen death over life, but afterall it is their own chioce to choose their path, not ours. It is necessary for people to understand why such things happen instead of simply denouncing such action.
Excellent post.
