Military is worse
My son was stationed at Lejeune. He did 5 years and got out. His BN was sent to Okinawa right as covid hit. They were literally confined to quarters for most of 6 months and given styrofoam boxes of garbage food to eat. The only PT was in your room and or you could check out to run. After they came back, they were put in barracks that should have been condemned (my son ordered cleaning materials out of his pocket for his squad to clean the black mold best they could) with two weeks of confinement/quarantine and still strict masking/contact rules even as the rest of the world was abandoning that. They had 5 suicides in 4 months, including two who were close friends of my son. This was addressed by a couple stand down days. Pathetic. He had a high school friend who was Army who committed suicide that Summer as well. That's a lot for a 23 year old to deal with.
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and ANOTHER suicide at NC State today. Two in a day......................**
-- BobG
Apr 27, 2023 at 04:30 PM ET
BobG
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04/27/23 04:30 PM ET
DAMN..not again. Rest in Peace!**
-- HOKIERIT
Apr 28, 2023 at 07:52 PM ET
HOKIERIT
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04/28/23 07:52 PM ET
Wow! That is truly troubling and like you said, pathetic. I'm super
-- goodbadugly
Apr 28, 2023 at 11:25 AM ET
goodbadugly
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04/28/23 11:25 AM ET
14 deaths this year, 7 suicides. 34% of students suffering from depression
-- CrystalCoveHokie
Apr 27, 2023 at 07:04 PM ET
CrystalCoveHokie
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04/27/23 07:04 PM ET
What's changed so much to prompt this seemingly meteoric rise in suicide?->
-- HOKIERIT
Apr 28, 2023 at 07:59 PM ET
HOKIERIT
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04/28/23 07:59 PM ET
Have you anything about this ? Curious. Are things harder today? Are kids
-- DrMaroon
Apr 27, 2023 at 09:51 PM ET
DrMaroon
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04/27/23 09:51 PM ET
I wonder myself...Maybe you've hit on something**
-- HOKIERIT
Apr 28, 2023 at 08:00 PM ET
HOKIERIT
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04/28/23 08:00 PM ET
Pure guesswork here, but I do think an issue young people have
-- Tafkam Hokie
Apr 28, 2023 at 08:46 AM ET
Tafkam Hokie
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04/28/23 08:46 AM ET
Social media can be very toxic.
-- RJHokie
Apr 27, 2023 at 09:54 PM ET
RJHokie
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04/27/23 09:54 PM ET
Social media is the devil, quite literally
-- Happy Dog
Apr 28, 2023 at 08:12 AM ET
Happy Dog
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04/28/23 08:12 AM ET
I think psychologists believe 1 person committing suicide subconsciously
-- HokieDan95
Apr 27, 2023 at 05:07 PM ET
HokieDan95
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04/27/23 05:07 PM ET
That's pretty plausible. I've done some research on mob mentality
-- Tafkam Hokie
Apr 28, 2023 at 09:01 AM ET
Tafkam Hokie
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04/28/23 09:01 AM ET
There was a famous case back in the 60's where a woman was getting beaten
-- HokieDan95
Apr 28, 2023 at 01:00 PM ET
HokieDan95
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04/28/23 01:00 PM ET
Was kinda the premise of the movie Heathers. **
-- vthokieq
Apr 28, 2023 at 09:41 AM ET
vthokieq
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04/28/23 09:41 AM ET
This may be a dark, and morbid, and at risk of becoming TOS question
-- Tafkam Hokie
Apr 27, 2023 at 04:43 PM ET
Tafkam Hokie
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04/27/23 04:43 PM ET
I think my son rejected VT due to the shooting **
-- TomTurkey
Apr 27, 2023 at 06:57 PM ET
TomTurkey
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04/27/23 06:57 PM ET
Neither would be likely to move the needle for me
-- Pylons
Apr 27, 2023 at 05:51 PM ET
Pylons
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04/27/23 05:51 PM ET
The latter. Hopefully, I'll have a good enough relationship
-- hoosnowahokie
Apr 27, 2023 at 04:53 PM ET
hoosnowahokie
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04/27/23 04:53 PM ET