Post breakup suicide...men doing it a lot?

[Niko49ers]

Anyone have thoughts on this?

I swear whenever I hear about a couple breaking up followed by a suicide, 80% of the time it's the man offing himself.


I once heard that a woman will love her kids more than she will her man and that a man will fall in love deeper with a woman than he will his kids.

Had a mutual friend kill himself Monday. He was 18.He recently found out his girl of like...8 months or so was cheating on him.

[fj123]

only the weak WK's

/thread

[charity4thepoor]

Wow. My half-brother just committed suicide on Wednesday night because of this. Except he was married for 14 years and had two kids. I still don't know how to feel.

[jackamo2887]

There are plenty of reasons one might want to kill themself..

..a fukin woman is not one of them.

[CommonPheasant]

Killing yourself because of a terminal illness or crippling, painful disability is one thing. But because your girlfriend breaks up with you? Yikes.

I think in 6 months most of them would have gotten over it.

[NMS3]

It's unfortunate but it angers me as well because people who suffer with depression and suicide are judged in the same format the above idiot says it: "weak."

[johsin28]

see..people and relationship digust me for this particular reason. People get in relationship becasue they're insecure and once they break up that security is gone they end their life..that's disgusting and I hate people in general because they're so selfish yet whole time they're in relationship they think they aren't. fck human

[tpittma2]

Pretty sure those suicide brahs were facing drowning in child support/alimony.

[AyMayne]

Women tend to get over that sort of thing easily because, in theory, men were always more likely to die when out hunting or at war or some chit like that. The women who would have thrived and more effectively passed on their genes were the ones who were able to replace their mate sooner.

In terms of practicality, women in general also have more options these days, plus they have an entire support system of chick friends and various other shoulders to cry on.

It's easy to see how guys might be really fuked up by a post-breakup depression if he doesn't have other chit going on in his life, other options, other priorities, etc. Love is like a drug addiction and the most important factor in overcoming withdrawal is time, so a bad break-up is like a painful withdrawal, made worse if the guy invested too much in the girl and doesn't have much else in life to fall back on.

[1Romulus1]

If you gonan kill your self over a girl.. lol 8 months you deserve death

[Statikflame]

My cousin committed suicide a few years back, fell apart after break up, 6 year relationship, started using drugs etc... it was a couple of years after she left him, but it was definitely her leaving that set him on the downward spiral.

I think men need to start being more supportive of one another. We are expected to man up, push down our feelings and tough it out. But recently coming out of a long relationship myself, it's hard, it's depressing, and truly is a life altering moment that's a lot to go through. Post breakup women have girl friends they can cry to and that will support them, post breakup guys usually don't have anyone like that, and tend to become more isolated, combine that with depression and a feeling of hopelessness, it's a recipe for disaster.

I'm not saying men should become a bunch of whiny bishes, but if more men could be open with one another and supportive of each others feelings, you'd see a lot less of this kind of thing.

[BigGameHunters]

Pretty sure those suicide brahs were facing drowning in child support/alimony.

This. They were going to prison anyways. Heck, I would visit gandy too if my hypothetical wife broke up with me. Not because I love her.

[pantiespending]

Na women do it too....

My cousin was Sooo in love with her boyfriend that she killed herself on break up.


Def a stupid reason for anyone to kill.

[Niko49ers]

Na women do it too....

My cousin was Sooo in love with her boyfriend that she killed herself on break up.


Def a stupid reason for anyone to kill.

Of course they both do it.


The discussion is why men do it more than women. We both feel the depression post break up. But what leads the men to be more likely to end themselves?

[InfinityThor]

Women handle breaks up VERY well.

I've seen women bounce back from 10+ year relationships within 1 month.

8 months, I would expect her to be having sex with someone new that very first weekend.

[InfinityThor]

Na women do it too....

My cousin was Sooo in love with her boyfriend that she killed herself on break up.

That's surprising, female suicides in general a lot less.

[notbadnotbrad]

You can't just go around calling people soft or beta or pussies. Everyone has a different mind and some things affect people differently. These people need help not to be belittled.

[saligia]

Of course they both do it.


The discussion is why men do it more than women. We both feel the depression post break up. But what leads the men to be more likely to end themselves?

Generally speaking, women tend to "try" it more (and I've seen a heck of a lot more women in the ER post-relationship break suicide attempt), but men tend to be more "successful" with completed suicides due to using more lethal means.

Woman: Boo hoo. My relationship is over. I can't live without him. Think I'll swallow this bottle of pills or slit my wrists. ---------->> ER, treatment, psych hospital

Man: Boo hoo. My relationship is over. I can't live without her. Think I'll shoot myself. ---------->> Morgue

[NoPain11NoGain]

Women always have much more support for breakups. All their friends console her, they refuse to talk to her ex, they take her out and tell guys she just got out of a relationship, guys flock to them and she has sex every weekend.

Guys break up? No support from friends ("just forget about her, bro"), friends trying to bang ex, struggle to pick up chicks.

Breakup odds are in the girl's favor, regardless of who initiated the breakup.

[Turbomunkey]

Relationships are like the stock market. People play it till the joy stops peaking then its a game of who jumps ship first and leaves the other for an emotional loss

[momo5]

anyone who kills themselves over a relationship is doing there gene pool a good favor. That just silly, there nothing you can do to help someone who would kill themselves over something like that.

[DicedPineapples]

Women always have much more support for breakups. All their friends console her, they refuse to talk to her ex, they take her out and tell guys she just got out of a relationship, guys flock to them and she has sex every weekend.

Guys break up? No support from friends ("just forget about her, bro"), friends trying to bang ex, struggle to pick up chicks.

Breakup odds are in the girl's favor, regardless of who initiated the breakup.

very spot on analysis actually. lol'd at friends trying to bang ex, men are ruthless when it comes to the poosay.

[MuckSnapper]

Have had suicidal thoughts due to the devastating feels I've experienced post break up. Lots of men do.


but never, ever will I off myself over a broad.


To those that do, RIP. I understand why, but don't think anyone should go through with it.

[jakobparker50]

see..people and relationship digust me for this particular reason. People get in relationship becasue they're insecure and once they break up that security is gone they end their life..that's disgusting and I hate people in general because they're so selfish yet whole time they're in relationship they think they aren't. fck human

Phuck you. You heartless peice of chit. You don't know chit about brain chemistry you judgmental mother phucker. I'd also like to see how you feel after getting cheated on.

[notbadnotbrad]

Why does it feel so chitty to think of the girl getting plowed by other guys. I mean it's just a penis going into a vagina. There must be some science behind it.

[RC2008]

I don't agree with all this bullshiit "men should have someone for them post breakup".

Objectively speaking, how the hell do you learn from your mistakes, if you have someone around to dull the pain for you and re-assure you that "everything will be ok" etc? And more crucially - how will you be able to learn from your mistakes and develop a far more efficient defense against evolutionarily deleterious emotional responses to women?

[MuckSnapper]

There must be some science behind it.

If trolling..

not bad, not brad

[sdoo]

Why kill yourself, when the best thing to do is to get revenge by getting smarter / more aesthetic / more money so she'll realize her mistake and you can tell her to go F herself

Happened to me, best part is when she tried to contact you, and you feel no emotion towards her anymore and go back to watching TV like she doesn't even exist

[BicepsBrah76]

Ancient Thracian widows would throw themselves upon the funeral pyres of their husbands after they had been killed in battle.

[Kojhab]

very spot on analysis actually. lol'd at friends trying to bang ex, men are ruthless when it comes to the poosay.

3rdth this

Lost a lot of "friends" when my ex and I broke up. Looking back on it, I'm glad they did that, kicked them out of my life -- good true friends are very rare to come by nowadays.

Definitely learned to not stay as 'open' to people in a good way