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“ Girls are more likely to have thoughts but less likely to act, pretty well known, so maybe it doesn't make sense to treat thoughts as seriously for them but t

by sizzle 5y ago

“ Girls are more likely to have thoughts but less likely to act, pretty well known, so maybe it doesn't make sense to treat thoughts as seriously for them but this model makes it the same.” I don’t see any sources to back up your claim, so here is some food for thought that says otherwise: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7024e1.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7024e1.htm “ During February 21–March 20, 2021, suspected suicide attempt ED visits were 50.6% higher among girls aged 12–17 years than during the same period in 2019; among boys aged 12–17 years, suspected suicide attempt ED visits increased 3.7%.” So girls are actually acting on it at an alarmingly higher rate than boys (up ~50% from last year due to the pandemic).

988747 5y ago
The fact that they end up in ED is actually proof that girls act on their suicidal thoughts in non-effective ways. Boys who shoot themselves in the head, or jump from the window, or in front of the train, they don't end up in ED, they go straight to the morque. A girl would typically swallow some pills, and then call their best friend to say godbye, giving time and opportunity to help them.
- nineplay 5y ago
  Girls don't want to die ugly. They don't people to see them with a shot up face or a mangled body even after they are dead. They hope that if they take pills or slit their wrists they'll just look peacefully asleep when they are discovered. I have never heard of any case where they've called their friends.
  - ShrigmaMale 5y ago
    Not called yes but everybody ive know has sent goodbye text message or snapchat.
bashmelek 5y ago
My understanding is that girls are more likely to attempt suicide, while boys are more likely to die from suicide. As a sibling comment mentions, a big factor in this is differences in how the groups go about in their respective attempts. I am also not aware, however, of statistics on long term effects of survived attempts of suicide.

by sizzle 5y ago

988747 5y ago

The fact that they end up in ED is actually proof that girls act on their suicidal thoughts in non-effective ways. Boys who shoot themselves in the head, or jump from the window, or in front of the train, they don't end up in ED, they go straight to the morque. A girl would typically swallow some pills, and then call their best friend to say godbye, giving time and opportunity to help them.

nineplay 5y ago
Girls don't want to die ugly. They don't people to see them with a shot up face or a mangled body even after they are dead. They hope that if they take pills or slit their wrists they'll just look peacefully asleep when they are discovered. I have never heard of any case where they've called their friends.
- ShrigmaMale 5y ago
  Not called yes but everybody ive know has sent goodbye text message or snapchat.

bashmelek 5y ago

My understanding is that girls are more likely to attempt suicide, while boys are more likely to die from suicide. As a sibling comment mentions, a big factor in this is differences in how the groups go about in their respective attempts. I am also not aware, however, of statistics on long term effects of survived attempts of suicide.