Army suicide rate could pass rate for general population this year

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by Coramoor

My take on military suicides, while not backed up by a study or anything, is based on limited experience.

In the 15 months I've been here there has been several suicides and suicide attempts. Some of the attempts were within my unit, thankfully none succeeded and they have all gotten help. Those that did succeed were within my brigade, but I didn't know them or anything.

There has been one issue common to every case. EVERY SINGLE CASE! A cheating female.

What does that mean or how can we fix it? Heck if I know. I just feel bad for anyone that is married or has a girlfriend that thinks she is going to be faithful to him while he is gone.

If this were shown to be true statistically, that's still a significant phenomena because cheating occurs quite often in our society and it doesn't lead to suicide most of the time. I'm wondering if some military personnel are relying on that person/relationship to get them through the tough times (sort of like Tom Hanks in Castaway with Helen Hunt) so when that coping mechanism is taken away, there is no other way for them to get through it?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by AGDee

If this were shown to be true statistically, that's still a significant phenomena because cheating occurs quite often in our society and it doesn't lead to suicide most of the time. I'm wondering if some military personnel are relying on that person/relationship to get them through the tough times (sort of like Tom Hanks in Castaway with Helen Hunt) so when that coping mechanism is taken away, there is no other way for them to get through it?

Maybe and then add easy access to weapons.

I also think that the group is overwhelming young and male probably changes things in a lot of ways. ETA: I mean changes it from the general population, not changes it from previous wars obviously.