As the CDC report highlights, a person’s mental health may or may not be linked to suicide.You might ask something like, “It’s not unusual for people to think about suicide. Then, from the context of your interpersonal connection, if you suspect or intuit that suicide is possible, ask directly in a way that normalizes suicidal thinking. This approach is all about connecting with others in ways that are meaningful and authentic. Because we may not know if someone is suicidal, our best strategy is to treat everyone with kindness, compassion, and respect. Many respected suicidologists have thrown suicide risk factors and warning signs into the trash bin. As Spade and Bourdain’s deaths illustrate, suicide is unpredictable.In honor of my mother’s desire to manage bad news in groups of three, I’ve got some other threes to share: We can’t know the deeply personal reasons why individuals choose suicide. These 865 Americans may choose suicide for reasons similar or different than Spade and Bourdain. Many of these other American suicides will be military veterans. They’re not obvious.Īnother thing that’s not easily seen or especially obvious is the fact that, along with Spade and Bourdain, 865 other Americans will die by suicide this week. The dynamics that may have led them to choose death are opaque. By all measures, both Spade and Bourdain were highly successful. When people like Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain die by suicide, it’s hard not to be mystified. And then this morning there was Anthony Bourdain. Yesterday, there was the release of a new CDC report on Suicide. On Tuesday, there was fashion designer, Kate Spade. This week we’ve had bad news in waves, with three particular pieces distinctly linked to suicide. I suppose that organizing bad news into groups of three offered hope that the suffering might soon end-at least until the next set of three bad things came round. My mother always said, “Bad news comes in threes.” That concept, along with many of her other superstitions, never made much sense to me.
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