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RE: Top 4 Reasons for Japanese to Commit Suicide (Notes from Under the Tatami Mats–26 … My Adventures in Japan)
Suicide is not only crime & ethically wrong step but no one is willingly going to end their unless their is a abslute compelling force. we need get both these parties correct to overcome suicidal mentality, not only in Japan but in other nations too. About 90% of people who commit suicide have a mental illness at the time of their death. Depression is the top risk factor, but there are various other mental health disorders that can contribute to suicide, including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
i would like to add four more highly contributing factors that adds to it world wide :
Breakups.
Career efrocement on students by their own familes.
Being diagnosed with a serious medical diseases, such as cancer or HIV.
Substance abuse.
I'm not sure about your "90%" figure. While many who commit suicide suffer from diagnosed or diagnosable mental illness, many do not.
Many commit suicide owing to horrible external circumstances. To turn it around and say it was caused by depression is unreasonable. And in fact, none of the 4 factors you mentioned are "mental illness."
Also, as I noted in this (unscientific) post, mental illness is not in the "TOP 4" reasons among Japanese. Having lived there for almost 2 decades, I can safely say that I do not recall one instance of hearing about a suicide owing to mental illness.
On the other hand, I did hear of suicides owing to the above external factors – too often!
Take it as an example
overweight, fatigue, pot belly and snoring are 4 main symptoms of obesity that is physical illness likewise the 4 factors i mentioned & 4 you mentioned in your post leads to depression, anxiety that are the symptoms of mental illness that effects their mood and behaviour. Remember it is an unnatural death and the intent to die originated within the person so all those horrible external circumstances discussed above must lead a person to a level where they are ready to end their own precious lives, that suggests that a person must be very stressful and depressed condition.
plus, I don't doubt your 2 decades of experience and knowledge of japan, you must better aware of the circumstances leading to suicides there But the comment i added was "factors that adds to it world wide" (not only in japan)including other nations too, to which @azanmalik, @honeysim, @letzsteem agreed to, aware of the caues of suicide in their respective nations.
By the way, really liked your posts about japan.
Have a great day
@socialalpha, I definitely agree with numbers 2 and 3 based on what i have seen and heard. Might I also add the practice of keeping things bottled up inside (which in turn can result to depression, which you also mentioned); masking one's emotions. Here it is like being expressive is a very bad thing and rather than say how one is feeling, society expects you to just fall in line, whether you like it or not.
@socialalpha highly agree bro
In india it is mostly bcoz of the 2nd factor you mentioned