So we got a message discussing yet another suicide, this time committed by a man who was married and had kids. It came out of nowhere, he had it all and gave it up on a whim. But instead of shrugging our shoulders and saying “another body on the pile,” let’s dig into ways you can prevent suicidal mood swings from happening to you. Here SuperLutheran takes a look at hard data that confirms the Scriptural witness on the matter.
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Our previous episodes on this topic:
Suicide rates and elections: https://www.samuelcohn.net/societal-death-1/why-suicides-go-up-after-elections-%E2%80%93-even-if-your-side-wins/cc6f227b-8015-4f6f-adf2-6253aea6e6d8
Canada’s MAID explosion: https://www.christianpost.com/news/canada-assisted-suicide-increases-5-percent-of-all-deaths-report.html
Increased anti-depressant use: https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/29/1/e302287
Religious people are happier: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/01/31/are-religious-people-happier-healthier-our-new-global-study-explores-this-question/
Married Fathers are happier: https://ifstudies.org/blog/who-is-happiest-married-mothers-and-fathers-per-the-latest-general-social-survey
Right Wingers are happier: https://www.natesilver.net/p/what-explains-the-liberal-conservative
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2025.2572347#d1e332
Community enjoyers are happier: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266662272300014X
From light to heavy exercise methods, fit people are happier:
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/fitness/a60380248/strength-training-anti-depressive-effect
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12440746
Despresscore gay catholic kid: https://x.com/no_uh_noah/status/2116901926621389033#m
Lebe Stark: https://youtu.be/EZQ_jcxGts8
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