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This is why the number of suicides in Hungary has increased dramatically
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In 2020, 1706 people committed suicide in Hungary, showing an increase of 10% compared to the previous year. According to experts, the worrying increase can be explained by a number of reasons, including the mental difficulties caused by the pandemic. Here are the possible reasons.
The significant increase in the suicide rate registered in 2020 is disappointing as the number of suicides in Hungary has shown a declining trend in the last 30 years. However, it seems that the pandemic – along with its detrimental effects in all areas of life – has caused severe mental difficulties, which unfortunately even became fatal in many cases.
As the Hungarian news portal g7 reports,
last year 1706 people committed suicide, showing an increase of 10% compared to 2019
when 1550 self-murders were registered. Based on this, the rate of increase is drastic: such a sharp rise in annual data was last seen during the low point in Hungarian suicide rates at the beginning of the 1980s.
However, over the last three decades, a positive tendency could be observed until the previous year. In terms of age, the rate of suicides committed by adolescents is unfortunately increasing. Accordingly, the number of suicides committed between the ages of 15 and 19 has not been declining since 2013. As far as gender is concerned, most self-murders were done by men last year: three more women and 153 more men committed suicide in 2020 than in 2019. For men, this represents an increase of 13%, while for women, it is less than 1% – reported by Portfolio. Besides these, the relatively high suicide rate among the elderly is also a typical phenomenon in Hungary. In terms of location, the suicide rate is remarkably higher in the smaller towns and villages than in larger cities, out of which “the black zone” in the southeastern part of Hungary has significantly worse suicide rates than other parts of the country.
Invasion of Privacy – of peoples space, getting in there Face, those amongst us that are going through difficult and challenging times in there lives.
The simple question if we observe a person who may be troubled – not overburdened in word usage but simple – asking – Are you alright ?
If the person wants to get into conversation – don’t be drawn into taking a position nor giving defined clear cut direction nor advice but answer – I understand – I understand – I understand.
People – whether it be those amongst us who are suffering an illness that is mental or a dependancy on drugs or alchol – that is causing them pain – those of us – who have never been “down that dark and lonely road’ – the place there lives may be or are heading – lets never forget – they ALL have a – Reason – and we can “ease the pain” by just low key non invasive brotherly love – be there for and with them.
Pandemic driven restrictions are much harder to take in the cities. I used to wonder why people feel such need for vacations until I started thinking about life in large cities. Even if you have a nice apartment, it is still an apartment. People need change.
It must be terrible to be confined with children, especially if one of the parents has a drinking problem. I can’t say enough to people to take the vaccination because that is the only way life can get back to normal. Be responsible and save your life and the lives of others. Please.
I took the dog for walks every day even at the height of pandemic and found enough work in the yard to keep me occupied. Telling communist slime what I think of them on the Internet is also good for stress relief.