Gorgeous actor hangs himself

[unicorn]

One always wonders why someone who seems to have everything going for himself would commit suicide. Yet gorgeous Spanish-American actor Francisco San Martin appears to have done just that. What I wouldn't do to be able to live in that body...

 

 

 

[floridarob]

I know a few people that have killed themselves. The demons have been there for awhile, not something they woke up one day and decided to do it......

[Zipper]

Very sad. You never know what’s going on in someone’s head

[unicorn]

2 hours ago, Zipper said:

Very sad. You never know what’s going on in someone’s head

 

4 hours ago, floridarob said:

I know a few people that have killed themselves. The demons have been there for awhile, not something they woke up one day and decided to do it......

Well, studies with nearly-successful suicide survivors have shown that the act is often impulsive, and, more often than not, preceded by an acute interpersonal crisis. I wonder if something could have been done to prevent this one. 

https://means-matter.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/duration/#Simon

• The Houston study interviewed 153 survivors of nearly-lethal suicide attempts, ages 13-34. Survivors of these attempts were thought to be more like suicide completers due to the medical severity of their injuries or the lethality of the methods used. They were asked: “How much time passed between the time you decided to complete suicide and when you actually attempted suicide?” One in four deliberated for less than 5 minutes!  (Simon 2005).
  • Duration of Suicidal Deliberation:
    • 24% said less than 5 minutes
    • 24% said 5-19 minutes
    • 23% said 20 minutes to 1 hour
    • 16% said 2-8 hours
    • 13% said 1 or more days
• A study from Deisenhammer asked people who were seen in a hospital following a suicide attempt how long before their suicidal act they first started thinking about attempting it. 48% said within 10 minutes of making the attempt. The full distribution is as follows:

In an Australian study of survivors of self-inflicted gunshot wounds, 21 of 33 subjects (64%) stated that their attempt was due to an interpersonal conflict with a partner or family member (deMoore 1994). Most survivors were young men who did not suffer from major depression or psychosis, and the act was almost always described as impulsive. A similar study in Texas with 30 firearm attempters found 60% had experienced an interpersonal conflict during the 24 hours preceding their attempt

[Suckrates]

 

Not everyones idea of "having it all" is the same.  

[floridarob]

Those stats would seem to line up to what this article refers to Stage 3 and what I've experienced from the people I knew that have done it....

https://cgi.edu/biodyne-model-therapists-masters-suicide-assessment-prevention/

[unicorn]

Reminds me of another actor whose hanging I couldn't fathom, the gorgeous actor Jonathan Brandis. He had talked to friends about suicide, so perhaps he might have been saved?

[unicorn]