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Cosmic Librarian's avatar

I don't doubt this is true. What is really disturbing is the number of alleged 'suicides.'

Suicides are devastating in ways that other deaths are not. Worse is that family and friends are reluctant to discuss it at all. Having known, personally, people who've done this, is the shame and discomfort attached to it by friends and family. Even worse, they often give no details in obituaries, or do not list an obituary at all. They just depend on friends, family, and churches to get the word out. It's horrible. There is also documented proof that suicide is a form of contagion.

https://time.com/5572394/suicide-contagion-study/

This happened to a colleague of mine. A good friend and neighbor of his took his own life. The colleague was very upset by it. About a year later, my colleague took his life, leaving a young widow, two young children, and a lot of friends and colleagues devastated.

It's really awful to think that nefarious people could be using this 'suicide as contagion' as a way to off people. This would also be a way to get people to not ask more questions of friends and family about the victim's state of mind, or things bothering them, because it would not seem a 'proper' thing to do as people grieve and deal with their lives and families turned upside down.

I read just today where the FBI has been in disarray since the current president took office...it's a total mess, even beyond investigating cases like this one. Maybe that's by design? One has to wonder...really wonder, without getting into a conspiracy mindset. But what if it is a conspiracy?

Personally, I feel we are in deeper trouble as a country, as a world, and as a species, than we could ever imagine.

https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/resignations-firings-depleted-fbi-justice-department-scrambling-rebuild-132181293

The Sentinel Network™'s avatar

Sorry to hear about your colleague. It's been a rough few years and we agree, humanity needs help right now.

Cosmic Librarian's avatar

Mainly, humanity needs to grow up. As a species we are still unruly, trouble-making adolescents. Not every human is that way, but humanity as a whole. I just addressed this very thing here: https://unknowncountry.com/headline-news/very-very-soon-trump-promises-ufo-file-release-as-pressure-mounts-in-congress/

My colleague passed over 20 years ago. When it happened, employees left because they could not deal with it. I was more or less a 'Counselor Troi' and listened to other employees, while also dealing with it myself. I was in management and HR. We were a small company, and it pretty much put us on the path to closing.