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Originally Posted by rubymoo

I feel the problem is that men don't communicate as freely as women, if a couple have marital problems then the woman is more likely to go to friends/relatives for advice, whereas a man won't even divulge to his friends that there are problems, why this is i don't know.

The presenter in the BBC programme who'd lost his dad to suicide, stated that they were a happy family, there weren't any marital issues, it was only after his passing it was found that he was infact having affairs, the wife loved her husband (the presenters dad) and had no idea the inner struggles he was facing.

Statistically women try to commit suicide more than men, but the method they use often fails (overdose) whereas the methods used by men are often immediately fatal (hanging/shooting/jumping off buildings/lying on train tracks etc) this is the reason that statistically men have a higher suicide rate.

Attempted suicides by overdose are often not "true" suicide attempts (although they do often result in death anyway) but are more ambiguous combination of a cry for help and "not really caring" if death is the end result.

If someone is 100% sure and determined to kill themselves then they will almost always succeed on the first attempt.