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Roman Kemp

Happy Place

CHAPTER

Do You Know What Causes Suicidal Men to Kill Theirself?

Dean Obeidallah is the author of a new book about suicide and mental health. He spoke to Rory O'Connor, who says 70% of people that take their own life don't even know they have mental health. And he said this whole ideology of what we think a suicidal person looks like is wrong. It's not someone that is crying all the time or saying they're tired - it's these people looking happy. They are killing themselves because they don't feel like they're where they should be in their life. Not because of depression, not because of anxiety. But societal pressure. When that moment clicks, it's a snap moment. I always describe it obviously, I

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