Month: February 2022

In Episode 48: Celebrity & Suicide we discuss reasons why celebrities may choose to end their lives by suicide.  One might think that the happiness brought to celebs by fame and fortune would make them less likely to consider suicide. It turns out that success cannot prevent you from becoming suicidal. Being successful does not guarantee happiness. For some time Yale University has offered a course called Psyc 157: Psychology and the Good Life.  It essentially …

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In episode 46: Anger & Suicide, Part I and episode 47: Anger & Suicide, Part II, we noted that anger and suicide are related.  Of course, not everyone who takes their life has an anger management problem.  And, of course, not all angry people are suicidal.  It might seem that an angry person is more likely to pose a danger to others than to themselves. The portrayals of “bad guys” in movies and TV usually …

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