Many of us likely know someone who committed suicide or know someone who had a friend or family member commit suicide.
I had a former high school teammate, as well the father of a good college friend, take their own lives. I also was at a university when an athlete apparently committed suicide.
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In the United States, suicide is reported as being the 10th leading cause of death. It is estimated that approximately 40,000 people annually commit suicide — and these stats usually count only the incidents we are reasonably sure of.