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elehhhhna
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Fri Dec-14-07 04:51 PM Original message |
U.S. Suicide Rates for adults ages 45-54 climb to highest level in 25 years |
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mac2
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Fri Dec-14-07 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Middle Aged in America |
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elehhhhna
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Fri Dec-14-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yep. You nailed it. Rates for middle-aged women are the highest, btw. |
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Missy Vixen
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Fri Dec-14-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Women over 50 are considered invisible and disposable |
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GreenPartyVoter
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Fri Dec-14-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Don't forget out of reach healthcare. Perhaps an additional reason for |
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OhioChick
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Fri Dec-14-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Bingo! n/t |
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truedelphi
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Fri Dec-14-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. The job mnarket is extremely difficult for middle aged women |
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elehhhhna
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Sat Dec-15-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Single-payer HCare would do more to end age AND SEX discrimination |
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truedelphi
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Sun Dec-16-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Yep It sure would. |
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Desertrose
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Fri Dec-14-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. You are right on...sadly. |
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havocmom
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Then, there is the 'sin' of knowing a thing or two. |
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sicksicksick_N_tired
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Fri Dec-14-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. You are correct. Middle-aged, middle class squeezed out of the American Dream. |
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fed-up
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Fri Dec-14-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. you forgot buying a nondisclosed former meth lab and learning you own a worthless haz-mat site |
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zippy890
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Fri Dec-14-07 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. 'highest among middle aged women' |
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BuelahWitch
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Fri Dec-14-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. They know why, they just won't say |
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rolleitreks
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Fri Dec-14-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. You reach fifty, you figure out you're not really relevant anymore. n/t |
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kestrel91316
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Fri Dec-14-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yep. Sez kestrel, who is now 50 and 11 months....... |
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liberal N proud
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Fri Dec-14-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Similar to the traders in 1929, only this time it is every day people |
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symbolman
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Fri Dec-14-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think its more than that, though I agree |
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truedelphi
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Fri Dec-14-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Sorry you are in the same boat I'm in Symbolman |
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Trillo
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Fri Dec-14-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. I was moved by this paragraph of yours |
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elehhhhna
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Sat Dec-15-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. "When we miss more than we want, its OVER..." |
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Neecy
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Fri Dec-14-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. I wonder... |
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tridim
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Fri Dec-14-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. I know 3 people who committed suicide this year |
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libodem
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Fri Dec-14-07 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. So sad |
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undeterred
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Fri Dec-14-07 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. There is a ton of age discrimination in the work force |
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Manifestor_of_Light
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Fri Dec-14-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. Very true. |
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Deja Q
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Fri Dec-14-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. They do? They claim the young have a "sense of entitlement" and are "coddled". BTW, |
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symbolman
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Sat Dec-15-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. What the hell is Devo 2.0? |
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alarimer
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Fri Dec-14-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. This makes me feel pretty damn hopeless |
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graywarrior
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Fri Dec-14-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hell, I walk that line every day. |
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blues90
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Fri Dec-14-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I didn't think age mattered until I lost my job |
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RainDog
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Sat Dec-15-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. I would have never thought |
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BlueIris
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Fri Dec-14-07 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. K&R. Yikers. nt |
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gauguin57
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Fri Dec-14-07 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. Just turned 50 (and had a FABULOUS birthday!) ... not to be flip, but ... |
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malaise
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Fri Dec-14-07 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm betting lost jobs and |
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Digit
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
30. If it comes to living under a bridge in a box or suicide, I always hated bugs |
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Bennyboy
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
32. I have had a bunch of friends do this lately.... |
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Roon
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Sat Dec-15-07 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
33. I know a fifty something man who committed suicide last year |
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leftofthedial
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Sat Dec-15-07 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
34. we might as well all do it |
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DFW
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Sat Dec-15-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. Whew! |
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elehhhhna
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Sat Dec-15-07 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
38. The company I work for cleans up suicides and there does seem to be an uptick... |
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