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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/jch254 on 2024-09-28 03:37:52+00:00.

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In New Zealand we also face serious struggles with suicide among both youth and adults and it’s often kept “hush hush”. New Zealand’s youth suicide rate for adolescents aged 15-19 years was reported to be the highest of 41 OECD/EU countries (based on data from 2010). While not as high as the US, men are more than twice as likely to die by suicide than women in New Zealand -

I have lost two very close friends to suicide in the past three years (both very talented males in their early 30s). I think about both of them everyday. Living in different parts of the world meant I awoke to a barrage of missed calls, voicemails and messages from other friends in our circles back home. I called back and heard the news that we’d lost our friend. When the first friend departed this earth in 2021 I had a sinking feeling, why so many calls and messages from all these people…? As sad as it sounds, when the second friend departed this earth, only around three months ago in July I knew exactly what had happened before even calling. Fucked up. Here’s hoping no more waking up to these type of calls.

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