Heavy metal suicide [Last one now]

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Last ‘We didn’t start the fire’ blog – promise.

I had considered doing seven but, after the first few jumping out of the page at me, the last couple have taken a lot more effort.

This last line refers to 1983.

“Heavy metal suicide”.

As a quick Google shows “Heavy metal tracks ‘Suicide Solution’ and ‘Better By You, Better Than Me’ are called into question by the family members of fans of the tracks who committed suicide.”

There’s been a lot of talk about suicide and mental health in the media (social and conventional) over the last few years.

Which is great.

It’s previously been seen as somewhat taboo subject.

For years my Nanna would explain “Uncle Charlie” on the family tree as having died aged XX because “he accidentally set off his shotgun climbing over a stile”.

It now seems pretty probable that he shot himself and the family covered that up.

An old friend of mine drove to a campsite in Wales a few years ago and gassed himself in his car.

Interestingly, a bit of research shows that the (recorded, at least) suicide rates have only been going back up the last few years.

They dropped year on year, on average, from 1981 to 2017.

And have started going back up since.

Randomly, they have jumped up in every year ending in 8 (which I can only assume is a coincidence).

Whatever the case, it’s clearly a long term problem.

And is, of course, indicative of a larger mental health situation.

Which, as mentioned earlier, has been an increased topic of conversation in recent years.

Which is great.

Talking is a huge part of making changes.

But, by itself, isn’t always enough.

When we couple it with action, that’s a potent combo.

It’s nearly always the doing of the thing that causes things to change.

Whether that be exercise, improved eating, more sleep, relaxation methods, meditation, journaling or many other things we can do that often help with our mental health.

Over the years I’ve probably had over 20 people tell me that they were considering (or had attempted) suicide before they joined us.

And, I assume, for every person who’s told me that, there are others who have been in the same situation but haven’t told me.

They found that, whilst the talking had helped somewhat……….

The adding the ‘doing’ on top helped way more.

We know it’s not that easy.

Nothing is.

That, sometimes, it’s the last thing we feel like doing.

But, we often only start to feel like doing something by doing it.

That doing it when we don’t feel like it is, perhaps, the most beneficial time to do it.

Never forget that we’re always here to talk.

But we’re also here to help you take action 🙂

Much love,

Jon ‘Squad’ Hall