
3 Reasons People Die by Suicide When They’re Mentally Ill
There are many reasons people die by suicide when living with mental illness, but I’m going to focus on three. Suicide is an all-too-common outcome of mental illness, and most suicides have untreated mental illness as a factor. But what drives a person to the edge? What overrides the instinct for self-preservation and causes a person to end it all? I’ve attempted suicide, and these three reasons people die by suicide hit closest to home for me.