Are Asians more prone to suicide?

[slycat]

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I believe somehow its more racially inclined...there are far more suicides in asia for some weird reason. In Japan and Korea, where i have friends and relatives, they say its a weekly affair. Commonplace activity for children, women, and men. Bad grades, rejection, loss of job, loss of promotion, love..etc. What do u think?..coz of religion or what? It just seems more acceptable over there and seems to be some romantic mysticism.

 

[GigaCluster]

Consider quality of life and religion.

 

[slycat]

Originally posted by: GigaCluster
Consider quality of life and religion.

most japanese are atheists/agnostic...but does that really make a difference?
And they have really high standard of living so...

 

[dc]

the magic of seppuku.

 

[rh71]

from birth, it is engrained (sp?) into your head that you must succeed... grades, job, etc. There are those who can't handle it and put things in perspective.

 

[AbsoluteParadigm]

Constant pressure from parents and culture to excel. Got a 95 on a test? That's considered low. Parents expect 100. No excuses. Trying doing that for 18 years.

 

[atom]

Originally posted by: slycat

Originally posted by: GigaCluster
Consider quality of life and religion.

most japanese are atheists/agnostic...but does that really make a difference?
And they have really high standard of living so...

Actually many Japanese are either Buddhist or Shinto.......

 

[slycat]

Originally posted by: AbsoluteParadigm
Constant pressure from parents and culture to excel. Got a 95 on a test? That's considered low. Parents expect 100. No excuses. Trying doing that for 18 years.

yeah but u get that here too, typical asian family culture. Asian parents in asia or in US i believe. Are you then saying the Asian imigrant parent is more lax here?

 

[slycat]

Originally posted by: atom

Originally posted by: slycat

Originally posted by: GigaCluster
Consider quality of life and religion.

most japanese are atheists/agnostic...but does that really make a difference?
And they have really high standard of living so...

Actually many Japanese are either Buddhist or Shinto.......

thats what they may 'appear' to be but i can attest a LARGE part of them know jack about what the hell it is or means. they just go through the customs blindly..etc.

 

[z0mb13]

peer (and family) pressure is very high

on the other hand, this is why in general asian people are more dedicated (successful) than other people

 

[atom]

Originally posted by: slycat

Originally posted by: atom

Originally posted by: slycat

Originally posted by: GigaCluster
Consider quality of life and religion.

most japanese are atheists/agnostic...but does that really make a difference?
And they have really high standard of living so...

Actually many Japanese are either Buddhist or Shinto.......

thats what they may 'appear' to be but i can attest a LARGE part of them know jack about what the hell it is or means. they just go through the customs blindly..etc.

You could say that about a lot of Christians too, but they're still Christians.

 

[slycat]

at least there's the whole church going experience, or influence in schools, friends, media, news, etc.
Quotes from the bible are pretty rampant in the western world.
in buddhism, u hardly derive anything unless u make the effort to go seek it. i know more about buddhism than all my 'buddhist' asian friends...my buddhist caucasian friends is a diff story.

 

[Nanotech]

Bunch of crazies!

Makes me wonder what ever happened to our young gallow maker

 

[AbsoluteParadigm]

Originally posted by: slycat

Originally posted by: AbsoluteParadigm
Constant pressure from parents and culture to excel. Got a 95 on a test? That's considered low. Parents expect 100. No excuses. Trying doing that for 18 years.

yeah but u get that here too, typical asian family culture. Asian parents in asia or in US i believe. Are you then saying the Asian imigrant parent is more lax here?

Some parents mellow, most do not. However, in Asia, you are pressure to do well all the time, from everything aspect of life. In the US, one can at least get a break from the pressure with friends.

 

[sygyzy]

Totally agree it has to do with the pressure to succeed. For many other cultures, that pressure is not there. There are pros and cons to this, of course.

 

[dc]

Originally posted by: atom

Originally posted by: slycat

Originally posted by: GigaCluster
Consider quality of life and religion.

most japanese are atheists/agnostic...but does that really make a difference?
And they have really high standard of living so...

Actually many Japanese are either Buddhist or Shinto.......

for the most part, only by name and some traditions/customs/ceremonies.

 

[atom]

at least there's the whole church going experience, or influence in schools, friends, media, news, etc.
Quotes from the bible are pretty rampant in the western world.

And there is no religious influence in the media in Japan?

in buddhism, u hardly derive anything unless u make the effort to go seek it. i know more about buddhism than all my 'buddhist' asian friends...my buddhist caucasian friends is a diff story.

Well I dunno if it's true, but I read somewhere a while back that close to 90% of all people in Japan participate in either Shinto or Buddhist traditions/celebrations/rituals.

Whether the societal pressure to succeed is religious or not, I don't have a clue. But it's not the same as Asians in America because at least Asians here only face it from their parents, not from society as a whole (at least not in the same way).

for the most part, only by name and some traditions/customs/ceremonies.

Well, it's the same as a lot of Christians. There are plenty of "Christians" that know jack sh!t about the bible, or at best a very elementary understanding of it.

 

[slycat]

i dun wanna get into something that cannot be proven but i have yet to meet a japanese who knows wtf siddarta gautama is. and when i tell them buddhism is based on/founded by an indian dude, they are like 'wtF?..no ways'. riiiight....:roll:

 

[FungusFeet]

Originally posted by: slycat
i dun wanna get into something that cannot be proven but i have yet to meet a japanese who knows wtf siddarta gautama is. and when i tell them buddhism is based on/founded by an indian dude, they are like 'wtF?..no ways'. riiiight....:roll:

Isn't he from Nepal?

 

[Achtung]

Originally posted by: FungusFeet

Originally posted by: slycat
i dun wanna get into something that cannot be proven but i have yet to meet a japanese who knows wtf siddarta gautama is. and when i tell them buddhism is based on/founded by an indian dude, they are like 'wtF?..no ways'. riiiight....:roll:

Isn't he from Nepal?

Nepal was part of India back then.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: slycat
i dun wanna get into something that cannot be proven but i have yet to meet a japanese who knows wtf siddarta gautama is. and when i tell them buddhism is based on/founded by an indian dude, they are like 'wtF?..no ways'. riiiight....:roll:

So that makes them athiest/agnostic? Or maybe just ignorant of their own beliefs?

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
peer (and family) pressure is very high

on the other hand, this is why in general asian people are more dedicated (successful) than other people

thats bs, asian are just as bad or as lazy as us american, nuff said.

 

[apac]

HARAKIRI!

 

[Ranger X]

Succeed or else, is the motto. Failure is not an option.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: slycat
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I believe somehow its more racially inclined...there are far more suicides in asia for some weird reason. In Japan and Korea, where i have friends and relatives, they say its a weekly affair. Commonplace activity for children, women, and men. Bad grades, rejection, loss of job, loss of promotion, love..etc. What do u think?..coz of religion or what? It just seems more acceptable over there and seems to be some romantic mysticism.

It's cultural.

They have a "Must live up to expectations!" stigma.