Suicide is not hereditary - at least geneticists have not proved it. However, studies have shown that children whose mothers committed suicide are 7 times more likely to attempt suicide than children whose mothers do not. That statistic is why I am alive.
Maybe that statistic would help keep me alive too if I have kids.
Piggybacking on the sad story of Sylvia Plath's son's suicide, Christine Stapleton—a blogger at PsychCentral and columnist for the Palm Beach Post — wrote something interesting that caught my attention addressing whether suicide can run in genes:
Maybe that statistic would help keep me alive too if I have kids.