Release of “13 Reasons Why” Associated with Increase in Youth Suicide Rates
Same reason that when they show the shooter's face all over the media and they give them tons and tons of attention, it typically spawns more copycats who are just lonely/sad/broken teens looking for the same attention.In the show, this teen's suicide was portrayed to have had an impact on many students/families/teachers etc for a very long time after the incident. It almost glorified the suicide and the methods of leaving tapes behind.Real suicide is not so glorious and does not leave a much of an impact as you would think, other than on the immediate family.For example, when my mother committed suicide, my sister, grandparents and myself were impacted severely for a bit, but outside of our family circle it didn't have as much of an impact.When I was in high school, we had a student commit suicide, which we ended up having 1 school meeting regarding it, but after about a week it had been forgotten by most and swept under the rug as everyone moved on to the next thing.I guess I am biased based on my two experiences with suicide, however glorifying it in any way will only lead to more incidents.