40 Vendetta - The Truth Behind Suicides
For once, I finally understand why a person can be driven to suicide....
I always wonder how a person can just jump off a block or hang him/herself when he/she has no courage to live on. The truth is, these people probably are at their wit's end involving issues we will never know.
Imagine a middle level manager, OD abt 30000, credit card abt 30000 (abt 3 cards), other cashline services abt 40000. That's about $100,000 (low estimate). Didn't include other installments, insurance, investments. If he gets retrenched, then everything collapses like dominoes laid out on a floor. If the min payments are not settled, then interests add on to it. So it's like oweing more and more. Even if he gets a lower paying job, there goes the ability to pay for all those he owes. So what happens?
He tries to beg, steal, borrow but to no avail. He hangs on to these debts for 6 months to 1 year. Can you imagine having stress of not knowing when you'll ever (or even never) repay back all you've owed?
Hanging on to these burdens for 1 year is enough, imagine having to come home to a nagging wife/screaming kids. Having phone calls and reminders regarding payments. That's the last straw. He jumps off the block. Insurance coverage will settle almost everything.
Stress is the no.1 killer for all mankind, especially Singaporeans. If you can't have it, don't force it.
posted by locks @ 11:59:00 PM
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