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Seau's Suicide Euphoria

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After hearing sports news commentators talk about a subject they are misreading , it is time to revisit the subject of Junior Seau's suicide . Speculation is one thing, and has been wild . But there is no reason to not look at his suicide based upon science. Much decoding occurs when forensically examining suicide after the fact, of course, and no one really knows what a suicidal individual is thinking. Their thought processes are confused, so for relatively normal human beings to try to figure out what caused the suicide is difficult. Nevertheless, from the research, interviews, and decades of suicidology (the formal study of suicide), a few insights can be shared. Junior Seau's SUV, October 2010. Let us look, therefore, first, at one important piece of obvious misinformation being shared about suicide, suicide ideation, and the hidden signs of suicides concerning Junior Seau's suicide. One of the most common items heard from sports newscasters and sports talk radio perso