I read its uncommon for women to shoot themselves when committing suicide. It’s more a guy thing. Women tend toward pills more often.
That is true: Men are more likely to shoot and hang themselves and women to take pills. We had that drummed into us when taking Psych Tech courses in college...
True. Maybe it is a little surprising but shooting yourself is a bad way to commit suicide. First it typically leaves a terrible mess which might be why some guys do it. But you would not believe the number of people who end up just blowing off part of their face or head, paralyzing themselves, or causing very painful internal injuries that either take an extended period to die from or just leave people very messed up.
Over the years I went to several people who were trying to blow their heads off with a shotgun and ended up blowing off their faces. What a mess! If you have to use your toe to pull the trigger...just don't. It is stupid.
Women often take a bunch of pills and then call someone. In that case they are typically looking for attention, but many end up dying anyway. Sometimes the survivors end up with organ damage or brain damage. Just as stupid but in a different way.
“I read its uncommon for women to shoot themselves when committing suicide. It’s more a guy thing. Women tend toward pills more often.”
After my sister-in-law’s death by hanging in 1984 I read all kids of articles on suicide. I read that the messier and horrific suicides are the ones by those who are angry at the ones left behind and wanted to leave them a mess to clean up. I know that my sister-in-law had many issues with her parents.