Discussion Tokyo Suicide

[ARW3N]

I read how a Royal Mail worker flew to Tokyo last year and hanged himself in a hotel room after walking out of work and telling his family "I do not want the life I have." I don't want to mention the man's name or provide any links out of respect for his family and friends, but I'm impressed by his unshakeable resolve. He wrote in an email: "I have been dealt one bad card after another, I do not want to keep playing."

 

[Blurred_Reality]

Did he have a connection to Tokyo?

 

[ARW3N]

Did he have a connection to Tokyo?

It was a sentimental destination he had visited twice before. It's not unusual for people to take their lives in places they feel comfortable with. What pro-lifers don't count on at all is that it can be many miles away because of this idea they have that suicide is an impulsive act without forethought.

 

[Good4Nothing]

"I have been dealt one bad card after another, I do not want to keep playing."

Yup. Pretty much sums it up.

 

[ARW3N]

Yup. Pretty much sums it up.

The assistant coroner summed it up very succinctly: "It was a place that meant something to him and it was in Tokyo he decided to hang himself. He knew what he was doing, he knew what the outcome would be."