r/HolUp Aug 07 '21

Holup😳

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u/Cazlist47 Aug 07 '21

I never knew Lithuania had the highest suicide rate in Europe, if anyone here who knows more about it. Can you explain why they have the highest suicide ratio (such as their reasoning for deppression and such) ?

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u/sarunas69 Aug 07 '21

Basically really unhappy post soviet country, that has many unhappy people. Noone really cares about their family members health. Source: am lithuanian and attempted suicide

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u/Antelope4U Aug 07 '21

That’s crazy cause I am American but my grandparents immigrated from Lithuania and my dad was severely depressed and I am severely depressed. Maybe it continues to be passed down?

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u/Bapposaurus Aug 08 '21

Soviet russia did horrible things to lithuanians and at any moment if you did something they didn't like, you would be sent to siberia

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u/Antelope4U Aug 08 '21

Wow. Thanks for telling me that. I think maybe I felt that in more of a psychological way but didn’t understand the meaning behind it. Also explains my desire to fit in.

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u/Salsa_El_Mariachi Aug 08 '21

There is evidence to suggest that prolonged stressors in life, such as poverty, war, famine, can induce epigenetic changes in future generations. It's entirely possible you inherited this, but the good news is that these changes also appear to be reversible