I've heard that child suicides have doubled -- and I'm pale.

I did a little research and it looks a little different.

- The number of suicides among elementary through high school students doubled to 59 in August from 28 in the previous year.

- In April-June, when the refrain from going out was widespread, it was down about 13% nationally (but not just the data for children).

My prediction that the school ban would reduce the number of child suicides, was almost correct.

However, the "doubling of suicides in August" was unexpected.

However, the proportion of child suicides is very small compared to adult suicides and tends to fluctuate widely, so we should be cautious about making poor decisions.

But I think that it's not unrelated to the "corona disaster"

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Even before the declaration of the state of emergency, it was predicted that the number of suicides would increase.

But I thought it would be solely an "unemployment problem" and I hadn't really thought about the relevance to "children".

I feel like I've been "totally outsmarted.

I've looked at various media outlets about the suicide of children with corona disasters, but I don't seem to have a very clear reason for it.

In addition to the traditional reasons, they cite "domestic discord due to the Corona scourge," "a chain of celebrity suicides," or "a shift in the 'September 1 issue'" among others.

However, those roots are, I think,

"Rapid lifestyle changes"

Prohibition of going to school, living with parents for long periods of time, and restrictions on friendships (conversations, etc.), are typical "rapid lifestyle changes" and quite shocks, like

"being cut off with a sudden "snapping" sound, and then being abruptly reconnected to another line"

That's a tough one, even for adults who have been forced to make lifestyle changes many times over.

And more importantly, they are children.

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That's not to say that I have a concrete solution, but I have somehow bad feeling about it.

I feel bad to think 'something huge' that I will regret in the future, with saying 'I should have done that at that time', is going now.

I hope I'm wrong.