User blog comment:Lalainee/Near Death Experiences!/@comment-1874924-20101104061311/@comment-1874924-20101105022446

Yes, if I'd done it, I wouldn't be here to give you guys a hard time.

I read once that girls are far more likely than boys to attempt suicide, but more boys "succeed" in spite of that imbalance because boys tend to use more lethal methods. Psychologists believe that the reason for this is that girls are more likely to attempt suicide as a cry for help, whereas boys are more likely to see it as a solution to their problems.

From a legal standpoint, children under 10 can't commit suicide--such deaths are officially classified as accidents. The rationale is that, while younger children can understand the concept of wanting to die, they don't understand the finality of death.