Out of the darkness of suicide

Sunday: We kill ourselves more often than we kill each other. If that surprises you, it's no wonder. Suicide hides behind whispers. As if by turning our faces, we could make it go away. It hasn't. Suicide has outpaced homicide for at least 100 years.

Also in this installment
If you need help
Facts about suicide
The military and suicide

Monday: The drive to survive is a powerful force. It hums within the body’s very cells. Why then, among any 20 people in any given week, is one of them pondering suicide?

Also in this installment
Insurance disparity a hurdle to treatment
Silent shame of suicide hides behind thin blue line

Today: On an average day, roughly 90 Americans kill themselves. Those losses are changing a long history of hush-hush. People are starting to talk about suicide, and they don't care if it's unpleasant.

Also in this installment
Colleges can't expell suicidal students
More care, less condemnation by religion

All video interviews in this series, available on HamptonRoads.tv:

Lisa-Marie Janotka
Mother of five loses her husband

Jodi Butler
Norfolk woman loses her brother - Part 1 | Part 2

John Jenkins
Former police officer loses father - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Beth Reavis
Wife loses husband of 19 years - Part 1 | Part 2