Logan Paul Japan Suicide Forest Vlog… (RE-UPLOAD)

Logan Paul Japan Suicide Forest Vlog... (RE-UPLOAD)
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Article By: https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/2/16841578/logan-paul-youtube-dead-body-suicide-contagion-japan

YouTuber Logan Paul posted a video on New Year’s Eve showing what appeared to be the body of a person who had died by suicide — and by doing so, he may have put his audience at risk. The video, which Polygon reports has been deleted from Paul’s 15 million-subscriber YouTube channel, sparked outrage for its disrespectful treatment of a dead body. But the truth is that turning the remains of a human being into a spectacle is worse than just horrifyingly bad taste: by sensationalizing suicide, it could also be dangerous.

The video shows Paul and his friends visiting Japan’s Aokigahara forest. There, they spot a body of someone who had apparently killed himself, Polygon’s Julia Alexander reports. “Paul then walks up to the body, providing closeups of the man’s hands and zooming in on the pockets of the victim to point out he still has his wallet,” Alexander writes.

The danger is that such detailed, sensationalized coverage of suicide can prompt copycat behavior — a phenomenon called suicide contagion. “Suicide contagion is real, which is why I’m concerned about it,” Madelyn Gould, a professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry at Columbia University, told The New York Times after actor Robin Williams’ widely publicized death from suicide.

If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs to talk, there are people who want to help:

In the US:

Crisis Text Line: Text START to 741741 from anywhere in the USA, at any time, about any type of crisis | http://www.crisistextline.org/

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 | http://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386 | http://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Outside the US:

The International Association for Suicide Prevention lists a number of suicide hotlines by country. Click here to find them.

Befrienders Worldwide: https://www.befrienders.org/need-to-talk

People don’t kill themselves because of just one thing, like a divorce or watching a video. But exposure to suicide can increase the risk of suicidal behavior for vulnerable people, like those with mental illness or substance use disorders. Suicidal behavior, mental illness, and substance use disorders are all treatable, but those who experience them may feel hopeless. So being exposed to suicide, whether directly (a friend or family member’s suicide, for example), or indirectly (like through media coverage) can influence the likelihood of attempts. Young adults are especially susceptible, a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. And Paul’s audience is primarily young people, Alexander reports.

Thank you for watching.

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41 Comments

  1. Coming back and watching this video makes it so much worse than I remember. He blatantly understands what he was doing was wrong before even posting it. Yikes.

  2. I watched this vlog when it was released. In 2017. When i was 12 and now I'm watching it the second time. Its 2021 I'm 16 and i now see that everythings literally wrong with this vlog!!! I was 12 when i saw this and i was like nothing was wrong ? RIP MAN MAY HE FINDS JANNAH Ameen

  3. I don’t get it, why are people still bashing Logan, leave him alone, the dude deserves forgiveness since he proved he is mature

  4. he really filmed, edited, and fucking uploaded this video for his viewers who are widely young minors.

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