El País has just reported a suicide in Córdoba. The victim jumped from the window while being evicted from his home. This is the 4th such suicide in as many weeks.
In each case, the victim has been in his or her 50s. (The first three were all 53 years old, and today's was 58.) No idea whether that's anything but mere coincidence, or if not, what the reason might be. Something about the life stage or psychological profile of 50-somethings that makes them particularly susceptible to such desperation?
This is upsetting. If such extraordinary events are becoming common, how large an iceburg is hiding under the surface? Just how much suffering and desperation is there?
One hears discussion of "the crisis" everyday. Unheard-of levels of unemployment. Extended families living off of retired grandparents' pensions. Stores closing, empty restaurants, begging in the streets, dumpster diving. Spain's economic problems are beyond my comprehension.
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