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'''Suicide''' is a serious is a serious consequence of [[circumcision]] or circumcision trauma.
'''Suicide''' is a serious possible consequence of [[circumcision]] or circumcision [[trauma]].<ref name="lowbridge2019">{{REFnews
|title=My son killed himself after circumcision
|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-47292307
|last=Lowbridge
|first=Caroline
|coauthors=
|publisher=BBC News
|website=BBC
|date=2019-04-17
|accessdate=2021-07-26
|quote=
}}</ref>


== [[Circumcision coma]] ==
== [[Circumcision coma]] ==
New Zealand researcher [[Lindsay R. Watson]] describes a state of denial in grown-up men who have not yet realized that in their earliest childhood, the [[circumcision]] gave them a highly traumatic experience that they have not yet realized or even processed. When genitally mutilated men realize for the first time (often through a trigger impulse from the outside) what has been done to them, it is often like an "awakening from a coma" to them.
[[New Zealand]] researcher [[Lindsay R. Watson]] describes a state of denial in grown-up men who have not yet realized that in their earliest childhood, the [[circumcision]] gave them a highly [[Trauma| traumatic experience]] that they have not yet realized or even processed. When genitally mutilated men realize for the first time (often through a trigger impulse from the outside) what has been done to them, it is often like an "awakening from a coma" to them.<ref name="watson2014">{{REFbook
|last=Watson
|first=Lindsay R.
|init=LR
|author-link=Lindsay R. Watson
|year=2014
|title=[[Unspeakable Mutilations]]
|url=
|scope=218
|isbn=978-1495266577
|accessdate=2021-08-13
}}</ref>


This is often followed by extreme feelings of hate, anger and loss. Chances are that these men find no way to channel their anger constructively to protect others from genital mutilation. Some of these simply give up themselves by committing suicide.
This is often followed by extreme feelings of hate, anger and loss. Chances are that these men find no way to channel their anger constructively to protect others from [[MGM| genital mutilation]]. Some of these simply give up themselves by committing suicide.<ref name="watson2014" />


== Documented cases of suicide due to circumcision ==
== Documented cases of suicide due to circumcision ==
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  |date=2012
  |date=2012
  |accessdate=2012-11-23
  |accessdate=2012-11-23
}}</ref> || {{Age|1983|10|07|2011|11|02}} || Hated himself and his mother over a very aggressive circumcision conducted while he was an infant.
}}</ref> || {{Age|1983|10|07|2011|11|02}} || Hated himself and his mother over a very aggressive [[circumcision]] conducted while he was an infant.
|-
|-
| Cagle, Kevin Lloyd<ref>{{REFweb
| [https://intaction.org/kevin-cagle-circumcision-suicide/ Cagle, Kevin Lloyd]<ref>{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153948390101937&set=a.453108571936&type=3&theater
  |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153948390101937&set=a.453108571936&type=3&theater
  |title=Circumcision Suicide: Kevin Cagle - 20 years old
  |title=Circumcision Suicide: Kevin Cagle - 20 years old
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  || 20 || <q>I hate my body. I don't feel whole.</q>
  || 20 || <q>I hate my body. I don't feel whole.</q>
|-
|-
| [[Jonathon Conte|Conte, Jonathon]] || {{Age|1981|06|14|2016|05|09}} || Botched circumcision and resulting depression.
| [[Jonathon Conte|Conte, Jonathon]] || {{Age|1981|06|14|2016|05|09}} || Botched [[circumcision]] and resulting [[depression]].
|-
| Hardy, Alex<ref name="lowbridge2019"/> || 23 || "It quickly became apparent that what had just happened was a catastrophe... I died in 2015, not now."
|-
|[[Hans Herzl| Herzl, Hans]] || 39 || Resented teen age [[Brit Milah| circumcision]]. Suicide after sister's death.
|-
|-
| Lwane, Dontsa || 19 || Botched circumcision.
| [[Fatalities#2005|Lwane, Dontsa]] || 19 || Botched [[circumcision]].
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|-
| Lwane, Wandile || 21 || Suicide after learning of his brother Dontsa's death.
| [[Fatalities#2005|Lwane, Wandile]] || 21 || Suicide after learning of his brother Dontsa's death.
|-
|-
| [[David Reimer|Reimer, David]] || {{Age|1965|08|22|2004|05|04}} || Never felt complete.
| [[David Reimer|Reimer, David]] || {{Age|1965|08|22|2004|05|04}} || Never felt complete.
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  |date=2008-12-25
  |date=2008-12-25
  |accessdate=2012-11-23
  |accessdate=2012-11-23
}}</ref> || 48 || Botched circumcision and resulting depression.
}}</ref> || 48 || Botched [[circumcision]] and resulting [[depression]].
|
|-
| Couture, Brycen<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-trauma-suicide-son/
|title=A Mother’s Grief: Circumcision Added to My Son’s Trauma Burden
|last=Couture
|first=
|init=LA
|author-link=
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-09-28
|accessdate=2025-10-07
}}</ref> || 23 || Childhood [[trauma]] plus [[circumcision]].
|}
|}


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There are some documented suicide attempts but surely most attempts never come to light.
There are some documented suicide attempts but surely most attempts never come to light.


{{PUB}}
* {{REFbook
|last=Massie
|first=Linda
|init=L
|year=2013
|chapter=Male Circumcision and the Potential for Unexplained Male Adolescent Suicide in Northern Ireland
|editors=[[George C. Denniston|Denniston GC]], [[Frederick M. Hodges|Hodges FM]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos|Milos MF]]
|title=Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements
|publisher=Springer
|location=Dordrecht
|pages=101-106
|DOI=10.1007/978-94-007-6407-1_7
|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-6407-1_7
}}
* {{REFjournal
|last=Jacobson
|init=B
|last2=Bygdeman
|init2=M
|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/317/7169/1346.full
|title=Obstetric care and proneness of offspring to suicide
|journal=BMJ
|date=1998
|volume=317
|pages=1346-1349
}}
* {{REFjournal
|last=Salk
|init=L
|last2=Lipsitt
|init2=LP
|last3=Sturner
|init3=WQ
|etal=yes
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/salk1/
|title=Relationship of maternal and perinatal conditions to eventual adolescent suicide
|journal=Lancet
|date=1985
|volume=i
|pages=624-627
}}</ref>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Depression]]
* [[Documented severe complications of circumcision]]
* [[Fatalities]]
* [[Neurotomy]]
* [[Psychological issues of male circumcision]]
* [[Trauma]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/what-is-making-these-guys-so-angry/
|title=“What Is Making These Guys So Angry”
|last=Chapin
|first
|init=G
|author-link=Georganne Chapin
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2022-06-15
|accessdate=2025-03-21
}}
{{REF}}
{{REF}}


[[Category:Circumcision risk]]
[[Category:Psychology]]
[[Category:Suicide]]
[[Category:Term]]
[[Category:Term]]
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