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✏️ Add "social and career suicide" note to suicide definition (#173)

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* Add "social and career suicide" note to suicide definition

* Suggest rephrasing "social suicide" instead of offering a 1:1 alternative

* Update 11ty/definitions/suicide.md

Co-authored-by: Tatiana Mac <github@tatianamac.com>

Co-authored-by: Tatiana Mac <github@tatianamac.com>
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@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Commonly referred to in conversation and journalism as "committed suicide", "too
Can also be used in combination with a related measure of "success" which promotes suicide as a desirable result. Can also be used in combination with a related measure of "success" which promotes suicide as a desirable result.
Suicide is sometimes used colloquially to mean something will severely negatively impact you (e.g., "social suicide" and "career suicide"). Replace "career suicide" with "career-ending," which conveys the same intent. Replace "social suicide" with a complete rephrase where you avoid placing blame on the individual: "Doing this will negatively impact your social life."
## Impact ## Impact
Unless used with sensitivity and care, discussion of suicide can reinforce negative stereotypes and stigma around mental illness. Sensationalist reporting of suicide also risks inadvertently promoting suicide. Unless used with sensitivity and care, discussion of suicide can reinforce negative stereotypes and stigma around mental illness. Sensationalist reporting of suicide also risks inadvertently promoting suicide.