The Sad Reality

I never really watch reality shows anymore, but I stumbled onto a link about a reality show suicide and was horrified to find out how many there have been over the last few years.
Gordan Ramsay from "Hell's Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares" has had 2 of his contestants committ suicide in the last 5 years alone! Ok, now with how much Ramsay screams and degrades contestants, does that really surprise you? Maybe Ramsay really is from a kitchen in hell.

Other shows that have recently lost former contenstants include Bachelorette, American Idol , Wipeout (contestant suffered a stroke during an event), Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Megan Wants a Millionaire and The Contender. Here's many more for anyone who isn't easily depressed by these sort of things.

Reality show suicides http://www.realityshowsuicides.com/

And before you blame the U.S. for crappy shows that people hate themselves enough to jump off a bridge for,  the United Kingdom's reality shows have suffered the same results.

So the question is: how does this happen? Are producers casting emotionally unstable people?  Is the pressure of instant tv stardom to blame? Or are the tv shows creating monsters out of contestants "on camera" that misrepresent who they really are?

Whatever the cause may be, it looks like the problem is snowballing recently, and that's very bad news for everyone.  I really hope this isn't the future for reality shows, cause it sounds like its getting too "real" for me.