Over the years the act of suicide has followed man. There are a growing number of suicides. The people who commit to this act usually leaving notes revealing their loneliness. I in no way mean to offend anyone who's world has been rocked by an occurrence like this but in this day in age we are so connected that the idea of loneliness has grown.
In general, people try to kill themselves for various reasons
The most common reason for people committing suicide is depression. The pain of existence often becomes too much for severely depressed people to bear. The state of depression warps their thinking, allowing ideas like "Everyone would all be better off without me" to make rational sense.
Since depression, as we all know, is almost always treatable, we should all seek to recognize its presence in our close friends and loved ones. Often people suffer with it silently, planning suicide without anyone ever knowing. If you suspect someone might be depressed, don't allow your tendency to deny the possibility of suicidal ideation prevent you from asking about it.
The people committing suicide are often very impulsive (often related to drugs and alcohol), some people become maudlin and impulsively attempt to end their own lives because of different addictions. Once sobered and calmed, these people usually feel emphatically ashamed. The remorse is usually genuine, and whether or not they'll ever attempt suicide again is unpredictable. They may try it again the very next time they become drunk or high, or never again in their lifetime. Hospital admission is therefore not usually indicated. Substance abuse and the underlying reasons for it are generally a greater concern in these people and should be addressed as aggressively as possible.
These people (with suicidal tendency) often cry out for help, and don't know how to get it. These people don't usually want to die but do want to alert those around them that something is seriously wrong. They often don't believe they will die, frequently choosing methods they don't think can kill them in order to strike out at someone who's hurt them, but are sometimes tragically misinformed.
The decision to commit suicide for some is based on a reasoned decision often motivated by the presence of a painful terminal illness from which little to no hope of reprieve exists. These people aren't depressed, psychotic, or crying out for help. They're trying to take control of their destiny and alleviate their own suffering, which usually can only be done in death. They often look at their choice to commit suicide as a way to shorten a dying that will happen regardless.
The wounds suicide leaves in the lives of those left behind by it are often deep and long lasting. The apparent senselessness of suicide often fuels the most significant pain survivors feel.
Edited by raatkarahi - 13 years agoPeople who have committed suicide have always been a little more intelligent than the normal people... for eg. Psychologists commit suicide twice as much as any other profession.... Painters, poets, philosophers either go mad or commit suicide....Idiots have never been known to commit suicide, nor do they go mad...j/k