SUICIDE

What are the reasons why people commit suicide? Love failure, fear of failure in examination, poverty, debt, marital problems, chronic illness, etc.It is a momentary madness, if the moment passes, then sanity prevails.
When the exams results are round the corner, the tension experienced by the students is terrible. If they are not counseled properly, they are prone to take the extreme step. Fortunately there are centers like Sneha doing such a good job in counseling for those who contemplate suicide.
Students must be made to realize that exams can be repeated next year, but once life is lost, everything is lost. Even failed attempts can be problematic.
Recently it was in the news about farmers committing suicide due to poverty and mounting debts. They took the extreme step due to crop failures and no way out of the debt traps they had fallen in. It is a different issue that they have left behind their families to face the very same situation as well as to mourn their loss.
Love failure, what can be said about this? Jilted lover sometimes resorts to suicide, maybe as a warning to her/his ex-lover. A jilted lover who does not have inner strength, will resort to taking his/her life, instead of getting over the experience and starting fresh. God has given only one life, why do people not realize this? Life is to be lived, enjoyed, and experienced with all good and bad.
There are some cases where a person ends his/her life because of chronic illness. They probably do not want to be a burden on their family.
There was this gentleman, a very disciplined person, who timed all his actions to perfection. Every activity had a particular time, he did not budge either way, come rain or sunshine. When he aged, his body would not co-operate with him, he was vexed. When he came to know he did not have long to live, he took his own life. He had always controlled everything in his life, he could not accept the fact that his body was failing him. He probably decided that he would die at his chosen time. He left behind a bewildered family. They are taking a long time in recovering.
Those who are suffering major depression, may contemplate suicide. Normally, those who attempt suicide are asking for help. They are unable to cope with their particular problem, so they are seeking a way out.
All the signs and symptoms will be there for anyone to see. A person who is contemplating suicide will show no interest in life, will have problems with sleep and food, will always be in a depressed mood, and will withdraw into him/herself. He/she will have crying spells, will also express thoughts of suicide, and will talk about death. It should not be ignored. He/she is actually asking for help, psychologically. He/she must be counseled, and not left alone for a long time.
Counseling does help a lot. A person lost his brother to suicide, has been guilty ever since. He feels he did not do enough to save him. It took some counseling to make him realize he was not at fault. Suicide has such a devastating effect on the family.
A youngster who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, took his life because he did not want to live with this disease. He was getting the best of treatment, but he could not live with the thought that he could relapse. A very tragic story.
Like it has been stated earlier, suicide is a momentary madness. If a suicide prone person is dissuaded from this act, a life can be saved.
Those who are saved, may resort to it later. That is why they have to be counseled.
But there are some who use the threat of suicide as a blackmailing stunt. They also require counseling. If ignored, they may attempt it.
When a person feels very low, feels there is no future, does not want to be a burden on family or society, and when in pain, either physical or emotional, will contemplate suicide. Be free once and for all. Their emotions need to be handled properly, they must be made to realize they too are important members of society. They too can contribute to the growth of the society and mankind.