Suicidal tendencies: recognizing a person who wants to commit suicide

Suicide – such a terrible word is not at all new in modern society. Every year the number of suicides is growing rapidly. WHO data report that most often resorting to suicide is in Asia, Eastern Europe and the Baltics. People choose different ways to kill themselves. Someone is thrown from the top floor of their house or from a cliff, someone hangs himself in the bathroom, someone uses a huge amount of pills or drugs, and someone throws himself under the wheels of a car. But it is still possible to save another person with suicidal tendencies if you hear his cry for help in advance. The online publication estet-portal.com will tell you how to recognize someone who is on the verge and what to do about it.

What drives a person to commit suicide

Among the entire population of the planet, adolescents under 20 years old and men 45 & ndash; 54 years old are at risk. We have not mentioned women here. After all, representatives of the beautiful half of humanity with suicidal tendencies are much less common than men. The fact is that girls by nature are emotional in themselves and almost always share their problems with friends and relatives, receiving psychological support. And the men – secret creatures. They prefer not to tell anyone about their problems, only making things worse for themselves.
There are different reasons for suicide. As practice shows, teenagers decide to commit suicide because of a broken heart, conflicts with parents or low self-esteem. Thus they walk away from what they cannot bear. The sad fact

According to statistics, there are twice as many suicides on Mondays than on Tuesdays and other days. And the "season" suicide is considered spring. After all, it was at this time that, along with the awakening of nature, depression and chronic diseases intensified.

Older people decide to do crazy things for one of the following reasons:

•    loss of a loved one;
•    job loss;
•    deep loneliness;
•    feeling useless;
•    losing contact with the outside world.

Serious illnesses of a chronic or progressive nature often push them to suicidal tendencies.

Warning signs of a potential suicide: what should alert

It has been noticed that the terrible thought of killing oneself comes to the mind of selfish people who do not think about their loved ones at all. And only God knows what is going on in the mind of a suicide at the moment of his act.

But, nevertheless, a potential suicidal person can be pulled out of the trap and put on the right path even before he makes a mistake. But how to do that? How do you know if someone close to you has suicidal tendencies in their head?

In fact, a potential suicide can be recognized by a number of several signs:

•    Constant talk about
death and suicide like "What happens after death?". And among the favorite music there are songs that sing about the end of life, crosses and so on. In this case, a person who wants to commit suicide often fantasizes out loud.•    Loss of former life energy – the person feels tired and bored.
•    Depression – a potential suicide has lost the taste for life. He is no longer happy with his former hobbies. He can often be seen in a dull, sad, and sometimes even nervous state.

It has been proven that the risk of dying increases 20 times when depressed. And the deeper this state, the harder it is to get out of the trap and find an incentive to live.

•    Change in appetite – it either disappears or breaks through.
•    Sleep disturbance – a potential suicide cannot sleep at night, he is tormented by nightmares. In dreams, accidents, cataclysms, catastrophes and other pictures are often depicted in which he dies himself or together with other people.
•    Sloppy appearance – a person who plans to die stops looking after himself. He walks around with dirty hair and dirty clothes.
•    Using alcohol or drugs. If earlier the potential killer did not have bad habits, now he uses alcohol and drugs, and in huge quantities.
•     Sudden behavior change. The one who used to be a sociable merry fellow has become more withdrawn. And the one whom everyone remembers as a quiet person became more open.
•    Putting order in your life. A potential suicide, before going to the other world of his own free will, decides all his earthly affairs: distributes his favorite things to friends and acquaintances, pays off debts, makes a will.

Certainly, it is impossible to tell by one sign alone that a terrible thought has crept into a person's head. Therefore, it is necessary to consider all the signs as a whole. Only in this case it is possible to predict the true intentions.

Suicidal tendencies: what to do in this case

If suddenly in your social circle you notice a person with suicidal tendencies, you must act immediately. After all, his life could be cut short any minute. Sit quietly and talk to him, delve into his experiences and understand them. Main – let him know that he is not alone in this world, he has support and people who love him. But it is necessary to act not only alone. You should definitely connect specialists from the hotline of trust and the neuropsychiatric dispensary to help. Only in this case you will help a person get out of the trap and regain the meaning of life.