World Suicide Prevention Week

Suicide is often depicted as an acceptable and unavoidable reaction to disappointment, failure, and may be stress. The notion of suicide is pretty ambiguous and has been smeared with too many grey shades that this trend has been growing at an alarming rate. Media too has time and again glorified the act of suicide. Some says it’s a cowardly means, like running away from a problem. What really prompts a person to take this path?

Suicide never has one reason alone. But lack of stress management is always one of the root causes. Most people who felt that they have nothing to live for at some point, say they were so weighed down by pessimistic emotions that they saw no other way except suicide. Yet, with proper intervention & treatment, these people were able to move on in life as the bitterness passed.

Stress isn't intrinsically the villain. What other than stress can push you to ‘face the challenge’, and to improve yourself. Your body and mind should be tuned to know when stress becomes too much and intensifies suicidal feelings. And of course these stressors are so subjective that its difficult to pin down some common solutions. Reducing factors that compliments suicide is one simple way; be it at individual, familial or societal level.

If someone you know talks of suicide even in a joking manner, don’t take it lightly. If you cant get him/her to confide in you, keep a close watch and don’t hesitate to get professional help. According to WHO Statistics suicide is one of the leading causes of death among youth aged from 15 – 25. Is it because they are naturally more emotionally vulnerable or is it the skewed relationships or inability to cope with life’s setbacks?

Remember, steering of your life lays with you alone. So you took a wrong turn. Just turn back or go for a new road. Why would you crash yourself? We all have a cool & happening person inside us. You decide what you want to be, where you want to be and who you want to be with. If you cant cope with a ‘bad boss’, change your job. Find new friends. Talk to your family. Do what you need to do. Such a plethora of options to limit your stress! 

Hence, limit your stress, and find outlets to vent stress. Then there is no question of straying towards ‘danger zone’.