800000 people around the world commit suicide every year, this is equivalent to 1 person every 40 seconds. According to DoSomething.org, in every 25 attempted suicides only one is successful. With this new set of information as well as the first thing I told you, that works out to 20 000 000 people attempting to commit suicide annually.
Many people around the world who haven’t had suicidal thoughts nor been related to a person who has, have the tendency to judge a person in ways of calling them weak, selfish and a quitter. My opinion on the following is very different.
Weak? How can a so-called “weak person“ have enough strength to kill him or herself? You know that you can never get your life back but still you have the energy to unwrap the new razor blade and push deep enough to hit the right vein, knowing …show more content…
I know how hard it is to be a family member of a suicidal person; it was hard of me so I can’t imagine how hard it was for them. It hurt but all I could do was support and let them know I am here for them. Sometimes family support isn’t always enough luckily there are psychologists and therapy clinics such as Akeso, Poortview and Tara who all have an in-house rehabilitation programs. The patient will see a psychologist, psychiatrist, and social worker and be exposed to different types of therapy. But sometimes it is not enough, does that make them selfish?
Are they selfish or are you the one who is selfish because they maybe don’t want to be here or aren’t here anymore. Have you taken in to account how much pain they go through and that they really can’t do it anymore? They go in and out of rehab for you and are still hurting but no they are selfish. Okay I understand you love them and don’t want them to go but you keeping them around causes even more pain for them. Many suicidal people don’t want to die, they want to stay and live but they want the pain to
Many people around the world who haven’t had suicidal thoughts nor been related to a person who has, have the tendency to judge a person in ways of calling them weak, selfish and a quitter. My opinion on the following is very different.
Weak? How can a so-called “weak person“ have enough strength to kill him or herself? You know that you can never get your life back but still you have the energy to unwrap the new razor blade and push deep enough to hit the right vein, knowing …show more content…
I know how hard it is to be a family member of a suicidal person; it was hard of me so I can’t imagine how hard it was for them. It hurt but all I could do was support and let them know I am here for them. Sometimes family support isn’t always enough luckily there are psychologists and therapy clinics such as Akeso, Poortview and Tara who all have an in-house rehabilitation programs. The patient will see a psychologist, psychiatrist, and social worker and be exposed to different types of therapy. But sometimes it is not enough, does that make them selfish?
Are they selfish or are you the one who is selfish because they maybe don’t want to be here or aren’t here anymore. Have you taken in to account how much pain they go through and that they really can’t do it anymore? They go in and out of rehab for you and are still hurting but no they are selfish. Okay I understand you love them and don’t want them to go but you keeping them around causes even more pain for them. Many suicidal people don’t want to die, they want to stay and live but they want the pain to