Suicide is a complex issue with multifaceted causes, ranging from mental health struggles to societal pressures. Feelings of hopelessness, isolation, and despair often accompany those contemplating suicide. It's crucial to address the root causes, fostering empathy and awareness.
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Causes:
- Mental health
- Social factors:
- Trauma
- Substance abuse
It all starts in the mind, one with a lot of difficulties, financially and emotionally, it all becomes a mental stress. Who are your friends? Sometimes people we surround ourselves with can also be the cause of suicidal thoughts. How? Someone the trusted the most may hurt you, disappoint you and dump you, people in your community may push you away or talk a lot of things behind your back. It makes start to think and feel differently.
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Feelings:
- Isolation
- Despair
- Guilt
- Helplessness
You will want to stay alone cause you will think it's safe, but you won't completely feel safe, you cry on your own, you think you're the cost of your problems and you're out of solutions. But suicide is not the solution to your problems. How can you help yourself?
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Solutions:
This are some helpful tips to help yourself.
- Personal support : encourage yourself, let yourself know you are more valuable alive than dead.
- Vulnerability acceptance: accept your mistakes, recognize that you're weak, it will help you on getting strong.
- Shared experiences: talk to someone about it, tell them how you feel. You will find out their advice helps.
- Peer-to-peer assistance: get new friends, not just anyone but ones who cares about you. Their company helps.
Also don't forget, your solution will become others problem, your parents will feel the pain, those who love you will miss you. Think about the consequence of your action on others.
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By making solutions more personal, we strive to create an environment where individuals feel seen, heard, and cared for, fostering a world where compassion becomes a powerful tool in the fight against suicide.