Suicide, normally is not a sudden incident. There may be many incidents that lead a person to suicide slowly. There are many factors such as home environment, social environment, depression, mental illness and family history that lead a person to suicide.
If the person fails at a suicide attempt, the risk factors are higher. There are people, who act to threaten others, and really end up in dying due to accidents.
Suicides are often occurred due to stress and depression. In day to day life, people face many changes. When they fail to cope up or tackle the demands of the society, they decide to end up their lives. Situations like change of school, city or country, change of jobs, bereavement, marriage, separation etc., may lead to adjustment issues, anxiety, crying spells, loneliness, decreased sleep and appetite. This will gradually leads to depression and finally causes suicide.
Other mental disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar disorders may also lead to suicide. Schizophrenia patients are strongly connected to suicidal thoughts. They may experience suicidal thoughts due to the illness, suffering, dependency, drugs, lack of treatment or any other factors. For related mental health care, Adult Psychiatry is available at Ahana Hospitals.
Another major risk factor is substance use. People consuming alcohol, cannabis, inhalants or nicotine on a high end will not be in conscious state and they tend to commit suicide in high number. Comparatively suicides are high among binge alcoholics, people with self-mutilation behaviour when in high times, break up in a relationship or patients with psychotic illness. These symptoms may be the beginning stage of suicide.
It is said that both male and female commit suicide on an equal range. But suicidal tendency is high in men as they do not have the tendency to share their problems with others and basically they are weaker at tackling problems. And the weapons they use to commit suicide are also dangerous. Whereas women use simple methods like sleeping pills, poisons etc. Studies show that normally women fails at their first suicidal attempt.
Most of the people see suicide as a way to end their problems. But there are lot of others ways where you can tackle your problems. Share your problems with your friends or close relatives, where they can support you. Problems are not permanent and suicides are never a solution. Ahana Hospitals provides mental health support.
For information about suicide risk factors and prevention, see WHO – Suicide in India.
For information about warning signs and risk factors, see NIMH – Warning Signs of Suicide.