Suicide is the ultimate way of escaping from reality and avoiding the issues that cause unbearable pain, torment and suffering. However, recent studies, have suggested that many people who commit or attempt suicide are seeking an immediate and effective means of finding pain-relief, rather than actually wanting to die.
Today’s suicide statistics are highly-alarming. In England and Wales alone, there are around 4,700 cases reported on an annual basis – with 70% of them attributable to young men between the ages of 18 and 24. Suicide is often perceived as being the ultimate means of regaining control and offers a coping mechanism for those who attempt it. Often – other self-administered coping systems such as self-medicating with alcohol and drugs can have a highly-damaging effect on a person’s psychological health and wellbeing, and can send them into a downward spiral of intense unhappiness and despair.
Most within the mental-health community believe that suicide is caused psychological-processes, and can sometimes be brought on by harrowing events such as the death of a loved one, serious illness and other traumatic events. Suicide is also thought to sometimes be the outcome of traumatic experiences from the earlier-stages of a person’s life – that have never been resolved. A third cause can be attributed to the use of certain prescription medications – that can lead to a patient suffering from depression, overcoming their lethargy and making a final, radical decision on how to deal with their problems.
There is also a fear that suicide can be genetic and those who attempt it are pre-disposed to the condition. Whilst there is no evidence to substantiate this – suicide is a highly distressing event that can cause emotional havoc during its aftermath and has the ability to effect and determine behaviour. Even if a person succeeds in the act, the legacy of the tragedy is likely to last for years.
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