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What are some signs that someone is suicidal?
Name some causes a person might be suicidal?
Difference between self harm and suicide?
Answers
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Hey mate!
This is really deep and serious topic. People usually just ignore and try to avoid discussing such topics. Some people who get overwhelmed by Life's challenges often have such dangerous and life threatening thoughts. People with serious anxiety and depression often think of self harm.
Below given points stating the suicidal signs are collected from few reliable resources to answer your curiosity;
- Feeling depressed
- Lack of interest in activities once enjoyed
- Irritability
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Shame or humiliation
- Mood swings
Verbal Markers include talking about:
- Killing themselves
- Their life having no purpose
- Feeling like a burden
- Feeling stuck
- Not wanting to exist
Behavioral Markers can include:
- Isolating from others
- Not communicating with friends or family
- Giving away possessions or writing a will
- Driving recklessly
- Increased aggression
- Increased drug and alcohol use
- Searching about suicide on the Internet
- Gathering materials (pills or a weapon)
- Has the means (weapons or medicines) available to do harm to themselves or to another person.
- Has set a time and place to attempt suicide.
- Thinks that there is no other way to end the pain.
Some of its causes might include:-
- Have had or have mental health problems such as severe depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or anxiety.
- Have been through family violence, including physical or sexual abuse.
A person facing severe depression May try to self harm by using sharp objects to hurt themselves at times. Sometimes being lonely, friendless, having no one there for them to talk to can impact them harshly and deeply and it becomes too much to bear for them....
All we need is to provide them a helping hand, making them believe that we are there for them, to help them anytime and we love and care for them. We need to show them our love, sincerity and empathy. We need to know what they are going through to be able to understand and help them. Make them believe in life and self love.