Increasing suicide attempts is a problem that is prevalent in the world today. Suicide is a destructive behavior that a person chooses as a solution to problems experienced at the physiological, psychological, social, and economic levels. Sometimes the failed person thinks that the other problem he or she is in can be solved. It is not and the only thing that can be done is the end of life. In the period between the emergence of suicidal ideation and action, one can often be helped. Preventing suicide can be one of the best things you can do. However, we face a challenge here. These desperate people often do not try to find resources that can help them find a way to overcome suicide. However, almost everyone who has suicidal thoughts shows some signs of these thoughts to those around them. Our job is to see these signals, to communicate with them, and to help them access the resources that can help them.
The symptoms that people with suicidal ideation can have about suicide and various risk factors are listed below.
• Saying they want to commit suicide
• Praise for those who committed suicide
. Making suicide plans
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder, suicide and death issues
• Giving importance to death and seeing it as a solution
• Have attempted suicide before
• The presence of people who have committed suicide in close family members
• Investigation of suicide methods
• Ease of access to tools used in suicide (having a gun, easy access to drugs)
• Talking about helplessness
• Significant withdrawal from social and hesitant interactions
. They are constantly sad and unable to even do everyday tasks
. Severe confusion, inability to think except for problems
• Repeated emphasis on the meaninglessness of life
• Thinking and saying that nothing matters anymore
• Complaining that they can no longer cope with economic problems
• Believing that no one can help them
• Feeling very guilty about the problems experienced
• Believing that experienced problems can no longer be solved
• Get angry about the environment and life
• They are completely indifferent to what happened
• Chronic economic problems
• Relationship problems that turn into chronic and conflicting separations
. Lack of social support resources (eg chronic resentment with family, severe conflict with friends)
. Exposure to traumatic experiences such as the unexpected loss of a loved one, rape, war, assault
. Psychological problems such as depression, drug use and chronic grief
• Presence in times of war, conflict, panic and social unrest
• Forced migration, deprivation and discrimination
Ways to prevent suicide of those around you
What are the ways to prevent suicide of those around you and how can we prevent a person from committing suicide?
Of course, you should be aware that it may take a long time from the time you think of committing suicide to committing it, or it may do so immediately, and the help and actions you can take towards this person can vary depending on the situation. be different.
1. Talk to the person you are worried about. Although this is not easy, but during the conversation you can be aware of the other person's problem and know why the person decided to do this or who has a problem for this person. Created.
In this conversation you should not lose control and you should not let worry and stress dominate your behavior because then you can not help it.
Something you can tell the person
• You are not alone in this situation and I can help you
You may not believe it now, but your feelings will change
• I may not be able to understand your feelings and problems, but your feelings are important to me and I want to help you.
• When you want to give up, tell yourself to wait just one day, hour, minute, more.
• There have been people who have grasped your problem and have been able to cope with it and solve it.
You should not treat the person in such a way that he feels that you feel sorry for him. Do not try to argue with the person and prove to him that he is wrong and that you are the whole intellect.
2. Trying to convince the person to get help from a counselor and clients who can help him professionally and with sufficient knowledge.
3. Usually, people who are thinking of suicide have lost their spirituality in their lives, and this lack of color can have various reasons. You should try to draw him to spirituality as much as possible, because all religions condemn suicide. And they emphasize the value of life.
4. If this person is one of your relatives and those around you, try to increase contact with him and control his behavior imperceptibly, and if the person is not satisfied to see a psychiatrist or counselor, you should contact a counselor and psychologist. And ask him to help the person in question.
5. Try to increase the desire for relationships with family and friends.
6. As much as possible, keep out of the reach and equipment that a person can use to commit suicide.
7. If a person has a specific addiction to drugs or psychotropic and hallucinogenic, be sure to seek help from a specialist to help reduce or quit his addiction and if possible, transfer him to addiction treatment centers.
8. Do not use violent methods to persuade a person at all.
9. Most people who are thinking of suicide feel that they are alone in this world and no one is their helper and no one loves him, so kindness and care for the person from family and friends can give them that people Are who love him.
10. When you are with a person, do not talk about the death and grief of others and talk about good things as much as possible.
The Welfare Organization of the country has provided various methods through which people can benefit from the services of expert counseling in matters such as marriage counseling, family, youth and children, suicide and other issues. These services are available for free and in three ways: online, in person and by phone.
• Telephone: Social Emergency (affiliated to the Welfare Organization of Iran) 123 three-digit telephone line for social emergencies - of which suicide is part - provides services around the clock. The 1480 number is also available for free telephone consultation from 6 am to 9 pm from all over the country.
• Internet: By registering on the Moshaver.behzisti.ir website
• In person:. By searching and finding the nearest counseling center on the welfare website at The Iran National Organization of Well-Being.
110 and 115 are also national police and emergency telephone numbers that can help a person who is attempting suicide.