Suicide

To live means not only to live biologically or as a psychic entity, but also to cope up with difficulties, interact and communicate with people, make decisions, and sometimes undergo excessive psychological pressure. Even an adult mind can fail to maintain pressure, making an individual see no other solution but suicide.

Suicide is not something that can be over looked. It is the third leading cause of death in today’s youth. Suicide is defined as an act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally. In India according to National Crime Records Bureau 1,10,417 people committed suicide in the year 2002, which is 1.8% more than compared to 2001. Suicide is a global phenomenon in all regions of world, in fact 75% of the global suicide occurred in low and middle-income countries in 2012. Suicide accounted for 1.4% of all deaths worldwide, making it 15^th leading cause of death in 2012.

There are many reasons for someone to commit suicide. Depression is one of the leading causes. It can have dire consequences if left untreated. It can be compared with heart disease or diabetes. It seems like an unlikely comparison, but it shows that depression cannot be taken lightly. Other reasons like life history like traumatic experience during childhood, life style for example misuse of drugs or alcohol, employment- such as poor job security, relationships- being socially isolated, victim of bullying, genetics and family history can lead to such extreme measure.

Most of us can hardly imagine the suffering that precedes suicide and the pain left in its wake. The public, however remains disturbingly unaware of the prevalence of suicide among people. We need to generate far more public awareness of how prevalent a killer suicide is and the symptoms of and treatment for depression and other causes implicated in suicide.