What drives a person to want to commit suicide?
Nobody wants to stop living, the suicidal person does not want to end his life, he wants to end suffering.
- This suffering is so strong.
- So cruel.
- So deep that nothing seems to make sense.
- Family.
- Friends.
- Profession.
- Money.
- Hope.
- Nothing else exists.
- Just this void.
- This hole where there should be so many feelings.
- But are they gone?.
The forces to fight have disappeared, and what remains is used for a final act, in the wrong search for the solution of all problems, and this act, consumed, ends a life, a history, a destiny and an entire existence. .
Questioning, denial, anger, guilt, disappointment and many negative feelings occur because no one expects this to happen, death is painful and grief is always accompanied by suffering, but when death was a choice, a decision, a cry for help that is impossible to answer. , the pain is much greater, there is no comparison.
When one survives a suicide attempt, it seems that the person experiences a mixture of gratitude and disappointment, which depends on the level at which emptiness and despair are found; at the same time he wonders why he hasn’t made it, he also wonders if it’s not a new opportunity to live he has and should enjoy, but he still doesn’t know how, if you find the right help you can see other solutions, however, if you don’t have the help you need I’ll try again soon, and this time you’ll be able to get it.
When you experience this suffering and live with this pain, it is very difficult to realize that there is a different reality for you, you do not see the light at the end of the tunnel, you do not see a way out, everything seems gray, nothing brings joy and pleasure, there are no good feelings.
The incomprehension of the people around them is painful, because it is really difficult to understand why some people do not want to continue living their lives, even if others think it is right.
So it is very important to understand that suicide is not luxuries, it is not a joke, but it is something very serious, it is a cry for help, it is a deep despair, an unbearable pain, an urgent need to get out of the suffering you are in. And nothing else can calm
While the person at risk of suicide realizes that someone understands and appreciates his pain, he knows that he is accepted, understood and loved, he can begin to accept, understand, love and abandon the desire to end his life, because his pain calms down. your hopes are renewed, the light at the end of the tunnel becomes visible and new possibilities are visualized.
But the struggle continues, what has been renewed must continue to improve steadily, both on the part of the one who wanted to die and from the people around him, until that possibility is extinguished.
Psychological follow-up is extremely important throughout the process, and the use of medication, with psychiatric follow-up, may be necessary for a long time, as both help a lot to think, to rething their lives and habits. the root of the problem, strengthening the person and making them unable to return to the bottom of the well where he was.
And it’s so good to see new opportunities, start over, reinvent life, redefine pain and experience, overcome the past, enjoy the present and visualize a better future!Know that it is possible, with the right help, many have succeeded and you too will succeed!