SUICIDE FACTS AND MYTHS
1. Fable: People who talk about suicide don’t commit suicide.
Fact: Of any 10 persons who kill themselves, 8 have given definite warnings of their suicidal intentions.
2. Fable: Suicide happens without warning.
Fact: Studies reveal that the suicidal person gives many clues and warnings regarding suicidal intentions.
3. Fable: Suicidal people are fully intent on dying.
Fact: Most suicidal people are undecided about living or dying, and they “gamble with death”, leaving it to others to save them. Almost no one commits suicide without letting others know how they are feeling.
4. Fable: Once a person is suicidal he or she is suicidal forever.
Fact: Individuals who wish to kill themselves are suicidal only for a limited period of time.
5. Fable: Improvement following a suicidal crisis means that the suicidal risk is over.
Fact: Most suicides occur within about three months following the beginning of “improvement”, when the individual has the energy to put his or her morbid thoughts and feelings into effect.
6. Fable: Suicide strikes much more often among the rich—or, conversely, it occurs most
exclusively among the poor.
Fact: Suicide is neither the rich person’s disease nor the poor person’s curse. Suicide is very “democratic” and is represented proportionately among all levels of society.
7. Fable: Suicide is inherited.
Fact: Suicide is not inherited. It is an individual pattern.
8. Fable: All suicidal individuals are mentally ill, and suicide always is the act of a psychotic
person.
Fact: Studies of hundreds of genuine suicide notes indicate that although the suicidal person is extremely unhappy, he or she is not necessarily mentally ill.
1. Fable: People who talk about suicide don’t commit suicide.
Fact: Of any 10 persons who kill themselves, 8 have given definite warnings of their suicidal intentions.
2. Fable: Suicide happens without warning.
Fact: Studies reveal that the suicidal person gives many clues and warnings regarding suicidal intentions.
3. Fable: Suicidal people are fully intent on dying.
Fact: Most suicidal people are undecided about living or dying, and they “gamble with death”, leaving it to others to save them. Almost no one commits suicide without letting others know how they are feeling.
4. Fable: Once a person is suicidal he or she is suicidal forever.
Fact: Individuals who wish to kill themselves are suicidal only for a limited period of time.
5. Fable: Improvement following a suicidal crisis means that the suicidal risk is over.
Fact: Most suicides occur within about three months following the beginning of “improvement”, when the individual has the energy to put his or her morbid thoughts and feelings into effect.
6. Fable: Suicide strikes much more often among the rich—or, conversely, it occurs most
exclusively among the poor.
Fact: Suicide is neither the rich person’s disease nor the poor person’s curse. Suicide is very “democratic” and is represented proportionately among all levels of society.
7. Fable: Suicide is inherited.
Fact: Suicide is not inherited. It is an individual pattern.
8. Fable: All suicidal individuals are mentally ill, and suicide always is the act of a psychotic
person.
Fact: Studies of hundreds of genuine suicide notes indicate that although the suicidal person is extremely unhappy, he or she is not necessarily mentally ill.
No comments:
Post a Comment