Some myths about suicide

Myth: Talking about suicide will give a young person the idea, or permission, to consider suicide as a solution to their problems. Reality: Talking calmly about suicide, without showing fear or making judgments, can bring relief to someone who is feeling terribly isolated. A willingness to listen shows sincere concern; encouraging someone to speak about their suicidal feelings can reduce the risk of an attempt.

Myth: Suicide is sudden and unpredictable. Reality: Suicide is most often a process, not an event. Eight out of ten people who die by suicide gave some, or even many, indications of their intentions.

Myth: Suicidal youth are only seeking attention or trying to manipulate others. Reality: Efforts to manipulate or grab attention are always a cause for concern. It is difficult to determine if a youth is at risk of suicide All suicide threats must be taken seriously.

Myth: Suicidal people are determined to die. Reality: Suicidal youth are in pain. They don’t necessarily want to die; they want their pain to end. If their ability to cope is stretched to the limit, or if problems occur together with a mental illness, it can seem that death is the only way to make the pain stop.

Myth: A suicidal person will always be at risk. Reality: Most people feel suicidal at some time in their lives. The overwhelming desire to escape from pain can be relieved when the problem or pressure is relieved. Learning effective coping techniques to deal with stressful situations can help.

Conclusions

This topic has a lot of ground to cover and its sensitivity can be a limiting factor for a deep dive into it, or to even start to completely understand it. The data on suicides is deficient because of its reliability on how suicide-like deaths are registered in some countries (for example, suicides are illegal in some countries and there’s a legal incentive not to report them as such). There are problems with the accuracy of official figures made available to World Health Organization (WHO.) This cause of death is sometimes hidden and underreported for different reasons.

For starters it is not as simple as if someone took their own life or not. Deaths can be categorized as suicide ideation, premeditated, or attempts..

These individual fields depend on the methods, reasons, intention, economic issues, mental disorders, substance abuse, education, country, among a lot of factors. Specifically, in Mexico it is shown that the rates have grown in the last 8 years. What has also increased is the unemployment and obesity rates in adults and children. These sectors along with the impact of social media, beauty and work stereotypes, etc can have an impact in suicide trends.