wHy dO sOmE pEopLe cOmMiT sUiCiDe?

All over the world,as many as thousand people try to commit suicide every day.

From the survey made in U.K. it was estimated that a very large number of people make suicide attempts every year.Numerically the large number of suicides and attempts of suicide occurred in cases of people over 55.Many cases of suicide attempts are those of impressionable young girls who take an overdose of sleeping pills or tranquilizers;but much less than half the cases of people who attempt suicide really want to die.What is important to know is that many suicide attempts are a means of communication: virtually a cry for help and sympathy.

The motives for suicides include bad health,troubles relationship with other people,material problems such as shortage of money or bad housing,a disorganized life,failure in marriage and living in a depressing area.People from broken homes often attempt suicide;chronic alcoholism can also be a cause.

Suicide is the ultimate act in succumbing to stress.

Compared with the so-called working classes in the developed countries the upper social classes are more prone to kill themselves.Doctors,in particular,are two-and-a-half times more likely to commit suicide than other men,and one-and-a-half times more likely than their social equals.

two countries whose suicide rates appear to be going down are Japan and Britain.In Japan,the reduction in suicide rates is due to he changing idea of dishonour and disgrace.In Britain,the reduction is attributed to an organization called the Samaritans.

THE SAMARITANS



To prevent suicide is the reason behind the existence of a worldwide organization called the Samaritans.anyone who is considering suicide can contact a member of the Samaritans who are specially trained to deal with such cases.Usually,all that is required is a sympathetic ear-somebody who will listen.If persons who are desperate enough to attempt suicide can get urge to commit suicide frequently subsides and then vanishes altogether.And that is where the Samaritans play such an important part.

Ten times more men in the age group 65 to 69 kill themselves each year in the U.K. than do young men aged 20 to 25.They kill themselves by hanging,drowning,inhaling gas,or taking an overdose of sleeping tablets and other such drugs.


It is entirely untrue to say that Sweden is the country with the highest rate of suicides.People have said so in the past because the Swedes preserve very accurate figures of suicides,unlike most other countries where the figures are very misleading.For example in Britain,only half the cases of suicides are reported as such.