| People often show their
suicidal feelings by.. |
| Being withdrawn and unable to relate |
| Having definite ideas of how to commit suicide, and maybe speaking
of tidying up affairs, or giving other indications of planning suicide |
| Talking about feeling isolated and lonely |
| Expressing feelings of failure, uselessness, hopelessness or loss
of self esteem |
Constantly dwelling on problems for which there seem to be no
solutions |
|
Expressing the lack of supporting philosophy of life, such as religious
belief
|
| Fiction |
Fact |
| People who talk about it don't commit suicide |
Most people who kill themselves have
given definite warnings of their intention. |
| Suicidal people are absolutely intent on dying |
Most suicidal people are ambivalent about
living and dying; they gamble with death
but may retain the desire to live. |
| Suicide happens without warning |
Suicidal people often give indications of
thoughts (sometimes before the thoughts
become intentions) by words or actions. |
| Once a person becomes suicidal, he/she is suicidal forever |
Suicidal thoughts may return. But they are
. not permanent, and in some people, they
may never return.
|
| After a crisis, improvement means that the suicide risk is over |
Many suicides occur in a 'period of improvement' when the person
has the
energy and the will to turn despairing
thoughts into self destructive action
|
Suicide occurs mainly among the rich/the
poor.
|
Suicides occur in all groups in society. |
| Suicidal behaviour is a sign of mental illness. |
Suicidal behaviour indicates deep unhappiness but not necessarily
mental
illness.
|
| You are either the suicidal type or you're not. |
It could happen to anybody. |
