ensions: revenge/hate, depression/hopelessness, and guilt.” said Karl Menninger. Many suicide attempts are a cry for help and to try to get attention. Soem socialogical theories show suicidal people don’t know how to cope with stress well. They are also probably suffering from a loss of a family member. There are ways to help prevent suicide. If recongized early you can get psychiatric help and get on medication. Some risk factors can be people with mental illnesses, or substance-abuse disorders. Hopelessness is shown to be the best predictor. Behavioral disorders also have a higher risk of suicide. These people complete about 90 percent of suicides. People with this may see suicide as the only way to a pained existence. Many people feel uneasy talking about suicide, especially surviving family members and friends. Most suicides can be prevented because the suicidal state of mind is usually temporary. Suicide has a devasting emotional impact on surviving family members and friends. THe intentional, sudden, and violent nature of the person’s death often makes others feel abandoned, helpless, and rejected. A family member or friend may have the added burden of discovering the body of the suicide victim. Parents often suffer exaggerated feelings of shame and guilt. Because of the socail stigma, or shame, surrounding suicide, survivors may avoid talking to others about the person who died, and others may avoid the survivors. Despite these extra problems, research has shown that suicide survivors go through the same grieving process as other people who have lost someone. They will eventually recover from grief. Support groups may be helpful for these survivors. There is a myth that suicide should not be a topic of conversation around depresed people because they would put this idea in their head. Suicide was once a crime. Now no U.S. state considers a suicide a crime. Helping someone complete suicide is criminally punishabl...
