-Sexual -Social -Neglect Sometimes it is impossible to figure out a person or know what they are feeling. But you can see that on people you care about and are attached the most to them. Because suicidal people will give warning signs, consciously or unconsciously, indicating that they need help and often in the hope that they will be rescued. These usually occur in clusters, so often several warning signs will be apparent. The presence of one or more of these warning signs is not intended as a guarantee that a person is suicidal: the only way to know for sure is to ask them. In other cases, a suicidal person may not want to be rescued, and may avoid giving warning signs. This topic cannot go away, because it is such an important subject in our society. Suicide has traditionally been a taboo topic in western society, which has led to a further alienation and only made the problem worse. Even after their deaths, suicide victims have often been alienated by not being buried near other people in the cemetery, as though they have committed some utterly unforgivable sin. We could go a long way to reducing our suicide rate by accepting people as they are, removing the social taboo on talking about feeling suicidal, and telling people that it is OK to feel so bad that you’d think about suicide. A person simply talking about how they feel greatly reduces their distress; they also begin to see other options, and are much less likely to attempt suicide. Suicidal people, like all of us, need love, understanding and care. The main aspect of suicide is to understand the person who is feeling suicidal. Talking is probably the most reasonable way to change someone’s mind about suicide. Suicide is often extremely traumatic for the friends and family members that remain (the survivors), even though people that attempt suicide often think that no-on...
