If a person talks about:
❥Killing themselves
❥Feeling hopeless
❥Having no reason to live
❥Being a burden to others
❥Feeling trapped
❥Unbearable pain
Behaviors that may signal a risk:
❥Increased use of drugs or alcohol
❥Looks for a way to end their lives (ex. online searches for suicide methods)
❥Withdrawing from activities
❥Isolating from family and friends
❥Sleeping too much or too little
❥Visiting or calling people to say good-bye
❥Giving away prized possessions
❥Aggression
❥Fatigue
People considering suicide often display one or more of the following moods:
❥Depression
❥Anxiety
❥Loss of interest
❥Irritability
❥Humiliation/Shame
❥Agitation/Anger
❥Relief/Sudden Improvement
There are different characteristics or conditions that increase the chance of someone taking their own life.
Health Factors
❥Mental Health Conditions
♥Depression
♥Substance use problems
♥Bipolar Disorder
♥Schizophrenia
♥Personality traits of aggression, mood changes, and poor relationships
♥Conduct Disorders
♥Anxiety Disorders
❥Serious physical health conditions including pain
❥Traumatic Brain Injury
Environmental Factors
❥Access to lethal means, including firearms and drugs
❥Prolonged stress, such as harassment, bullying, relationship problems, or unemployment
❥Stressful life events, like rejection, divorce, financial crisis, other life transitions or loss
❥Exposure to another person's suicide, or to graphic or sensationalized accounts of suicide
Historic Factors
❥Previous suicide attempts
❥Family history of suicide
❥Childhood abuse, neglect, or trauma
Read these. Look for the signs. Reach out. Remember, an awkward conversation about mental health is better than a eulogy.
Here, again is the phone number to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-243-8255.
If you want to help me Stop Suicide, and spread awareness, please consider making a donation to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
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