DEALING WITH DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE
Depression is real and depression can lead to suicide. Depression is the feeling of severe, chronic and extreme sadness, moodiness, anger, desolation, hopelessness, dejection, low spirit, misery, unhappiness, discouragement and sorrow. Lots of things can can cause depression like sudden break up in relationships, heartbreak from the loss of a loved one, sacked from a job, rejection, disappointment, extreme anger, frustration, defeat, lack of love and support, difficulties and hardships of life. What started off as ordinary anger, sadness, sorrow could escalate and metamorphose into full blown depression. People react and respond to situations differently. What other people laugh away , some others take too seriously , all depending on the temperament of people and their psychological make up.
Depressed people will start withdrawing from people, they like to be alone all of a sudden, they say less, they become reserved, they become aggressive and more attacking and they find themselves in a melancholic state. If not checked, diagnosed, treated or taken care of, it can lead to suicide and in extreme cases, it can lead to taking the life of other people. This is often the case of mass shooters. They are fed up and they take up their guns and go on a shooting spree and then turn the gun towards themselves. Depression is a terrible thing and should be taken seriously. It should not be taken lightly or for granted.
Once you start noticing signs and symptoms of depression, please don’t waste time, seek immediate help. Some countries have hotlines people can call for help. Some prefer to deal with their depression by engaging in practices and behaviors that even help to complicate their problem. For example, drinking alcohol, indulging in sensual pleasures, sleeping all day, overeating or excessive consumption of 🥘 food, smoking and other dangerous lifestyles that could impact our health negatively. When you are having depression, physical exercise is good for you,
Drink more water, eat food rich in diet like natural fruits and fresh vegetables,
Good music can help,
Read good book
Being in the company of good and positive minded friends can help,
Attend comedy shows to make you laugh, there is healing in laughing, there is a therapeutic effect of laughter.
Talk to someone , a trusted friend, a family member about what is going on, stop dying in silence, let it out by speaking , there is healing in talking,
keep hope alive that tomorrow will be better than today and that today will be better than yesterday,
Develop this attitude that nothing in this life lasts forever, this too shall pass.
Be optimistic,
Look at the good sides of life, your blessings, your gifts and your talents, what you have that others don’t have. Think of those that you are better than.
Always remember it could be worse.
Know that there is hope for everyone alive.
SUICIDE
Life is precious. Life is a gift. Our life does not belong to us, it was given to us, therefore we have no power or right to take what does not belong to us no matter what. There is no easy way to life or in life. Suicide is like taking the easy way, to end it. There is this instinct of self preservation in every living being so to take one’s life is not normal, it is against nature and against our natural instinct of self preservation. Suicide is never an answer nor a solution to deeper question of life and problems of life respectively. Suicide is selfish because the victim is thinking only of themselves ignoring how their death will impact their family members, loved ones and friends. We do not blame victims of suicide because a normal person would not do it. They may have been emotionally struggling for a very long time. We often never know what people are going through, that’s why we need to be kind to every we come across in this life.