I’m not an activist, nor have I led campaigns or changed the world, but I know how much it takes to save a human life.
Close to 800,000 people commit suicide every year,that is every 40 second a person ends his own life. Moreover, suicide is the second leading cause of death, between the age 15-29, globally.
Suicide ain’t something spontaneous, like you think, “O, let’s suicide” and you just go for it, Instead it is followed by years of agony, pain, disappointment, insomnia, isolation, hopelessness and still a strong struggle to go on.
Can you imagine reading a suicide note from your loved one? Or watch a live video streaming on Facebook or YouTube?
Every suicide is a murder and we happy beings are the Murderers. The first sign of every mental illness is ‘isolation’ but for us, “Oh that man is so egoist”. Did you ever realize how hard he is struggling for survival, and how much he needs you? Maybe the person sitting next to you, apparently smiling, cries at night, holding the pillow tight, trying not to make any sound, still shouting, screaming and calling you for help. Depression is like a demon, that neither let you sleep nor speak.
“I think the most common cause of insomnia is simple, loneliness” Heath Ledger Late – The Joker
Your tounge is a gun and your words are bullets. A Suicide survival in an interview told that she committed suicide just to end the voices hitting her mind, all the time. For a person with mental illness, every thought is a battle, every breath is a war and they don’t feel like they are winning anymore. They need you, but you don’t need them. From having a low mood, to feeling anxious, to falling in depression and eventually having suicidal thoughts, we do have many chances to pull the person back to life.People commit suicide, just to end the pain, and ending the pain costs their lives, because they are too hopeless to believe that sharing the pain is ending the pain and commiting suicide will just shift the pain.
So if you see an emotionally unstable person, I beg you to walk to him, talk to him and ask if you can help him. Realize if your words can take a live, they can save one too, or just don’t cry when your loved one dies, because you’ll be the cause. Be kind, Have courage.