SAY NO TO SUICIDE -Mental illness and its consequences.
MENTAL ILLNESS AND
IT’S CONSEQUENCES-
WHETHER IT IS
PREDICTABLE,
IF SO WHAT ARE THE
MEASURES?
By MASK MOONJI
Mental illness is the worst disease in this world. There are people who can control and overcome this disease but some people are not aware of how to control it and even if they want to, they are not able to do that. This results in taking terrible decisions in life. A FINAL DECISION!!
Mental illness not only includes depression but also anxiety disorders , eating disorders , addictive behaviors and hallucinations ( seeing things which are not real ). These are very dangerous and because of this people commit suicide.
I personally know a person who went through this. She was in love with a boy and she was madly obsessed with him in such a way that she would literally do anything for him. Once, she had hurt herself in a very bad way for a very small fight with him. Her main concern was him leaving her which was just a hallucination. She was too afraid to lose him as she had no one very close and she shares everything with him ( only him ). She tells me about the voices that tells her to jump from the building or out of the train or bus just because of the fear of losing him. Because of her condition, her parents won’t let her to travel through public transport. Any one of her friends will always be there with her. After that she went to consult a psychiatrist and got treatment and she was always in a place where she was surrounded by so many people who engaged her in some other activities. This is how she is still recovering.
The consequences of this illness is very bad. If this illness gets out of the hands, it results in suicide. This is not easy to cure. It takes many days or months or years to be cured and that depends on the people.
Guys, if anyone tells you that they are suffering from such illness, just listen to them, believe them and be there for them. Don’t ignore it. Even if they are wrong, what will you lose by just listening to them? NOTHING, right? Somebody may play with you and because of them don’t ignore the people who actually suffers. If anyone is alone, go sit with them and talk.
The main reasons behind such illness are:
➢ When they are ignored .
➢ When they face their closed one’s death or loss.
➢ When they are abused and humiliated .
➢ When they feel worthless.
➢ When they hallucinate that their loved one would leave them.
WHETHER MENTAL ILLNESS IS PREDICTABLE?
There are two types of people who go through this:
• People who are abnormal, are either sad or always happy.
• People who are normal but deep inside they may have such illness.
First kind of people are easily predictable if they are going through such illness but for second kind of people it is not easy as they are very normal. So it is better to be kind to everyone and listen to their problem.
So the people who you can easily predict are,
➢ A lonely person who doesn’t have much friends.
➢ Some always smile and make others smile.
➢ Those who talk about suicide.
➢ Those who have friends but ignore them.
➢ Those who always talk about being worthless and helpless.
➢ Those who lost interest in the things they were interested in the past.
➢ Insomnia.
➢ Those who are always anxious.
➢ Alcoholics. Some people normally drink but some always crave for drinking and drink for a long time. They stop the activities they have been doing to drink.
➢ Those who have guilt.
➢ Sudden weight loss or weight again.
Everyone are not born with this illness, only the situation push them into it. So we might be a part of this too and that’s why we always should be kind and gentle. Everyone feels depression at some point of time .The key is to be strong mentally and believe one’s own talent and always seek the help of your loved ones. So if you see someone like this please help them because they can’t do this alone. There are many people who needs your help. Don’t ignore them just because they are a boring person.
IF YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM SUCH ILLNESS, PLEASE:
• Call a friend now and talk.
• Go to a Counsellor who is professional in this
• Don’t think that you are alone, we are there for you.
• Open up yourself.
• Engage yourself in some other activity.
• If you don’t want to share with your friend or family, there are many organizations all over India who can help you. Please contact them.
The only measure for this is when the person himself/herself talks about his/her problem. If they doesn’t open up everything goes wrong.
Please listen to those who shares with you. Give your time. They need that. If you don’t have any solution for their problem, that’s okay! Just be with them and take them to a doctor.
Don’t humiliate anyone. Even if we do that for fun, it might hurt them because we don’t know what a person is going through inside. Be kind to everyone.