Dial S For Suicide

Do you know why atomic bombs are most dangerous and dreaded of all? They implode i.e. collapse violently inwards. But what happens, if a person implodes ? 
Let's find out!

 DIAL 'S' FOR SUICIDE !


 For each adult who dies of suicide, there are 20 others attempting it.
Acc. to WHO , close to 800,000 people die due to suicide every year and there are many more who attempt it.
What is Suicide ?
The society takes this word seriously when a famous celebrity commits it. Latest example being Chester Bennington. It is defined as an act of intentionally causing one's own death.
But how an organism as sensitive as human is able to take this extreme step?
Who are these people? From where do they come? How do they gather so much courage to end their own life?
The fact is, they don't come from any other planet. These are more ordinary people. They could be living in your home, working with you in the office, may be your friend,your sibling and you don't have even a slightest of hint .They are much like the sleeper cells waiting for activation by any stimulus.
So, what is their stimulus. The stimulus can be any and it varies from person to person. But the common factor in all is seeking ESCAPE -
Escape from oneself
Escape from responsibilities
Escape from stardom 
These are usually those people who have been abused in their childhood either physically, mentally or socially.They have had a traumatized past and that fear in any form comes to rehaunt them.
What's more shocking is the fact that suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds globally.
One can understand that there can be a bucket full of reasons for an adult to go into depression leading to suicide but really, what forces a teenager, a bud that hasn't even blossomed, to take this extreme step?
If one digs a little deeper,one can easily find out that today we have a generation that loves destruction, which is quite evident by choice of their games ( BLUE WHALE being the latest example) , Tv series (13 REASONS WHY) , movies and when it comes to self destruction, this generation is a pro , be it sedentary lifestyle or unhealthy food , they have left no stone unturned.
A common chain of events can be observed in all the cases of suicide - depression,drug addiction,increased threshold to the drugs,suicide.
So,what's the solution ?
It is not that simple. The world should understand that if a person is sensible enough to consult a therapist / psychiatrist, why would he/she at first place commit suicide?
So, what one should do ? Seek what is seeking you.Get the elephant out of your head by discussing it with your close ones , particularly parents. As they say , "suicide doesn't take away the pain, it gives it to someone else ", in most cases it is your parents whom you will inflict pain upon .
Proper upbringing is a major foundation for a child - physically,socially and emotionally. It is the duty of modern age parent to look after each aspect of their child's development. It would be better if they can make them read our religious books like Gita.
It's also high time for Indian schools and colleges to appoint a counsellor in their campus.
At last, i want to say that a whole generation has been damged and destroyed by this plague of mental problems and so,let's guide our successors in proper direction and make them realise that suicide is the one mistake they won't live to regret!
- AMAN BANSAL
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