(taken from my post at Helium.Com)
There are many ways to help a friend with suicidal thoughts.Before helping them,first of all we need to verify the roots of the problem.To do this you must ask that person to express their problem without making any judgments.
The steps to help a friend with a suicidal thoughts or already commits a suicide trial are to ;
1 - Listen to what they are trying to say .Again ,try to verify the source of the problem by listening carefully to what they try to express.Most who attempts suicides are not looking for publicity.
2 - Remind them of people who love them and want to see them happy and thing that they will miss if they died of suicide.
3 - If the thoughts came from drug and alcohol abuse,try seeking help from a third party like doctors or counselor.Your friend may need to be send to a rehabilitation center.They will thank you later because they cant afford to help themselves now.
4 - Try a religious approach,this would probably works .By telling them that it is a sin and inviting the wrath of God to commit such act.
5 - Check if your friend have schizophrenics characteristic.Schizophrenia is a psychological disorder that most likely to make a person commits suicide.If this is the cause , then you should seek help fromm his/her doctor or counselor immediately.Schizophrenia is mental disease that could be passed genetically,in this case medication is needed to decrease the intense desire to commit suicide.
Suicidal feeling usually triggered by unsolved problem ,childhood abuse and mental disorder.To help them we must know the roots of the problem
There are many ways to help a friend with suicidal thoughts.Before helping them,first of all we need to verify the roots of the problem.To do this you must ask that person to express their problem without making any judgments.
The steps to help a friend with a suicidal thoughts or already commits a suicide trial are to ;
1 - Listen to what they are trying to say .Again ,try to verify the source of the problem by listening carefully to what they try to express.Most who attempts suicides are not looking for publicity.
2 - Remind them of people who love them and want to see them happy and thing that they will miss if they died of suicide.
3 - If the thoughts came from drug and alcohol abuse,try seeking help from a third party like doctors or counselor.Your friend may need to be send to a rehabilitation center.They will thank you later because they cant afford to help themselves now.
4 - Try a religious approach,this would probably works .By telling them that it is a sin and inviting the wrath of God to commit such act.
5 - Check if your friend have schizophrenics characteristic.Schizophrenia is a psychological disorder that most likely to make a person commits suicide.If this is the cause , then you should seek help fromm his/her doctor or counselor immediately.Schizophrenia is mental disease that could be passed genetically,in this case medication is needed to decrease the intense desire to commit suicide.
Suicidal feeling usually triggered by unsolved problem ,childhood abuse and mental disorder.To help them we must know the roots of the problem
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