World Suicide Prevention Day is celebrated every year on 10 September. Nowadays depression is increasing among people, due to which they commit suicide. In this case, the number of youth is the highest, on whose shoulders the future of any country rests. In the last few years, incidents of suicide have increased rapidly not only in India but all over the world. The percentage of suicides is increasing continuously during the Corona crisis. Frustration and despair is increasing among people. The ‘International Association for Suicide Prevention’ (IASP) organizes ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’ every year. According to the World Health Organization, one person commits suicide every 40 seconds. About 8 lakh people commit suicide in a year. While the number of people attempting suicide is even more than this.
When someone goes through a very bad mental state, he goes into depression, due to this depression most of the young people commit suicide. This has a very negative impact on their family. Every year on 10 September, ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’ is celebrated. It is celebrated to spread awareness about mental health among people and to stop the increasing cases of suicide. It was started in 2003 to stop the increasing cases of suicide. It was started by IASP (International Association of Suicide Prevention).
Life is considered the most precious thing in this world. It is clearly written in Hindu Puranas and scriptures that “if there is birth, then death is also certain. The time of birth and death of all human beings is fixed. But when someone goes against this fixed time and thinks of leaving the body, then it is called suicide. There can be many reasons for this. Nowadays people of all ages are falling prey to depression like suicide. People are getting disillusioned with many things. In the year 2020, the theme of World Suicide Prevention Day has been kept as Walking Together to Prevent Suicide.
According to statistics, people end their life journey due to family problems. Many people take such a step due to being troubled by their job or marital problems. At the same time, things like examination and unemployment are also in this list. Being a victim of loneliness, a person can take a big step like suicide. According to the statistics of the organization, one person commits suicide every 40 seconds. Every year more than 8 lakh people commit suicide. While even more people try to commit suicide. This situation is very scary. This shows how much mental stress is there in people in today’s time. According to this data, 79 percent of suicides around the world are committed by people of low and middle class countries. When someone is mentally disturbed, then you will see changes in his behavior for some time. Such people often like to stay away from things and people. Also, such people keep distance from social media.
Neuropsychologist Dr. Sona Kaushal Gupta says that if you are born, then death is certain, but do not try to go against the set time, you cannot get life again. Understand that the most precious thing for you is yourself. Your relatives, friends, money, reputation or job are important in life, but not as much as your own life. Life is the only thing that you cannot get again. Therefore, always consider yourself the most important. Change is the rule of nature and society. If today is a bad day, then tomorrow will also be good. It is a different matter that for this you will have to try and stay positive. Do not let negativity dominate you.
Psychologist Dr. Mukul Sharma says that one should not get distracted by any problem. Accept the problem and then find a way to solve it. We can fight problems only by trusting ourselves. In depression, the self-confidence of any person becomes weak. In such a situation, family and friends can give a lot of mental strength to any person. At this time, do not keep yourself busy with mobile, but spend time with your family. If you sit alone, many types of thoughts come to mind. Meditation is very important at such a time.
Due to increasing stress, the strings of patience are seen to be weakening in every section. People are embracing death on small issues. These include teenagers, youngsters, women and the elderly. After the lockdown, there was a steady increase in suicide cases in Dehradun. While only six cases of suicide were reported in March 2020, it increased two and a half times to 14 in April 2020 during the lockdown. In May, this figure reached 25 and in June it reached 34. Even though the process of unlocking has started, stress is still dominant. 25 cases of suicide were reported in August 2020. In the year 2020, a total of 176 people embraced death in Dehradun from January 2020 to August 2020. In this, the maximum 126 cases were of suicide by hanging. Apart from this, 29 committed suicide by consuming poison, 12 committed suicide due to family dispute and 09 committed suicide due to other reasons. In the police investigation, stress was found to be the reason in 90 percent of the cases.[1]
If we talk about the present times, people are facing many challenges at the same time. Due to the corona infection spread all over the world, many problems have arisen in front of the common people. Corona has given more mental stress to the person than making him physically ill. Some are worried about jobs and career, while others are struggling with financial crisis. Students are confused about their education and future. In this period of stress, personal relationships have also become sour. The flow of negative thoughts has increased among the common people and these worries are taking the form of depression many times. Some people even reach the verge of suicide. Therefore, if you ever feel stress or any mental illness, then without wasting time, immediately meet a psychiatrist and talk openly about your problem.
It is important to strengthen yourself mentally. Keep in mind that everything will be fine again and the whole world is trying to do this. Just be patient. Strengthen relationships. Do not feel bad about small things. Talk to each other and take care of the family. Maintain a routine. This gives us a purpose and we feel normal. Sleep, wake up, eat, drink and exercise on time as usual. Express your feelings. Share them with your relatives or friends.