WHY PEOPLE GIVE UP ON LIFE

YOU CAN FIND HELP


'FORTY-NINE sleeping pills in a cup.  Shall I swallow them or not?' a 28-year-old man in Switzerland asked himself. His wife and children had left him, and deep depression had set in.  After swallowing  the potion, though, he said to himself:  'No. I don't want to die!'  Fortunately, he lived  to tell the story. Suicidal impulses do not always lead to death.

Alex Crosby of the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention said regarding teenage suicide attempts:  "If you can restrict it for even just a few hours, you can stop it. With intervention, there are a good number you can prevent from going to a completed suicide. You can save their lives."

While working at the Lifesaving and Emergency Center at Japan Medical College, Professor Hisashi Kurosawa helped hundreds of suicidal people to regain their will to live. Yes, with some kind of intervention, lives can be saved. What help is needed? 

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From the Awake! magazine