wELL, i WAS GOING THROUGH THE NEWSPAPERS AGAIN AND WHAT DO i FIND...some more gory recollections of suicide deaths.
Slapped by husband, mulund housewife sets herself, three kids ablaze. While second is critical, the third is out of danger.
The housewife is supposed to have had a fight with her husband over the serving of food...
How much more ridiculous can the reasons get??? Why do we forget that suicides do not happen for one single reason alone. It's a piling up of unresolved issues that leads to that one so called trivial incident to become the trigger that sets off a suicide attempt. It's so very distressing to see more and more people succumbing to the pressures of modern day existence. This seems to have become an endemic problem. Children need to be taught resilience and coping skills. Why is this aspect of education being neglected so callously. Is human life not so valuable anymore? Are our population figures so debilitating that we are willing to overlook the apparent few who are succumbing to acts of voluntary self-destruction?
It's sad that the education system in India fails to keep apace with the drastic and phenomenal changes in society today. Values have taken a 360 degree shift yet formal education does not provide for the necessary knowledge base to cope with these changes. Sex education is still on the back burner and education to prevent suicides is much much further behind...As far as education goes , our children still learn by rote and fail to remember anything they have learnt in their school years, when in college and beyond. Isn't that a crying shame????
Mom tries to end life after cadets death in a swimming accident...This was really distressing. Imagine how the mother felt when her dear son drowned in the pool of the training center on which she had rested her hopes, to lift them out of middle class drudgery. The loss was intense and the mother in a fit of despondency tried to take her own life, She is now in a coma...
What can I say..'Is the rising number of suicides, for seemingly trivial reasons is a sign of the society's lackadaisal attitude and lack of value for an individual's life?
Aasra Suicide Prevention.This blog is about getting people to talk about their innermost feelings and emotions in times of distress and despair.All discussions are about the issue of suicide, mental health and it's effect on society. Aasra Helpline for the depressed and suicidal. 91-22-27546669(24x7)
1 comment:
Dear Johnson, I m glad to understand that you believe that the education system can bring about the necessary change in the thought process of the people eventually lessening the number of victims of suicide.
I also share the same views that if we are educated on stress handling during our schooling itself it will help us to strengthen to face different and tougher kind of challenges in life.
But before putting the responsibility on others shoulders. Being a volunteer of an NGO helping prevention of suicide I ask myself how can I contribute and bring about the necessary affect.
My question to you is that, is there any way we can shrug the ethnic style of the schools and bring about more awareness to make them understand the importance of stress handling.
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