Suicide -- Causes And Effects

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and cannot cope with it feel let down by themselves. They feel as if they are not wanted anymore by the society. This creates a low self-esteem.
There are a lot of misconceptions about suicide. It is believed that people who talk about suicide won¡¯t attempt it. It is also believed that people who commit suicide are insane and nothing can stop them from attempting it. But research has proven that people who talk about it go on and attempt it. By talking to us about it they try to give us some kind of distress signal. Most suicidal people are not insane or crazy. They are usually upset or depressed about something. They find death as the last way to end their pain.
As I had mentioned earlier, it also depends on the type of society one lives in. In western countries specially, a lot of emphasis is laid on the rights of an individual. There is a huge debate about whether a person has the right to end one¡¯s own life. In some countries suicide is illegal, but it makes no difference ...

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