Greetings steemian,I would be writing on a very important and educative topic which have affected our society deeply in this recent time.

The topic is suicide and I believe we all in one way or the other have heard about this word suicide.

Over the years when I was still very tender I heard about the word suicide occasionally in my Dad's radio set.

But growing up and mingling with the larger society I heard of this topic suicide in the news papers,in the streets,in the church and even in my own high school of learning.

I didn't just hear the word or read about this topic but I saw those that fall victim of it especially in the year 2019 and 2020,it was massive in my school University of Nigeria Nsukka.

Let's get to the topic and digest it to our very own understanding.

SUICIDE

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Suicide simply means the act of ending your own life.
This act usually occurs by them taking poisonous substances, using physical weapons and falling down from unimaginable high buildings.

They usually carry out this mission of taking their own lives hoping and believing it would end their current pain, depression, suffering and every other life challenges.

Suicide is a situation whereby a person forcefully takes his or her life due to some circumstances.

Being suicidal is not normal.
There are factors that contribute or influence suicidal activities which if care is not taken would lead to suicide.

For a better understanding of this topic suicide we would look at the factors that lead to it.

FACTORS THAT LEAD TO SUICIDE

FAMILY VIOLENCE

When a person is in the family where there are constant violence such as physical, sexual or psychological abuse the tendency of the person to commit suicide would be very high.

HEREDITARY

Suicide is also hereditary in the sense that if the ancestors have committed suicide in the past or there are any trace of suicide in the lineage of any individual there is every possibility of suicide from other members of the family.

SUICIDE ATTEMPTS

if someone have attempted to commit suicide before and was rescued or didn't die due to one reason or the other there is a very high risk that he or she would still commit suicide because they believe they will be truly happy when they finally dies.

DEPRESSION

Depression is usually over looked but it leads to suicide if not controlled immediately.

Depression usually occurs as a result of so many factors including hardship and things not going the way you planned and hoped for there by leading to suicide.

Depression is among the major causes of suicide.

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER

The excess use of substances such as alcohol and marijuana which leads to mental disorder thereby causing suicide.

Substance abuse has made so many people commit suicide as they are no more in their right sense when doing so.

PAIN

When someone is passing through so much pain caused by sickness or other factors for so long without any remedy to end such pain it usually leads to suicide.

This factor usually lead to suicide because the person in question believe that it's only through suicide that he or she would be free from such pain.

THE WAY FORWARD

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Having looked at the factors that cause or lead to suicide,we have to look at the way forward to prevent and reduce suicide in the society.

Below are the ways and procedures that can help prevent suicides in the society.

FAMILY UNITY

Families should try as much as possible to live in peace,unity and harmony with each other.

This will help those that might encounter difficulties which might lead to suicide to share their sorrows and difficulties with family members instead of bearing it alone there by reducing the risk of being suicidal.

MEDICAL PERSONNEL

The medical personnel should be well elightened and there should be a section for suicidal cases in the health sector in other to be able to tackle every case of suicide they encounter professionally.

AVAILABILITY OF LOVED ONE

Anyone that has attempted a suicide should be watched closely and surrounded by those around him or her in other to keep them busy and watch after them to avoid them trying it a second time.

On no occasion should they be left alone because there are every possibility that they would want to take their life again.

GOVERNMENT AWARENESS

Government and other organizational bodies should always create awareness on suicide and assure and provide the public of a better options why they should live letting them know that suicide is never an option.

HEALTH ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE

The health sector should create awareness of the possibilities of excess alcohol and other substances abuse to cause suicide and other damages in the human body.

They should try and let the public know that there are no gain in it rather they are gradually taking there own life by themselves.

The abuse of hard drugs like marijuana and cocaine should be prohibited with immediate effect and anyone cought should be penalized by the appropriate authorities.

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