Suicide Types?

One of the myths about suicide that must be clarified is the belief that only certain people are the type of person to commit suicide. Everyone and anyone is at risk for suicide. An event or chain of events in one's life that might cause a person to consider suicide is different for every individual. If you think about some type of psychological pain that you could not bear to live with then you can possibly imagine considering suicide as a solution to resolving that pain. Some people feel they could not live in chronic physical pain all day every day and they would rather be dead than to live with such pain. That is what it is like for those who have unbearable psychological pain and cannot live with it. Yes we are all different. Our genetics plays a role in how our nervous system and brain functions, but we all also have our learned cognitive, emotional and behavioral functioning too. And everyone has the potential to experience things that could cause immense psychological pain. Some say they could not live after the loss of a child, others find day to day life miserable due to psychological illness, and some cannot manage their guilt, worry, grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, or other losses. It is different for everyone. The important thing is that suicide is preventable if effective treatment for such psychological pain can be implemented. Again this will be different for each person, but help is all around. There are many professionals who can understand and work with any suicidal individual to find a comprehensive plan and ensure life to prevail. It is about an individual deciding to live and that is up to each of us.