Helping Suicidal Person
It is important for all of us to understand what we as family or friend can do to stop a person from committing suicide. Although the first step in such a condition can be getting medical or psychiatric help from professionals, in real life this may be a difficult object to achieve. Various agencies working on suicide prevention had offered the following guidelines to help someone who threatens to commit suicide:
- Talk directly and matter-of-factly with the person about suicide
- Allow the person to speak and listen to him without making any judgments.
- Do not let your own feelings of shock or other opinions stop the person from sharing his thoughts with you.
- Get involved with the person and show him that you are around anytime he needs you to hear him out.
Published on Jan 02, 2013
Last Updated on Apr 19, 2013