Suicide Factors and Depression

Suicide Factors and Depression

Suicide Factors that are linked to or can lead to suicide.

I Ideation - sometimes it's carried out under the sway of a highly distorted or psychotic idea.
S Substance Abuse - increasing alcohol or drug use.
P Purposelessness - expressing no reason for living; no sense of purpose in life.
A Anxiety - anxiety, agitation, inability to sleep or sleeping all the time.
T Trapped - feeling trapped - like there’s no way out.
H Hopelessness – hopelessness and despair.
W Withdrawal - withdrawing from friends, family and society (social isolation).
A Anger - rage, uncontrolled anger, seeking revenge, aggressive tendencies, anger linked to frustration, anger linked to ideas of unfairness.
R Recklessness - acting recklessly or engaging in risky activities, seemingly without thinking, Impulsive.
M Mood Change - dramatic mood changes.
L Loss and Loss of Honor - reputation, career, financial, relational, employment, or social loss.
Loss of Self-Esteem often leads to depression.

About 90% of suicide victims are depressed or suffer from depression.

A person putting their affairs in order and giving away prized possessions is also a factor. A suicide in the family is also a factor.

Many research articles claim that long periods of stress can cause depression and that sleep deprivation (insomnia) can also cause or lead to depression. Like stress it’s self, sleep deprivation also weakens the person’s immune system.

Psychological harassment is usually associated to long periods of stress, loss of self-esteem, and depression.

Psychological harassment victims can also often have many of the factors that are associated to suicide:

Psychological harassment can induces a lot of stress on the victim. The victim can suffer from A Anxiety and insomnia. A victim of psychological harassment can have dramatic M Mood Changes due to the level of stress involved. Sleep deprivation can also cause the victim to start losing control on their emotions and not just simple irritability that most people are familiar with. It also weakens the mind.

When the means of subsistence of the victim are threatened or eliminated through the use of psychological harassment the victim may suffer (emotionally) from a lot of A Anger and resentment. They may also become desperate and act R Recklessly.

People can have a lot of pride or honor in the work they do and they can also associate a status to the work they do (position, field, reputation). When people lose their employment they can suffer from a sense of a L Loss of Honor or pride. There is also usually financial loss and their careers and reputations can also be damaged or have a sense of loss. A psychological harassment tactic is also to try to repetitively humiliate the victim and as indicated on the home page repetitive humiliation becomes destructive to the person.

When a victim is subjected to psychological harassment they may also become paranoid and hyper combative or aggressive. This may cause them to withdraw or isolate themselves from colleagues and others. Classical conditioning can also be used to associate different threats to different things or induce different psychological disorders that can also induce more paranoia and withdrawal. Systematically isolating the victim is also another tactic used in psychological harassment and can also be threatening and induce paranoia. Using psychological manipulation the victim’s beliefs or view on reality,I Ideation, can also be manipulated or changed.

If the victim of psychological harassment believes that there are no provisions or recourse when subjected to psychological harassment they may feel that they are in a H Hopeless situation or feel T Trapped.

In some cases the victim of psychological harassment can turn to or increase the use of S Substance Abuse to self medicate or help them deal with the situation. Many people also mistakenly believe that some substances like alcohol may help them sleep better.

When a person loses their employment all of a sudden they may feel that they are not contributing in some way or have a sense of P Purposelessness.

Depression and Suicide Prevention

If you have some of these factors or simply want more information you can call one of the hotlines on the links page.
suicide.org - Suicide Prevention Information and Suicide Prevention Hotlines (many countries)
suicidepreventionlifeline.org - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline