Times Of Swaziland: SUICIDE FEELINGS ARE TEMPORARY SUICIDE FEELINGS ARE TEMPORARY ================================================================================ Editor on 15/09/2024 06:50:00 Madam, Too many times people blame Masta 900 or any other weevil tablet for the growing incidents of suicides. May I state that these are just the means by which people commit suicides, and are not the causes of suicides. If you are wise enough, you will know that to solve a problem, go to its cause, or roots, instead of dealing with the symptoms. I have personally lost a few friends and colleagues to suicide and whenever I evaluate the reasons, I find that it could have been avoided, with wise advice and counselling. Suicidal feelings can affect anyone, of any age, gender or background, at any time. If you are feeling suicidal it is likely that you have felt increasingly hopeless and worthless for some time. You may not know what has caused you to feel this way, but it is often a combination of factors. In this country, people are depressed because of high unemployment, poverty and lack of social belonging. We must solve these problems before we point fingers at a pesticide, otherwise we will find ourselves causing problems for farmers. Even after Master 900, people will still commit suicide using other means. Emergency If you feel unable to keep yourself safe, it’s a mental health emergency. The thoughts would completely consume you sometimes, feeling like you have no control over your own body. Struggling to cope with certain difficulties in your life can cause you to feel suicidal. These difficulties may include: Bullying, prejudice or stigma, such as relating to your race, gender, disability or sexual identity, abuse, including domestic, sexual or physical abuse and other triggers. Sometimes people commit suicide just because they are failing to adapt to certain life changes, such as the end of a relationship, retirement or redundancy. Society’s expectations also cause suicide, especially, when we are expected to act a certain way or achieve certain things. Whenever I feel suicidal thoughts starting to engulf me, I keep reminding myself that feelings can change in an instant. Perhaps I’ll wake up tomorrow and will no longer feel like I want to die.