Suicide

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It is believed that majority of suicides are due to depression. Here are some warning signs which you should be aware of:

• Thoughts about death: wanting to go to sleep without having to ever wake up
• Thoughts about taking one's own life as being the right and decent thing to do
• Negative thoughts such as: "I am a burden to my family." and "My family would manage better without me."

People around the person with depression do not understand this way of thinking. People suffering from depression also do not understand the thoughts themselves even when they recover. Ultimately, the person with depression lives in a world which you and others cannot understand at all.

Read more about suicide and the risk of suicide here.