About 80 percent of people who kill themselves talk about suicide before taking action. Writings or drawings about suicide. This clue is often presented by children and adolescents. A failed suicide attempt. Many people who take their own lives do so after one or more failed attempts.
Any suicide attempt is a call for help.
Impulsive, reckless behavior. Taking big chances and casually risking injury may reveal a wish for death. Drug or alcohol abuse. Alcohol consumption is involved in up to 50 percent of all suicides. Putting things in order and tying up loose ends.