Anniversary dates are often critical times Mental illness or chemical dependency. Addiction Itself can be an independent condition for suicide. Helplessness or hopelessness Socially inhibited or perfectionist personalities Men complete suicide three times more often than women, and women attempt suicide four times more often than men. The main means of suicide are with firearms, by hanging, drug overdose, or jumping. Twenty five percent of suicides are unsuspected, making accurate prediction difficult if not impossible.
Suicide is the result of complex beliefs and reasons.
If someone has a plan and is making a positive threat, do not leave that person alone until you have turned them over to a helping professional. It is imperative to take the person seriously. Not feeling important or validated can be a primary reason someone attempts suicide. Intervene by telling the person you care about her, what she is saying is scary to you, and you are not going to keep her secret or stand by and let her attempt to end her life. If a person refuses to go for an evaluation voluntarily, do not hesitate to have the person hospitalized involuntarily by having a court order hospitalization for an emergency evaluation.