WE NEED TO LISTEN TO WOULD BE SUICIDERS

 State and society needs to watch warning signals of would be suiciders and respond. The next question is how the state will respond and do that to respond . One way for state is to start help lines with the help of employees such as psychiatrists, psychologists and Social workers but this kind of work requires selflessness, understanding, sympathetic nature and empathetic behaviour besides dedication and devotion to fellow human beings. How are we going to ensure that help cells will be manned when the most important HELP CALL IS GOING TO BE MADE BY A WOULD BE SUICIDAL PERSON ?. What if it meets the voice of an irritated not willing employee who wants to with his/her family rather than be counseling someone who is bent upon killing him/herself?

Therefore the solution is voluntary societal action combined with government support. The print and electronic media group  need to tie up with NGO’s and open a website like www.pleasedonotcommitsuicide.com with volunteers who are good at counseling. The victims just need to have re look at his/her problem, be given a new way to look at his/her problem, a new sympathetic ear which honestly listens, a new source of help and inspiration.

The victim if he/she can contact a easy to find website/telephone will be in 99 percent cases can be dissuaded to take the extreme step. There is very thin line which separates threshold which when crossed cannot get a life back but a few seconds of good listening and promised action, advise, solace and other such steps to ameliorate the grievance, understand the plight, giving strength to the effected soul/family, getting their grievances re addressed, listened to and sorted out are all the actions which are required at that particular moment to provide the necessary help by this voluntary listening post.

Such action will require selfless volunteers who will be on net working and who must have the state government support to sort out matters of the effected persons. Most of the cases are redeemable situations. The police and concerned departments which are on the grievance list of the would be suicidal person, must treat these cases with utmost sympathy rather the their usual brusque manner . Additional help will  be to establish a psychiatrist help cell at each sub division under the SDM to coordinate and help these would be suicide cases. The society needs to be sympathetic rather than mock at individuals as is the normal wont. Their soul cries for help and we the happy beings of the society need to help them ti save their precious lives by all means.