Suicide fiction and fact

Suicide - Fiction and Fact

FICTION FACT 1 People who talk about suicide do not commit suicide 1 Most people who kill themselves have given definite warnings of their intentions   2 Suicidal people are absolutely intent on dying 2 A majority are ambivalent 3 Suicide happens without warning 3 Suicidal people often give enough indication 4 After a crisis, improvement means that the suicide risk is over 4 Many suicides occur in a period of improvement when the person has the energy and the will to turn despairing thoughts into destructive action 5 Not all suicides can be prevented 5 Majority are preventable 6 Once a person is suicidal, he/she is always suicidal 6 Suicidal thoughts may return but they are not permanent and in some, it may never return