This short video relays some facts on the causes & demographics of suicide and suggests that suicide is a further reminder of the need for compassion.
Suicide is a very rare phenomenon at the far end of human anguish. And yet its existence tells us something crucial about how fragile we all are: it’s a further reminder of the need for compassion.
Suicide is a supreme reminder of our intense psychological vulnerability. And the deep difficulties we have in communicating this vulnerability to others. And so, of creating communities imbued with the right life-saving attitudes.
From the causes of suicides we learn how intensely we need love, self acceptance, meaning, hope, status, ride & forgiveness.
If you are feeling suicidal there is help out there, the samaritans offer free confidential help.