Suicide is intentional self-termination. Often when a person is victimized to the point where they feel the only choice left is to end the pain, humiliation and misery by ending their life. It's self-homicide. Regrettably, suicide is one of the prime causes of death in North America. Statistics show that suicide is one of the foremost public health problems. Sadly, three out of four times, women are most likely to injure themselves purposely whereas three out of four times, men kill themselves.

In our society, people are bombarded by stress and negative energy. Individual experience many variety and intensity of grief. Grief is a deep sadness caused by dilemma, defeat and hysterical chaos in one's life.

It could be anyone of the following:

· Working in a high-tension environments.
· Making decisions between unfavourable or unpleasant choices.
· In a conflict, not given an opportunity to defend oneself.
· Loss of a close relationships.
· Loss of financial, physical, mental and emotional needs.

Grief leads to suicide. Excessive grief at one time overwhelms a person emotionally, mentally and physically. The mind and body become numb. That is when reality and rational thinking becomes impossible.

Suppressing grief for a long time in a high stressful environment leads to clinical depression. Stresses exacerbate physical illness such as migraine headaches, gastrointestinal discomfort, loss of the ability to effectively manage financially, maintaining relationships and dealing with work issues.

Psychological signs to notice:

· Depression
· High/Low level of energy
· High/Low interests in life
· Changes in eating and sleeping habits
· Ignoring personal appearance
· Symptoms of anxiety or anxiety related illness such as head-ache and stomach-ache
· Behaviour and attitude change
· Unusually quiet or aggressive/anger
· Dropping out of job, school and hobbies
· Constantly talking about death, suicide and expressing through creative methods
· Suicide attempts
· Engaging in dangerous activities such as careless driving and having unprotected sex
· Excessive alcohol and drug use
· Giving away possessions, writhing up wills, writing up farewell letters and saying "good-byes"

Beware of these symptoms:

1. Feeling of worthlessness.
2. Feeling of loneliness.
3. Feeling of misunderstanding and judgement by peers.
4. Feeling of being criticized for everything one does.
5. Feeling of humiliation and difficulty in coping with it.

Suicidal feelings - negative energy

· Shock
· Doubt
· Denial
· Shame
· Guilt
· Fear
· Anger
· Blame
· Struggles

Suicide attempts

1. Feeling of rejection
2. Feeling of struggles in life, as in your finances
3. Feeling abandoned
4. Feeling the loss of a loved one
5. Feeling of defeat or failure
6. Feeling of loss of reputation and sense of morality

Helpful hints to stop a suicide from happening:

· Recognize the individual attempting suicide
· Create a positive environment
· Gently be helpful and sensitive to the need of the individual going through depression and distress
· Attempt to be positive and influence with "stop suicide" message
· Show care and understanding
· Show respect and the importance of the individual's life