Suicidal thoughts are expressed by about a third of middle school age adolescents and a quarter of the world's adult population. The question arises, how do suicidal tendencies manifest themselves? There are a number of signs that a person is close to suicide.
The pursuit of solitude
A person's isolation and his unwillingness to communicate with friends and family may indicate the appearance of thoughts of suicide. If previously a person was sociable and loved to meet people, was engaged in active sports, creativity and was distinguished by extroversion, he could not change without reason. Consequently, a misfortune happened in his life, pushing him on the path of suicide. To prevent this, you need to be interested in the reasons for the privacy of acquaintances. It is necessary to clearly distinguish between temporary sadness and detrimental withdrawal.
Prolonged depression
This is the next step after solitude. The person goes further, stops leaving the house, does not answer calls. He does not want to see people, so he spends most of his time in one room. However, he may not do anything at all. Apathy makes him look at one point and constantly think about bad things. A person becomes distracted, as a result of which his performance at work or school decreases.
Black humor
Suicidal tendencies are manifested not only in the form of sociopathy. A person can continue to communicate with friends, go to work or a place of study, but something breaks in him. He starts talking about death or joking about it. At first, this can be attributed to a bad day, but if such jokes continue for a long time, it should be cause for concern. Irony and humor become superfluous when a person reaches the stage of readiness to leave for another world.
Change in appearance
We are talking about such a manifestation of suicidal tendencies as the launch of their appearance. If before the girl looked after herself, painted herself, did her hair, now she can forget about the simplest personal hygiene. A person systematically "forgets" to wash his hair or comb his hair, change underwear and wash shoes. This sign speaks not only of a depression, but of a serious manifestation of suicidal thoughts.
Alcohol abuse
Drinking alcohol, using drugs, frequent smoking - all this indicates that a person has a serious problem. He tries to cope with his thoughts by rejecting reality, intoxicating himself with psychotropic substances.
Aggression alternating with kindness
Sometimes a person prone to suicide begins to break down at others, shout at loved ones. And after a couple of hours after that, he amazes everyone with his calmness, begins to give valuable things, distribute money. This does not mean that he has bounced back. On the contrary, it is a sign of suicidal tendencies, readiness for it, an element of goodbye.
All these signs must be taken into account. A person with suicidal thoughts should not be left alone. It is advisable to seek help from a psychologist.
