Monday, 22 October 2007

Hats off to those who Suicide

From a long time, I was planning to pen down about something...but i was totally clueless about that something. After reading Shwetha's blog, i guess i found something about what i can write...
I read the article about suicide and it actually made me think and Google the suicidal tendencies. i actually disagree with what other people generally say about those who commit suicide, that they are weak... they are indeed one of the strongest people i guess u can ever find...
It takes lots of courage to end ur life, to take the most precious thing from ur self. the pain which it causes when u end ur life, the pain it causes when ur family loose one of the beloved member, the pain which society, directly or indirectly gives to the family of deceased. so i guess the cause of ending the life will be far bigger than all these.
we always say that there are nothing which can make u take ur life, no situation is not as grave that it can cause someone to take life- i agree, but the reason for causing the enormous pain is not the situation, it is ourselves, the society in which we move. how many times have we actually known that a person was depressed before s/he ended the life? how many of us actually cared enough to touch someones life not daily, but at least in a month. how many times have we actually sat and had a heart to heart chat with those about whom we care? we take all these things for granted, and suddenly BANG....the person u were so close to committed suicide. I have been in depression and from my experience, i doubt that a depressed person will ever go to anyone and say hey talk to me...am depressed....
It actually takes much amount of time to commit suicide, its like drowning urself in river, when u r the best swimmer in the world. no one wants to end life...but the idol u have always worshipped (it can be anything, anyone-someone who ditched u, someone who breached ur trust, something u wanted desperately and u didn't get, marks u didn't score, job u didn't get), suddenly its broken...all is gone...everything floored out just under ur feet, u need someone to have a word with, someone to share ur pain; but all are busy, no one noticed that u r down and out...no one knows that u r in need of company...it feels terrible...it feels as if the only loser in this world is u...its feels like being the last person worth in the world, it feels when u know u r the last person to know that lock of the door has been changed. this pain accumulates and then one day u realise that u cant bear all this anymore and u do the inevitable.
it actually takes a lot of courage to end ur life, that pain when the chemical burns and cuts the muscles of ur body, the pain when ur brain is in desperate need for oxygen, when the water is going inside ur body, u want to vomit all...but cant do...
I once asked papa, why is suicide a crime but we are asking for Mercy-killing to become a law? he answered me in a simple line....
Suicide is crime because u make other suffer for ur pain and Mercy killing
should be a law because u end others pain along with urs.
i may sound bit regressive, anti feminist, or orthodox; but the pain of a family who lose their daughter is always bit more than whats a boy's family suffer...the society make them suffer more..the reason of the suicide of a girl can be anything, but one question always comes out of the blue, was THAT the reason? i have seen this happen to one of my senior, her sister committed suicide, because of some marks...but the stares which she and her family found was not of sympathy but of questions, unlimited questions...so if someone is committing it, s/he have lost the control of their lives...all these pains are nothing in comparison to pain they are going through.
I work for an NGO, i have seen there plenty of people who are visually impaired, so the though just occur to me that whether never think of ending their lives? i asked a Senior person their, who has lost his eye sight recently. he told me" I was working in an IT company, had a love marriage after 9 years of courtship; suddenly it happened. My company disowned me, my family took me here for training and they never came back...my wife divorced me within 15 days and i was all alone. But i found friends here, who showed me that thank god life is not all that Bad, thank God i have seen enough colors in world, which others can not even imagine. That's it".
So am not here to say that its the best thing to do, but am here to simply say that before questioning others, lets just sit down and think what we can do for those whom we love...If by chance any one of u is planning to commit suicide, I'll say one thing, Even if i die today it wont affect anyone for more than 1 month, and some close people may be affected for 1 year...that's it...so even am not worth of living...but am happily living, eating food, ice creams and teasing everyone is my proximity....but if i commit suicide today, it will shock everyone, it will pinch to those who loved me for ever, and i guess i cant be that bad to do something to those whom i love.just think of those who are not as privileged as u, someone who can never hear the music of love, someone who don't have the days when stars brighten on u, showing the path no matter moon is out or not...
I'm not wise enough to give a solution or conclude that whats right and whats not, but i can just say at last that's the biggest irony of suicide is that the people committing it are the strongest breed, but at the same time they are the one who need most affection...they are courageous enough to go though all these pain but weak to even turn to someone to have a word. I know u can always talk to someone whom u don't know about ur pains easily then whom u know...so y not start it today...make ur self that someone for some soul...u can be a soul catcher and life saver for not only a person but for a family...and at last "Men is logically most illogical person"...so nothing can better conclude it.

12 comments:

Unknown said...

Is it u? or someone has written for u?How come u think of something like this?I must say a very well versed blog.Good in matter, but can be precise.But may be it needed to be this long to come to a conclusion,why dont u write another part of this regarding the Suicidal methods?It can be a great blog, belive me.Also i hope I'm not going to here the bang from ur side?

Unknown said...

As u say "Hats off to those who Suicide".... I say hats off to you ... I am enlightned by reading your blog!!!... Frankly I should admit 1 thing,you have great deal of journalism in you,matured skills of writing.But Somehow did not feel title as appropriate .

Probably u do not have that much work... so I can see more thoughts and more writing in the
blog... :)

You can include some of the Famous heavy metal Rock stars sucidal-cases and methods if you are planning to write as Udit is suggesting ... Waiting for the second episode


Cheers,
Bharath

********** said...

Hey bharath...am totally free here...and no TV, so can do only this...hehehe...
Well i guess then u will be my refrence point for the suicides of all rock stars???
I'll do next time i'll feel the urge to write.

Unknown said...

well ,

nice thoughts ,

few points that i feel left are :

1 : psychological description of person going for suicide.

2 : lack of facilities like councelling in our country. otherwise an student wouldn't have gone for suicide for getting 80% marks instead of 90 ;-).

3. what happened when a suicide plan fails , it too results in lot of social problems as well as financial loss too :-).

i don't have much time till 3rd of november , after which i will erite my own blog about a sophesticated untested idead that can be termed as Social Suicide , which won't be illigal , won't hurt nyone much except the person trying it and can even lead him / her to his true reason of survival.

still it was a nice effort , specially if it's somebody's first blog ( :-) ) , keep it up ...

waiting for next article .......

mohit sharma said...
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mohit sharma said...

nice writing ...........

atleast someone recognises the tedious task one had to do , who is going to perform such difficult tasks !!

Sourav said...

Hey nice one to start with....different view point....I actually agree with you to some extent if not fully...I feel instead of being brave, due to various circumstances suicide seems to be an easy exit...neways keep the good work....keep writing :)

Sandy the sailor said...

A gr8 jOb DeAr,
I remeber the article of chetan Bhagat(author of 5Point Someone) that sometimes people used to take a very hard decision about life, and he gave an example of the dog in his street,which looked very depressed and ignored and assaulted by the society,but the main thing it cared for was the meal, and when that dog gets the meal it is satisfied. Same way I think there is no reason to live but if we find the reasons there are a lot of reasons to live. I remember the saying....
Rehne de asmaan , Zameen ki talash kar,
sab kuchh yahin hia, na kahin aur talash kar,
Har arzoo poori ho to jeene ka kya maza,
Jine ke liye bas Ek wajah ki talash kar

So i think people must search for the reason, then he/she will find the life to be lived..
Really a v good article.
A bunch of appreciation form my side.
Enjoy

Parag Barhate said...

And you never fail to amaze me!!! This ones a gem..!!!Guess you can ponder a lot more over the reasons..which although dificult to categorize.. are ineresting!!!I could almost relate to you when you said "i was in depression" whatever the reason..!!!Would like to read more from you about suicidal thoughts rather than the actual deed... which i think is actually too drastic and complex for us to understand!!!The thought process that comes into play before someone does "it"..!!! guilt? failure? depression? hopelessness? unbearable pain? unbearable mockery?..isolation? words are plenty..!!!the heart goes out to people who have to do it for materialistic reasons.. dowry ... debts... unbearable ailment!!!like bharath said "rock stars'" suicide is something which i would never understand ...but always try to delve into thinking about..!!! like "sandy the sailor" said .... "human" is that "dog" who would appear in depression even when somebody brings the meal readymade to him...!!!

********** said...

Hey all of u...thanks a lot for the comments.I guess I can do a PhD in suicide...seems nice topic...
No,thanks for such nice & detailed comment,really honoured.Hegde thanks for pepping me for watever I write,no matter how bad it is.Sourav &Sandy thanks for supporting me.
Last but not least
Parag where is the deal we have thought over? where is the next part of this topic, which is coming from ur side???

Anonymous said...

From your other posts I guess ur name is Deepali, I just want to say thanks a lot.
I was searching on net for the suicide methods, as I thought no one cares for me and what is the need of me being here.and I found this blog, I found the post topic interesting so thought to give it a try.And when I read it and the post u have dedicated to ur teachers; I found out that there are plenty of people who have helped me and if they dont show that they love me does not mean that they dont love me.
U know that I read this article daily and today i simply thought to say I'm grateful for what u have done for me unknowingly.
Thanks dear.U have actually become that soul catcher for me.Thanks.
The people who know u and whom u love are really Lucky.

S0M3.1 said...

Dear anonymous ,
i share the same feelings that u talk of , i m more or less the same situation that of u , i am alone , lonely with no physical friend ( i mean friend physically present near me :-( ) and i think my case is much more complicated then u , i think of suicide every four hours , but i defer it everytime after reading this blog and other stuffs out there on internet , u know technical stuffs of all sort , while other times i think why to suicide alone and all , so i stop myself every 4 hour .

so coming to the point , what i was thinking , if you still visit here and read my comment , plz. contact me ASAP , i mean i can make much wider plans if i had someone else too :-( ,
so do contact me ASAP at mohitsharmaonlineatgmail.com

hoping to listen as early as possible from ur side , take care dear.