I'm an aunt to a teenage niece, and noticed a couple of days ago when looking at my search history and noticed some YouTube videos on sad stories of suicide is this a warning sign of my niece wanting to commit suicide and what are some the other warning signs that both my brother and myself need to be aware of as well.
Sadly, some people are good at hiding suicidal thoughts from family members and friends and make an active effort to. Reasons behind suicide differ greatly too. Sometimes it's a result of long-standing unhappiness or mental illness or it can be an impulsive act after for example, a loss.
Some warning signs:
*Person becoming clearly very depressed (it would be helpful for you to look up symptoms and signs of depression).
*People expressing feeling suicidal thoughts or that they feel there is no hope. It's a myth that people who are seriously suicidal do not talk about it and I can't remember the exact figure but a high number of people who do complete the act had told people how they are feeling previously.
*A person becoming withdrawn and stopping taking part in things they were previously enjoying.
*Appearing to "tie-up loose ends", make peace with people etc.
*Once someone has decide to commit suicidal they can suddenly become calm and appear to cheer up after being obviously depressed before.
*Self harm that is extreme can suggest a person is becominsuicide warning signsg mentally unstable.
*Evidence of researching suicide methods.
*Expressing intense anger.
*Extreme changes in how the person's personality seems.
*Maybe an obvious one, but finding suicide notes. Suicidal people often spend a long time considering how their loved ones will react and cope and may make trial attempts at writing goodbye letters.
I'd suggest you and your brother sit down with your nice and gently mention what you noticed. Ask her if there's anything she wants to talk about, and offer her the chance to ask questions about suicide and how seeing the stories made her feel. Let her know about other people she could talk to like a school counsellor. Talking about suicide does not make a person more likely to do it if they would not be considering it anyway.
This could be and hopefully is nothing to worry about. Your neice could have been just curious about suicide which is natural especially as mental illness is talked about increasingly openly in society. She may know people who are depressed, have listened to music lyrics exploring depressing or seen something in the news that caught her attention.
If she's not eating or eating too much, not sleeping or sleeping too much, isolating (avoiding friends and activities she normally enjoys), suddenly doing poor at school, suddenly not caring about her appearance, those could also be signs of depression. But, even if yosuicide warning signsu don't see those signs, talk to her. Ask her if she's depressed or if she has suicidal thoughts. Tell her you love her and are worried about her. Ask her if there's anything you can do to help her. She might be embarrassed when you talk to her, but tell her to please come to you if she's feeling really down. It's hard to open the lines of communication, but if you do it in a loving way, you will give her the option to turn to you if she's feeling really bad. If she's been thinking about suicide, ask her if she knows how she wants to do it or knows when she wants to do it. If the answer to either of those is yes, then you should certainly be concerned. If she's truly suicidal, you may want to take her to an ER or call 911. Also, tell her that serious suicidal thoughts is a disease, and if she ever feels that bad she should please ask to be taken to an ER. In addition, help her find a therapist, where she'll be able to open up and talk about things she might not feeling comfortable sharing with friends and family.
also: talk of death or dying, visible signs of sadness, being quiet (more than usual if thats the case) its best If you look at Real websites and call a suicide prevention line or even talk to the person.
loss of appetite
not wanting to get out of bed
high anger
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