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0913BeWellSuicidePrevention_2023-09-13-09-21-39

Live Life Better: Discussing contributing factors that can lead to suicide

Continue our conversation for suicide prevention month. Psychiatrist, Dr Lea Arkin is here, she's the director for the Center for Behavioral Health at Nyit. And really here to help us, you know, navigate some of the conversation, some of the discussions that we need to have with our friends and, and family. So I, I know that there are different factors that really contribute to someone finding themselves in this space. So one of those being family history. So it is something we really do need to talk about as a family. Absolutely. I think it be hoos us to talk about it because if there's a family history of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, toxic relationships, any sort of physical, verbal, sexual abuse, these things can promote someone feeling very desperate and hopeless. And that's what usually uh happens right before someone's even thinking about the possibility of taking their own life. And obviously, if there is a another loss or a trauma that happens, sometimes people can't find their way out of those emotions. That's true and traumas, including the death of somebody that you love, uh traumas, including um any sort of loss that you may have. Whether it's a terrible financial loss, loss of a job, uh a loss of a family unit. Um, sometimes things like that can contribute to someone feeling very, very helpless and alone. Right. And I mean, that's obviously what's, what's happening. But then you also see this one in their bullying. Bullying could be, typically you think about kids in school, whether it's online or physically, it could be in the workforce as well. It could be toxic relationships. Um And that's something that's very, very distrustful. Absolutely. All right, we do need to talk also about substance abuse because that it can be a contributing factor. Substance abuse is a very uh important thing to talk about because when somebody um self medicates, many people self medicate against depression, anxiety using different substances, alcohol drugs, um cognitively, they're impaired. So their judgment is not where it should be. And that could lead to someone thinking that maybe suicide is a great option. Sometimes they overdose accidentally, sometimes they overdose by planning that and then there's depression and anxiety. And even though depression and anxiety can be treated, some people don't get the treatment that they need because they don't have access to treatment. And some people, even though they do get the treatment, it's not fully resolved and they give up and they start thinking if I have to live my life like this forever, I don't wanna be here. So it's people like in that situation that we need to address to say that there are new options. There are many things every day coming out. And now what about, you know, having a terminal illness, this or dealing with a chronic pain, very similar to having severe depression and anxiety. People suffer chronic pain, people suffer chronic or terminal illnesses. Feel like if I have to live like this for the rest of my life, I don't want to be here anymore. Right? But the fact remains that there are many, many new ways to address whether it's chronic illnesses or whether it's depression, anxiety and the more we talk about it, the more people understand that there are options. So I'm so glad we are continuing to have this conversation and, you know, it is important for you to have it at home with your family and with your loved ones.

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