MY
YTHS AB
BOUT S
SUICIDE
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People wh
ho discuss suiccide will not ccommit suicidde •
Suicide occcurs without warning – “out of the bluee” •
Only a person from a ce
ertain socioecconomic statuus and ethnicc background commits suiccide •
The motive
es for suicide
e are easily established •
Everyone w
who commitss suicide is de
epressed •
You have tto be crazy to
o commit suiccide •
Suicide is inherited •
onal state folllowing a suiciidal crisis means a lesseneed risk of suicide Improvement in emotio
•
Thinking about suicide is rare •
m/her to die b
by Asking a person about ssuicide, especcially a depreessed person, will push him
suicide •
meone talks to
o you about suicide, changge the subjectt and try to get their mind
d off it When som
•
People wh
ho attempt su
uicide by a low
w‐lethal meanns are not serrious about killing themselves •
People wh
ho threaten su
uicide are onlly looking for attention •
If someone
e really wantss to suicide, tthere’s nothinng you can do
o about it •
People wh
ho talk about suicide are un
nwilling to seeek help •
People wh
ho really wantt to die will find a way, so it won’t help to try to stop
p them •
Suicidal pe
eople clearly w
want to die •
Suicide occcurs at great numbers around Christmaas and Thankssgiving •
Most peop
ple who attem
mpt suicide on
nce can be exxpected to make multiple attempts •
Once a perrson attempts suicide, the
e pain and shaame will keep
p them from ttrying again •
Most peop
ple who kill th
hemselves usually have maade multiple previous non
n‐lethal attem
mpts •
Suicide is tto be expecte
ed in cases of severe hardsship Stone Centeer Counseling
g Service
x2839 (M
M – F, 8:30 – 44:30)
Emergen
ncies x2839 (eevening and weekends)
w
or C
Campus Policee x5555 (24 hoours)
www.wellessley.edu/Couunseling