CNN reports that A 24-year-old Japanese man killed himself by mixing laundry detergent and cleaning fluids. A 14-year-old Japanese girl killed herself using the same method last week. In the week the girl died, a 31-year-old man outside Tokyo killed himself inside a car by mixing detergent and bath salts, police said. The suicides are seen as part of a spate of detergent-related since last summer. Media reports in Japan also suggested that the number of similar deaths had reached about 50 this year. Why do people commit suicide? The answer, i think, is related to PAIN. It is only natural to want to live. But these people want to die. What has pushed them to take their own lives?
As one person who almost committed suicide said "i woke up in the early hours with absolute dread. Everything felt so alien, so hostile, so utterly meaningless that it created in me a deep loathing of the world. The most loathsome thing of all, however, was my own existence. What is the point of continuing to live with this burden of misery? Why carry on with this continuous struggle? I could feel a deep longing for annihilation, for non-existence, was now becoming much stronger than the instinctive desire to continue to live. I cannot live with myself any longer".
Something must be terribly wrong with society when one of its own commits suicide. If such people had one good caring friend to talk to, I believe such suicides could have been avoided. Talking can relieve pain. Especially if one talks to others who also have pain. Then there is emphathy. Perhaps there should be more clubs or groups where people can join to talk and share their pain. Could it be pain because there is lack of money? Like my mum always used to say - 'If you have no money in this world, better die'. I don't think that is a good view. Just look at the man with no legs or the blind man or the paralysed man or the terminally ill cancer patient - they all want to live. So it is strange when healthy, fit young people commit suicide. The PAIN must be intolerable, unbearable that it is better to die. They have lost all faith in dreams, hope, love, goodness, angels, gods and God. Society needs more suicide busters.
39 steps to avoid suicides.
1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti- depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.
3. Buy a DVD and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.
4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, 'My purpose is to __________ today.'
5. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
6. Play more games and read more books than you did last year.
7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, tai chi, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskansalmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
14. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid.
17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.
18. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?' 'This too will pass away'.
26. Forgive everyone for everything.
27. What other people think of you is none of your business.
28. GOD heals almost everything.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
31. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
33. The best is yet to come.
34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
35. Do the right thing!
36. Call your family often.
37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for __________. Today I accomplished _________.
38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don't want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.
Finally, when my mum came back from her holiday in Australia, she bought me a present- a coin with St Patrick on one side and an Irish blessing on the other. The blessing - May your troubles be less, May your blessings be more, May nothing but happiness come through your door!
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