FICTION
|
People
who talk about it don't commit suicide |
FACT
|
Most
people who kill themselves have given definite
warnings of their intentions.
|
FICTION
|
Suicidal
people are absolutely intent upon dying. |
FACT
|
Most
suicidal people are ambivalent about living or
dying; they gamble with death but may retain some
desire to live.
|
FICTION
|
Suicide
happens without warning. |
FACT
|
Suicidal
people often give indications of their thoughts
(sometimes before the thoughts have become intentions)
by words or actions.
|
FICTION
|
Once
a person becomes suicidal he remains suicidal
forever. |
FACT
|
Suicidal thoughts may
return, but they are not permanent, and in some
people they may never return.
|
FICTION
|
After
a crisis, improvement means that the suicide risk
is over. |
FACT
|
Many
suicides occur in a period of improvement, when
the person has the energy and will to turn despairing
thoughts into self-destructive action.
|
FICTION
|
Suicide
occurs mainly in the poor/rich. |
FACT
|
Suicide
occurs in all groups of society.
|
FICTION
|
Suicidal
behaviour is a sign of mental illness. |
FACT
|
Suicidal
behaviour indicates deep unhappiness but not necessarily
mental illness.
|
FICTION
|
You
are either the suicidal type or you are not and
that is it. |
FACT
|
It
could happen to anybody.
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