According to findings, every 45 seconds someone takes their life and it’s estimated at 703,000 people a year around the world.
For each suicide approximately 135 people suffer intense grief or are otherwise affected, resulting in 108 million people, annually, who are profoundly impacted by suicidal behaviours.
For every suicide, 25 people make a suicide attempt and many more have serious thoughts of suicide.
However, raising awareness, will reduce the stigma around suicide, and encourage well-informed action and by this, we can reduce instances of suicide around the world.
Speaking about his book”Dearest Suicide” author Gidi Oklahoma. shared that when he wrote the book, he was writing to an imaginary person called suicide, speaking to suicide as to why she is keeping people and speaking to why they see suicide as the healing they need.
Man Who Survives Sui(ide Attempt Tells His Story In His New Book [BOOK CHAT]
Gidi Oklahoma also shared his personal suicide story and what led to it.
He happily wrote his final papers after spending six years for a 5 year course, only to realize he has seven carryover courses and an automatic extra year!
On the flip side, his relationship is hitting the rocks, as his lover is stalling on a reply after seven months. At home, he’s having a hard time dealing with his father’s erratic insults which gives him traumatic episodes and low self-esteem.
Locked in the middle of his life, his love, and his emotions, he takes a decision no one expected of him or saw coming.
In this book, Dearest Suicide”, you’ll definitely come in contact with intriguing details about what makes a person commit suicide and (hopefully) grab an understanding of why people like us prefer to choose suicide rather than looking for a cure to ease our pain or solution to our problems.
Because most times, there’s really no cure or healing: it’s either we choose to live (a curse to live with), or we choose to die (a cause to die for).
See the video below for more!
