Spike on suicidal thoughts & suicides during the pandemic

 The number of suicidal thoughts increased during this pandemic due to joblessness and insecurities.

• COVID Effects on Businessmen: 

1. A businessman consumed poison, after facing loss in the catering business which he was running, canteens in 3 IT companies and faced financial loss. 
2. Another business person hanged himself because he has brought cabs on finance and he could not pay the EMI, bear the family expenses also.
3. the mobile shop owner was given a strict warning by police people for not closing shop on time, both the father and son died.

• COVID Effects on Elderly people: 

An elderly man of age 70, tried but unsuccessful attempt because he is alone here and his children are in the USA, due to a lock-down maidservant stopped coming, he felt alone.

1.  The couple who stays in Hyderabad and their children staying in Mumbai, they are anxious about their children's health and their financial insecurities.
2. An old man who was working as a security guard lost his job and became anxious about his livelihood.

• COVID Effects on Children: 

1. The children below age 8, were happy that they can stay home and play with their parents and watch cartoon networks the whole day.
2. Students of  10th & 10+2 were worried about careers later and parents are anxious about what will they do later
3. Fresh pass-out graduates do not know what to do later. 

   The above people's concerns are too many like confinement, loneliness, financial problems and stress are the factors that are driving to suicide and suicidal thoughts.

Among the total suicides, 14% were from Telanagana, As per NCRB's report. 

You can take help from the professionals and social workers and also from the National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Science(NIMHANS), Help age India, Roshini Helpline for suicide prevention.

The above are working together to prevent suicides, those who are seeking help from depression, as per a survey there was an increase in 15% of suicidal thoughts in this pandemic. only 40 % of calls were from AP & Telangana.

Among them, 20% were due to financial problems, domestic issues, unemployment, relationship problems.

financial issues were due to non-payment of EMI's, children's school fees, house rents, shop rents, and household items.  

The basic major reason is due to loneliness. To overcome it consult professionals, suicide helpline centers, yoga for a sedentary lifestyle.

video of yoga for prevention sucidal thoughts in the intial stage by sadhguru from youtube

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