The most common question constantly asked is "why?" Why did the parent, spouse, child, friend, or sibling take their own life? Even if the victim leaves a note explaining the reasons, lingering questions still remain: yes, they felt troubled enough to die, but why did they feel that? Often times, when a person commits suicide, …show more content…
There 's six stages of suicide, the first being attempted suicide. Suicide attempts that don 't end successfully, leading suicide attempts to out number completed suicides. Attempts of suicide often means a cry out for help. In many situations, unsuccessful suicide attempts are carried out in a manner that makes rescue possible (Life). Next, there 's suicidal gestures. Gestures could be anything from reckless driving or any other odd behavior like standing on the edge of a bridge. There could also be self-inflicted injuries like cutting of the wrist with a dull object and/or head banging. (Life) Repeated statements could be a gesture. Those statements could be "I 'm so depressed that I don 't want to live anymore." Or "No one will care if I 'm gone!" The third stage is parasuicide. Parasuicide is usually an episode of deliberate self-harm that is survived. With the fourth and fifth stage, they almost tie in together. Fourth is those who wish to die but don 't succeed. The fifth is those who have the thoughts of dying, but simply don 't try anything. (Life) The sixth and final step is the survivors of suicide. Usually those left behind after a suicide