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A lot of information is hidden in the place and method of committing suicide. For instance, in the case of women, there are many cases where they avoid jumping to their deaths for the fear that they will look hideous immediately after death.

Although there are occasionally cases reported of jumping off bridges, since they will be covered by water. But there are also cases of female suicides where the woman jumps to her death in order to intentionally leave a strong trace out a spirit of revenge.

#psychology #suicide #female suicide #information #place #methods

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The people around someone who has committed suicide continue reliving a nightmarish experience.

Once the anger and sadness pass, they either fall into a severe state of torpor( a state of physical or mental inactivity) or they experience a string sense of guilt because they feel responsible.

#psychology #suicide #family members #friends #guilt #anger #sadness #responsiblity

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People often think that the biggest reason behind teen suicide is school grades. But relationships are an even bigger reason than grades.

Teenagers seek a great deal of their identity from an affiliated groups like friends or clubs, so they perceive friendships, school violence or bullying as matters so important that they can even decide the fate of their lives.

#psychology #teenagers #suicide #identity #friends #clubs #bullying #fate

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A previous history of suicide attempts holds a very important meaning in psychological autopsies.

Thoughts are like Paths.

As you walk along and a path forms you end up continuing to think in that direction. 

Later on even a small trigger can lead a person to suicidal thoughts which stir the impulse to commit suicide.

*Trigger- That which initiates a process or reaction.

*Suicidal thoughts- A compulsive way of thinking were a person only thinks of suicide.

The size of the trigger is unimportant. 

#psychology #paths #thought #triggers #suicide #attempts #compulsive

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Psychological Autopsy

Just as we refer to inspecting the body of a deceased person for medical and legal reasons as an autopsy, when a suicide occurs, we call it a psychological autopsy when we investigate the cause of the suicide by conducting in-depth meetings with the friends and family of the deceased person as well as gathering personal records, such as journals, and hospital records.

There are a total of 14 basic items required for a psychological autopsy.

Some examples of these are:

History of physical and psychological illnesses                                                      Past history of use of alcohol or medication                                                          Results of the police’s physical autopsy                                                                Characteristics and changes in behaviour around time of death                            History of previous suicide attempts                                                                    Financial state and legal issues                                                                          Relationships at time of death                                                                                Work and level of satisfaction                                                                              Personal Information   

#psychological autopsy #psychology #basic items #suicide #autopsy

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Tunnel Vision

A common characteristic among people who commit suicide is a distorted way of thinking in which they believe that suicide is the only solution to their problems.

This is known as tunnel vision because of the similarity to a person in a tunnel who sees the light at the end of the tunnel as the only exit.

If a person suffering from intense stress or a severe sense of frustration fails to see anything else and ends up with tunnel vision thereby obsessing over the thought of suicide.

It does not take much for an impulsive suicide to take place even within a short period of time.

Education, upbringing, employment, human relationships. There is an endless number of situations which make people feel helpless. People living in despair are like someone in a long tunnel.

Just as they see the exit at the end as the only escape route, when a person believes that suicide is the only solution they attempt self-inflicted harm and suicide in order to recover their lost control.

But in spite of what they think, the path that they are on, the path that we are on is not a tunnel.

#psychology #tunnel vision #suicide #self-harm #only exit #control #impulsive #stress #despair #helpless

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In-group Favouritism

People who have extreme experiences seek a place to lean on psychologically.

Like in group therapy, people share their experiences with one another and try to withstand their traumas with mutual dependence. 

A way to say [I share a similar experience]

#psychology #in-group favouritism #extreme experiences #group therapy #traumas #mutual dependence

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Werther Effect

The German novelist Goethe published his novel  ‘The Sorrows of young Werther’ in 1774. 

Werther, the protagonist of the work, inspired sympathy in many young people at the time and was very popular.

However, reading that Werther, suffering from his failed love and frustration, shoots himself, countless young people were inspired to die by suicide as well, and in some regions, the book was even banned from being sold.

Since then, whenever a celebrity or someone whom a person respects dies by suicide. The phenomenon whereby they identify themselves with the person so strongly that they take their life in imitation of them has been know as the [Werther Effect] or Copycat suicide.

Suicide is highly contagious.

#psychology #suicide #werther effect #copycat suicide #goethe #the sorrows of young werther #failed love

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What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?

Anxiety is a feeling of worry, fear or uneasiness that can range in severity from mildly disconcerting to have a severe impact on daily living.

Some amount of anxiety is normal and is experienced by most individuals at some point in their lives. However, people with a generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) suffer from a more severe form of anxiety that can be difficult to control and even disabling in terms of carrying out regular day-to-day activities.

Anxiety is a symptom that is seen in several mental health conditions including GAD, panic disorder, phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Symptoms of GAD

GAD is typically long lasting and people with GAD often may have difficulty in remembering the last time they felt at ease. Symptoms of GAD may be psychological, physical or both. Some of the symptoms of GAD include:

Worry

Irritability

Mood swings

A feeling of dread and impending danger

Social withdrawal

Difficulty in concentrating

Headaches

Nausea and vomiting

Diarrhoea or constipation

Palpitations and chest pain

Excessive sweating and hot flushes

Difficulty in breathing

Difficulty in falling asleep or maintaining sleeping state throughout the night

Dizziness or vertigo

Tremors

Dry mouth

Muscle weakness

An urge to urinate frequently and excessive thirst

Painful or missed menstrual periods

In GAD, feelings of anxiety are usually continuous, with individuals feeling anxious in general about a large number of circumstances and issues, rather than their anxiety being specific to a particular event.

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Profilers

A forensic science agent who gathers and analyzes traces left at crime scenes to deduce information such as the criminal’s personality, age and gender.

It’s a job often in movies or TV shows, but in many cases, it’s a bit different from what you see on screen. 

They don’t often perform psychological analyses, they analyze traces of behaviour left at crime scenes to help with forensic investigations and crime scene investigations, and meeting with criminals is also an important part of their job.

#psychology #profilers #psychological analyze #behaviour #forensic investigation #crime scene #forensic sciene

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The primary goal of blackmail is threatening the person but it can be more dangerous depending on what the fundamental desire of the blackmailer is.

#psychology #goal #blackmail #dangerous #desire #blackmailer #threatening

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Counselors are not Gods. They’re human too so they can’t be perfect.

They’re trying to help people. A lot of patients think of them as their last option. 

Sometimes if necessary, they need to make the patients face their problems themselves and in doing so, a side of them emerges that they didn’t even know about before which causes them to have new conflicts and worries. So there are many times when patients feel that they got worse because of counselors.

All counselors have their first counseling patient. Even if they deal with other people’s minds, they themselves are people and gradually become counselors by building up experience and training. 

The problem is the patients whom they encounter while being trained in the process, are those who meet still inexperienced counselors. Simply unlucky?

This is why counselors can’t make mistakes, but there is no such thing as a counselor who doesn’t make mistakes. Hence, their experience is a heavy and precious tower built upon the wounded minds of others.

Counselors have a lot of wounds that they’re unaware of. The most common case is patients from their early years resenting them or committing suicide. 

They say that every counselor or psychologist has experienced at least one previous patient coming to visit and to criticize them.

It’s really not an easy job. Because of these experiences which remain wounds and burdens on their mind, some people have completely given up on counseling and changed professions.

#psychology #minds #trying to help people #counselors #counseling #wounds #burdens #mistakes #experience #training

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Paranoia

The belief that you are being threatened.

It’s like a delusion filled with the fear that every problem will harm you.

#psychology #paranoia #belief #delusion #fear #harm #problem

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Fighting

Flushed face, exaggerated movements and shouting are a kind of demonstration. 

It’s a way of telling the other person [I’m angry]

Why tell each other that? Because that way they can avoid fighting. 

It’s a type of warning signal, it’s a very visual signal right? [I’m angry so back down]

They’re also giving the people nearby a signal saying stop us right now.

Usually in cases like that, no punches are thrown.

However, if someone’s face gets pale and they start to shrink back. That’s when you have to stop them. 

Because that means that they’re sending the blood in their body into their muscles.

Of course, they could use those muscles to run away, but it could also be preparing to attack.

A situation like that would at least be more dangerous.

This information relates more to zoology than psychology. But watching can give you a lot more information than you think.

#psychology #zoology #fighting #dangerous #information #signal #visual signal #watching #rage #angry

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Desmond Morris

Born in 1928 in England, Desmond Morris received his doctorate in zoology at Oxford University.

His books in which he observes humans from the perspectives of both zoology and evolutionary psychology have made a significant contribution to the study of human gestures and evolution. 

His 1985 book ‘Bodywatching’ along with ‘The Naked Ape’ from 1967 concerning human behaviour from the perspective of evolutionary psychology are considered outstanding examples of observational study.

#psychology #desmond morris #england #oxford #doctorate #zoology #human gestures #bodywatching #the naked ape #evolution #observations

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Memory loss

There are a lot of misconceptions about memory loss.

The type of total amnesia or complete loss of memories that we often see in movies are actually impossible.

Since memories are stored across the brain, there have been no reported cases of complete memory loss. But in cases of HM patients whose hippocampus, which controls the patients’ memories has been severed, there exists cases (Anterograde amnesia) in which the person cannot store memories of new experiences and most memory loss is anterograde amnesia, in which the brain partially restricts memories for psychological survival, if a person cannot bear such shocking experience or trauma.

In these cases, it’s more like the recall of memories has been restricted rather than the memories disappearing.

#psychology #amnesia #memory loss #anterograde #restricted #disappearing #memories #total amnesia #trauma #shock #survival #experiences #memory recall #HM patients