Fatalistic Suicide: The Five Major Causes Of Suicide

Killing is considered the most heinous act a man can commit to another. Once life is taken away from a person, it can never be restored. The action is irreversible. However, some choose to end their lives with their own hands. Once it is committed, it is now considered suicide. Suicide is the act of killing oneself due to varying reasons. It is a self-inflicted death, where a person engages in an intentional, direct, and conscious effort to end his or her life. O`Caroll et al. (1996) define suicide as self-inflicted death from injury, poisoning or suffocation, where the deceased committed the act with the intention to kill himself or herself.

According to Shaw (2011,[online]), there are 5 major reasons of suicidal attempts among youths; mainly,

It happen when a person is excessively regulated, when their futures are pitilessly blocked and passions violently choked by oppressive discipline. It occurs in overly oppressive societies, causing people to prefer to die than to carry on living within their society. A good example would be that some people prefer to die than live in a prison with constant abuse and excessive regulation that prohibits them from pursuing their desires. This type of suicide is due to overregulation in society

In the current deteriorating state of this world where social media is also used and exacerbates to the glitches of suicidal intentions, this study is made to fully understand which among adults and teenagers need to be examined because of suicidal ideation. Moreover, research has shown that there are various predictors of suicide ideation. Likewise, people’s attitudes toward suicide are also associated with suicide ideation, and suicide attitudes have been associated with predictors of suicide ideation. The suicide process involves suicide ideation, a suicide plan, a suicide attempt, and completed suicide (See Figure 1) (Vilhjalmsson, Kristjansdottir, & Sveinbjarnardottir,

As stated above, one reason people attempt to commit suicide is because of major depression or stress. As a result, they express most of their feelings and explains why such act is to be committed. Here below are some suicide notes that suicidal left. The names are sometimes changed, but the age and the words are true to its sense, so readers concern is highly appreciated (Gangte, 2013).

Clara Blandick

U.S. film actress, most famous for playing Auntie Em in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Her note stated, "I am now about to make the great adventure" popular French singer. She wrote, "Life has become unbearable ... forgive me."

Tony Hancock

British comedian, who died in 1968. Suicide note included the line "Things just went wrong too many times".

Roh Moo-hyun

Former South Korean President. The note expressed his remorse to the people, claiming to be a "burden for others".

Single female,