Ebru Özer Özkul stated that elderly people living alone tend to commit suicide due to the lack of expectations about the future, hopelessness and feeling unimportant, and called for them not to be left alone and to provide them with social support.
< br /> Experiences and feelings such as being abandoned by their children, suffering a physiological breakdown, and gradually losing their social circle can lead the elderly to commit suicide. Statistics of the World Health Organization show that elderly people who live alone are more suicidal than those who live with their families or in a nursing home. stated that especially the elderly who live alone and have no expectations from life tend to commit suicide with the feeling of depression. Stating that they should not be separated from the environment and people they are used to, Ebru Özer Özkul called for the elderly living alone to be provided with social support, care services and, if necessary, placed in institutions. “People without a spouse, children or social support are more likely to become depressed. Their relatives should visit them as much as possible and make them feel valued, and if necessary, they should be provided with psychological support.”
Ebru Özer Özkul stated that some people with status also feel useless when they retire, become unhappy and become depressed.
People who are Suicidal Are Signaling
Ebru Özer Özkul stated that people who are young or old, suicidal people are more emotionally sensitive and said:
“People with low psychological resilience cannot control their negative emotions. They need help, but they don't realize it. They get into such negative emotions that they eliminate their own existence. If a relative of ours has such a feeling If we realize that he is in a situation, we should ensure that he receives psychological help. People who are suicidal often signal it. Family, friends, neighbors need to realize it.
Some people may attempt suicide more than once. Maybe he didn't mean to kill himself the first time, he's just trying to get attention. But we must take it seriously every time. We must realize that there is a symbolic appeal here. Suicide attempt is actually the message of 'See me, hear me, know my worth, care about me'.”
Those Who Can't Cope With Their Pain Should Get Help
Suicide is the most common type of suicide in society. Explaining that it was caused by marriage and relationship problems, Ebru Özer Özkul said that economic reasons followed her. He said that people should realize that in cases such as being cheated on, abandoned or rejected, this is a process and it will pass, and they should be able to endure some pain.
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