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World Suicide Prevention Day: How to identify early signs of a suicidal person? Here’s how you can help
According to the World Health Organization, every 40 seconds, someone ends their life and that accounts for more than 800,000 individuals per year worldwide.
World Suicide Prevention Day is observed on September 10 every year. This day is observed to spread awareness and promote the global commitment to prevent suicide. According to the World Health Organization, every 40 seconds, someone ends their life and that accounts for more than 800,000 individuals per year worldwide.
What are the early signs of a suicidal person?
The early signs that you can notice in a suicidal person are as follows:
Sudden Calmness
Sudden calmness after feeling sad or depressed. In this, a person calm themselves and stop expressing their emotions, they also pretend to be all fine because they have decided to end their life.
Withdrawal and isolation
When a person starts isolating and starts withdrawing from all the social activities, this is a sign of depression and it is known as one of the leading causes of suicide. You can identify this sign as a person says no to activities that they enjoy earlier.
Self-harm and dangerous behaviour
A person starts to try self-harm and dangerous things as they stop valuing their life. They start engaging in unprotected sex, rash driving, starts drinking alone and excessive use of drugs.
Some recent trauma
If a person recently lost their job or loved ones, then they might have mixed feelings and they start thinking of killing themselves.
Talking about suicide
Even if someone jokingly says that they don’t want to live anymore or they have the urge to kill themselves, it should be taken seriously as this is an outright threat.
However, if you are feeling suicidal or having thought of killing yourself, you should know that those who go don’t feel the pain, it is just the people who stay behind that suffer. Also, there are non-judgemental helplines that you can contact as they will help you to fight through this. All these helplines are non-judgemental and non-critical, they just listen to you. Apart from this, this caller’s identity is never revealed and none of the calls is shared.
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Here’s a list of helpline numbers that you can contact:
Delhi
Snehi
+91 011 65978181
Daily: 2pm to 6pm
New Delhi
Fortis Stress Helpline:
+918376804102
24×7
Delhi
Goa
COOJ Mental Health Foundation:
+91 8322252525, +91 98225 62522
Weekdays: 3pm to 7pm
Goa
Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir Lifeline
1800 180 7020
Sunday to Thursday: 10am to 5pm
Srinagar
The Sara
+91-9697-606060
Daily: 10am to 5pm
Jammu Tawi
Kerala
Thanal Suicide Prevention centre
+91 0495 2760000
Daily: 10am to 6pm
Kozhikode
Maithri Kochi
+91 484 2540530
Daily: 10am to 7pm
Kochi
Pratheeksha
+91 0484 2448830
Daily: 10am to 6pm
3N Paravur
Prathyasa
+91 480 2820091
Irinjalakuda
Sanjeevani
+91 0471 2533900
Monday to Saturday: 1pm to 5pm
Thiruvananthapuram
DISHA
1056
24×7
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Spandan
+91 9630899002, +91 7389366696
24×7
Indore
Sanjivani
1253, +91 0761-2626622
Jabalpur
Jeevan Aadhar- Adolescent Helpline
1800-233-1250
Daily: 9am to 5pm (Except National Holidays)
Bhopal
Maharashtra
Hitguj help number
+91 022 24131212
Mumbai
Aasra
+91 9820466726
24×7
Navi Mumbai
Nagpur Suicide Prevention Helpline
8888817666
Nagpur
Connecting NGO
1800 843 4353 (Toll-Free)/9922001122
Daily: 12 PM to 8 PM
Pune
Vandrevala Foundation
1860 266 2345, 1800 233 3330
24×7
Tata Institute of Social Sciences icall
022 25521111
Monday to Saturday: 8 AM to 10 PM
Mumbai
The Samaritans Mumbai
+91 84229 84528 / +91 84229 84529 / +91 84229 84530
Daily: 3 PM to 9 PM
Mumbai
Maitra Helpline
+91 022 25385447
Monday to Saturday: 9am to 9pm and Sunday: 9am to 1pm
Thane
Shushrusha Counseling, Guidance and Training Institute
+91 9422627571, +91 8275038382
24×7
Islampur
Odisha
Health Helpline
104
24×7
Odisha
Pondicherry
Maitreyi
+91 0413 2339999
Daily: 2pm to 8pm
Pondicherry
Punjab
Medical Consultation – Health
104
24×7
Punjab
Rajasthan
Medical Advice and Helpline
104
24×7
Rajasthan
Hope Helpline for Students
+91 0744 2333666 , +91 0744 2414141
24×7
Kota
Sikkim
Suicide Prevention Helpline
221152, 18003453225
24×7
Gangtok
Tamil Nadu
Sneha India foundation
+91 044-24640050 | 24 Hours | Monday to Sunday
+91 044-24640060 | 08:00 AM – 10:00 PM | Monday to Sunday
Chennai
Medical Helpline
104
24×7
Tamil Nadu
Jeevan Suicide Prevention Hotline
+91 044 2656 4444
24×7
Chennai
Telangana
Roshni Trust:
+91 40 6620 2000, +91 40 6620 2001
Monday to Saturday: 11am to 9pm
Secunderabad
One Life
+91 7893078930
24×7
Hyderabad
Sevakendram-Health Information Helpline
104
24×7
Telangana
Darshika
+91 040 27755506, +91 040 27755505
Secunderabad
Makro Foundation – Suicide Prevention Helpdesk
+91 040 46004600
Monday to Friday: 10:00 am to 7:00 pm
Hyderabad
West Bengal
Lifeline Foundation
+91 033 24637401, +91 033 24637432
Monday to Sunday: 10:00 AM to 06:00 PM
Kolkata
NIBS Helpline
+91 98364 01234, +91 033 2286 5603
Monday to Friday: 6 pm and 10 pm
Kolkata
Chandigarh
Asha Helpline
+91 172 2735436, +91 172 2735446
Monday to Saturday: 8am to 7pm
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Arogya Seva: Health Care and Health Counseling Center
104
24×7
Chhattisgarh
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