Suicide, history and myths

What are the facts from the history of suicide? What are the myths? Answers to these questions you will find in the article.

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From the history of suicide...

Every day on the planet
Tens of thousands of people voluntarily leave. Psychologists are attributed
This step depresses, relatives and acquaintances are looking for explanations in domestic
problems, accuse specific persons - they say, brought a poor man. How
it would be, but illness, accidents, murders are carrying far
less lives than suicides. These are realities.

Present
It is not known when a person has committed the first suicide, but research
Anthropologists helped learn what to deprive themselves humanity
learned pretty long ago. In some communities and tribes suicide
It was considered as if «Personal business», In some - there were religious
Rites and cults associated with suicide in others on suicide
The taboo was superimposed and all attempts cruelly punished. But, anyway,
Suicide was present in each culture.

In those days, the struggle for life was not easy, had to be brought into
Sacrifice of people. In the hungry years, the tribes got rid of patients and
Week. They, when the time came, voluntarily proceeded to
death. For example, in the Eskivo tradition of the old man went to the tundra and there
frozen. In Japan, old parents often asked for children to attribute them to
the mountains. Westry has existed «Rock ancestors», with which old men
Jought down.

In ancient Greece, granted democracy, the right to voluntarily leave
This world was provided to citizens only in some cases. Way
Suicide could choose the one that the law sentenced to death, and Socrates,
Drinking poison did not exception. Suicide committed without
The permits of the authorities are strictly condemned and punishable by posthumous shame – in
Athens and Foufi suicide cut off her hand and buried separately. IN
The major Greek cities of the authorities stored the stock of the Cicku
(potent poison). In accordance with the law: «Let the one who is not
wants to live more, it will set out its foundations of Areopagu and, having received
resolution leaves life». IN «Digesta» Justian, which are
classical arch of Roman law, suicide «without any reasons»
condemned because «He who does not regret himself, will not regret others».
Under the Emperor (Tarquinition of Trisk), suicidian corpses
Help to eat wild beasts. In the ancient Carthage female
suicide bent the threat to expose their nude after death
bodies for universal review. Jews also treated suicide
Negative. In Talmud, suicide attempt is considered as
Crime subject to court and punishment.

With the arrival of Christianity church led a dense offensive on
suicide as a phenomenon. In Europe, a real war began in
suicide. IN «Canons» English king Eduard XI suicide
equated to robbers and thieves. In Denmark it was forbidden to endure
The body of suicides through the door - a window used for this purpose, then
The body was burned, which should symbolize the eternal burning of the soul in hell
Fire. In Bordeaux - suicides hung over his feet and exhibited universal
Review, in Abberville - dragged face down on the street. IN
Laws of Louis of the Holy (13th Century) Suicide Property confiscated,
If it was a nobleman - his coat of arms broke, the castle was destroyed, all
The rest became the property of the treasury. Often the suicide was buried on
crossroads of roads, scoring in the heart of Ospen count, because by
Believe their soul, not finding calm in heaven, wandered around the ground,
frightening alive. Russia in this sense did not differ much from Europe - in
Military Marine Article Peter I said: «If anyone kills himself,
then the dead body, tied to the horse, drag the streets, behind my feet
hang, so looking at that other such lawlessness on them
did not dare». Naturally, with such a tough control of
states of the state the number of suicides was extremely low.

But over time, laws, criminal suicides, steel
Cancel. The first thing did France during the French Revolution.
In America, in 1881, the meeting of the state of New York determined the term 20
years of those whose suicide attempt was unsuccessful. The most rigid B
This issue was the British - before in English laws, in the case of
failed suicide, the state brought the work started to the end.
A criminal crime suicide has ceased to be considered in
United Kingdom in 1961.

So what we have now. Picture, I must say not quite
Comforting. According to the World Health Organization each
The year in the world, about 500,000 people cum with them. But by conclusions
sociologists - official suicide statistics are significantly different
from real numbers (according to different estimates of 2-4 times), since in it
only explicit cases fall. There are also no time
unsuccessful attempts to leave the life, which are 7-10 times more.

Suicide, myths

For example, in Ukraine, more people die from Suicide than from the hands of murderers. But
terrifies and alarming the fact that over the past decade
suicide among young people grew 3 times. Attempt to go their lives
makes every twentieth teenager. The main reasons: failures in school,
conflicts with parents and peers, fear of future,
loneliness. But the number of completed suicides among men is 4 times
exceeding women. On the other hand, women are trying to commit suicide
4 times more often than men. Explanation of this fact is that women
much more often think about how their body will look
death and choose more «Safe» Methods that do not lead to
Full outcome.

From the time of the year, suicides choose the most common summer and spring. Counts,
that suicide disease is depression. Therefore, the problem of suicides is the problem of depression. And the most problematic hours is morning and day. By
statistics consisting in marriage cumsive with them much less often than
idle or divorced. Big level of suicide among people,
lost partners - they cum with them three times more often than family.

Out of 83 ways to commit suicide, most chooses hanging, for
It follows poisoning. About 50% of people leave suicide notes.
It is amazing that the standard of living and the number of suicides are not related
with each other - so one of the most highly developed and rich countries in Europe -
Sweden for many years is one of the leaders in the number
suicide.

With regard to suicides, there are some myths:

IN «Theater Romana» M.BUT.Bulgakova is a wonderful episode, with
which begins the head called «Attack of neustion». On the
The main character of this work rolling the fear of death, close
The very desire of death, unexpected help comes from one simple
thoughts - «Who will feed this old cat?», unhappy
The beast once selected in the yard is very interested in
nothing happened to the owner. This is so one small episode can
give the life-affirming power to the whole work.

Your life can be happy or unhappy. But it is not the most
the main thing. Only one thing is true. Your life is
The only thing you have. For her still stands to cling, she is
costs.