suicide
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•(Latin word suicidium, from sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the intentional killing of one's self.
•is taking one’s own life•self murder
-Suicide may occur for a number of reasons, including •depression•shame,•guilt,•desperation,•physical pain,•emotional pressure,•anxiety,•financial difficulties,•undesirable situations.
-Views on suicide have been influenced by cultural views on existential themes such as religion, honor, and the meaning of life.
•The Abrahamic religions consider suicide an offense towards God due to religious belief in the sanctity of life. In the West it was often regarded as a serious crime.
• Japanese views on honor and religion led to seppuku, one of the most painful methods of suicide, to be respected as a means to atone for mistakes or failure, or as a form of protest during the samurai era.
•predominant view of modern medicine is that suicide is a mental health concern, associated with psychological factors such as the difficulty of coping with depression, inescapable suffering or fear, or other mental disorders and pressures.
•A suicide attempt is sometimes interpreted as a "cry for help" and attention, or to express despair and the wish to escape, rather than a genuine intent to die.
God gaves as a gift and that is LIFE, so that only God can get our lives,no one is allowed to kill. all that we can do is to CARE and PRESERVE life.
-we are stewards of our life, we are not the owner.
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