Dead End

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Death by choice in other words suicide is an easy way out of mounting depressions caused by a variety of reasons such as financial hopelessness, professional failures, and relationship discords.  World Health Organization (WHO) data shows that globally close to eight lakh people commit suicide in a year and in India alone over two lakhs of people. Studies further show that a large percentage of suicides are preventable if people get timely and adequate treatment for mental health. 

Yes most suicides could be prevented but then depressed people do not share their problems with anyone, instead keep wallowing in their sorrow till such time it is totally unbearable and the world seems to be crumbing down around them leaving no choice but to leave behind the problems. When a person loses hope, he or she sees only a dead-end. Not all such deaths … nearly two lakhs in India do not get mentioned in news  nor does it appear on the social media except for the celebrities or if it is bizarre like the horrific spree of killings and mass suicides in Delhi-NCR family.

A 25 years old TV actress Sejal Sharma committed suicide on 25^th January 2020 leaving her family and friends baffled as to why she took an extreme step for she looked happy and used to keep smiling. So much pain behind the happy and smiling face reminds me of the song from the movie Arth “Tum itna jo muskara rahe ho kya gham has jisko chupa rehe ho “(You are smiling a lot, what is the pain you are hiding). 

Entertainment industry does have a high percentage of depression because Glamour puts a dreadful burden on the performers’ male or female  and if they are mediocre actors the depression is even more for they will not be able to get enough roles to take care of their extravagant lifestyles that needs to be maintained. Well she is not only one from the entertainment industry to take the extreme step suddenly without any indication to near and dear.  Towards the end of 2019 another actor Kaushal Punjabi committed suicide that sent shock waves in the Film Industry. He was reported to be depressed because of family discord and also was struggling to get new assignments. They are many more suicides of famous names from TV industry at Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and so forth and only thing I can say is that this Industry is prone to extreme case of depressions. 

Corporate India has also a sad incident wherein Siddhartha, the founder of India's biggest coffee chain, Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) committed suicide  as he was saddled by debt and tax woes and he saw no other way out of his troubles. For many persons it is difficult to accept that they are in a desperate situation because of their ego and they do not share their feelings or situations with their families or loved ones. Not sharing the feelings instead suppressing these feeling leads to an eruption at some point time leading to a point of no return..Dead End

Depression is like disease and there is medical cure by qualified doctors. But then there is a social stigma attached against the person going to a physiatrist for treatment in our Indian society.  Awareness about depressions and the ways and means to come out of it is a must at all levels of our society. 

My earlier post on same suicide and depressions along with an incident involving a colleague of mine can be read Here