Five thoughts, ideas, insights, or quotes to power up your mind to think differently and creatively about life and who we are. Put all previous thinking away and open up a brand new world of the Supermind. OUR SuperMinds.
This week – Suicide.
Suicide has reached epidemic proportions. More and more people succumb to it every single day. It’s a worrying trend. And that means we have to have a good SuperMind think about what can be done. Let’s do that.
- Every year more than 720, 000 die due to suicide. That is the equivalent of the complete population of the city of Okayama in Japan not existing year after year. But that is just an estimate as some countries are poor at collecting data. Therefore the figures will be far more. While the reasons are various one fact remains – minds feel there is no way out of the current life situation. How can we begin to improve the resilience and strength of minds as a whole everywhere?
- The facts show that men make up some 80% of suicide cases. Men are known for not been talkers, not opening up, not doing ‘touch feely’ stuff as they call it. What would help men open up up more about their problems? How can we encourage and support that?
- The most alarming statistic of all is that suicide is now the 3rd leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds. In 2021 alone it was the No.1 cause. Young people are increasingly feeling their life is not worth living. Most are impulsive decisions. Are young people being too exposed to the wrong things that are affecting their minds? Or is social media making their life look dull and themselves as losers? What is the root cause?
- Thought/question – Why suicide? In this modern world where there’s a multitude of ways to better yourself and your life, do people chose just this one?
- Suicide is personal. An individual has lost all hope or all self-belief. Is this then how life has become in this day and age? Is self-esteem and self-belief at the heart of why suicide claims so many lives?
That’s another SuperMind Saturday for your mind powers to work on. Thank you for being here for the SuperMind time. Keep asking yourself these through the week to open up more of your mind to evolve its potential. Consider more, generate ideas more, think on bigger possibilities more, activate your connection to your personal higher mind more and more. Employ your SuperMInd and Super Think!
See you next time for more super thinking.