Question

While some of life's experiences are under our control, others are not. External factors are those in life which we cannot control (such as who raised us or where we live). Can you identify events in your life that have contributed to the person you are today? Can you identify events in your life that may have contributed to feelings of inadequacy? If faced with the same event today, would your actions and/or feelings regarding the incident be different? How and in what way? You have a friend that has undergone a major life trauma and has withdrawn from activities he/she once enjoyed. He/she shows some signs of depression and confides in you that he/she has contemplated suicide. How can you help your friend? Who would you contact first? Where on campus might your friend get help? What if someone in your class that you hardly knew gave some of the warning signs? What would you do?

Answer 1

We can help her out by different ways like,

Engage her in different activities.

Assign her tasks.

Feel her not alone .ensure the presence of others always .

Encourage the task completed by own efforts.

Sincerely compliment them on occasion.

Maximize the positive activities and minimizes the negative activities.

Avoid unrealistic comparisons .

Help her to set goals.

We have to contact her family and other friends to bring her towards a positive life,they can help her out.In college ensure the proper psychological support bye guidance and counseling .

warnig signs .

• sitting alone
• Talking about dying
• Making arrangement for life.
• Hopelessness
• Dangerous or self harm full behavior.
• Changes in personality or appearance.

what I can do?

Do not leave the person alone,if possible ask the help of family ,friends etc.

Take away the sharps or other things that might have been used to hurt the person himself or herself.

Try to keep the person engaged in other activities.

Don't be afraid of asking whether she is depressed or thinking about suicide.

Everything has been changed with certainty. But risk can often be reduced with timely interventions.