WHY are more Nigerians opting for untimely death, putting an end to their lives via varied means? Unfortunately, the answer is not that simple. Even where the victims had left notes behind, they hardly address the ‘why’ poser as the loved ones they leave behind reel in anguish, looking to the sky for a solution to the tangled riddle. In an attempt to put a finger to the scary rate at which people now commit suicide with brazen aplomb, analysts have come up with divergent permutations.
See, in our typical way of living in denial, we have lived the lie far too long in this country. But the reality is that depression is real and it is dangerous. We all have gone through one depressive moment or the other. That some are lucky to shake it off or come out of it doesn’t diminish its deleteriousness to society’s wellbeing. Societies that take all forms of mental illnesses seriously are more focused on its treatment and it is high time we start focusing more attention on it.
The point to note here is that suicide becomes a tempting option when every other thing appears to have failed. Here I do not speak for suicide bombers even when that could also be a function of depression which exposes the victims to easy manipulation. I speak of the regular, otherwise happy-go-lucky guy or girl in the neighbourhood who suddenly turns into a recluse. When we ignore those early signs, we are only preparing the ground for a tragic end.
And in case no one is getting the drift of the argument about disillusionment, despair, alienation and depression, here is a graphic picture of what it means as described by billionaire businessman and Founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Mohammed Ibrahim, to depict Africa’s crisis of motion without movement.
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