The write up explains genesis of suicidal attempt and how even successful people do this out of certain mental agony.

1. Do You Laugh To Hide Your
Suppressed Grief?
A person’s creative expression in a particular forte is said to be
derivative of their mania entrenched so deeply that it manifests in
them one of the psychotic characteristics of maniac depressiveness
or schizophrenia.
I read an article “Successful comedians
display symptoms of psychosis” published
on The Guardian, claiming that creative
comedians are unusual personalities apt at
physical demonstration of best comedy
because of their impulsive and irrational
minds. The article, based on a referential
study, claimed that creative comedians
resemble characteristics found in those
affected with bipolar syndrome (a mental
illness of transitory mood-shifts from
happy to melancholy unpredictably).
“Their talent to amuse people lies in having
unusual personalities and displaying what
researchers say are high levels of psychotic
characteristics.” – The Guardian

2. Does that mean those who “just seem to be
happy” are actually not happy from inside?
Does that mean the jolly face you show the
world is used to hide your inward sorrow,
something that’s crippling you from inside?
Well, it could mean anything or nothing
until the recent suicidal case of celebrated
comedian from Hollywood, Robin Williams,
wouldn’t have surfaced the media world.
While the rumor that the actor was being
spooked by a friendly ghost is gaining the
grounds, yet the things testified by
neighbor that the actor suffered severe
depression and Parkinson's disease, doesn’t
defy the possibility of him being depressive.
THE IMPLICATIONS:
We live in a society that houses people
of different temperaments; cheery,
jovial, fastidious, arrogant, angry, shy,
frank, free-thinkers, introvert,
extrovert, ambivert and those with
personality avoidant disorders.
Most of them display certain behavioral
patterns according to their likes and
dislikes and preferences. However, after
reading about the suicidal death of the
Hollywood actor, I have become a little
cautious, especially in the context of
observing people around me to discern
if their facial expression of happiness is
really a sinister trick to belie their
inner-sorrow.
Well, I have not extended my thought to
the possibility of theirs committing
suicide out of factors, mainly societal
discrimination, rejection in love, failure
in study and having no employment.
However, aren’t these mental
dissatisfactions factor in a big way the
suicidal ending of a subject’s life?
I read an article in The Times Of India
saying the deceased actor, Williams,
couldn’t handle the absence of physical
demonstrations of love from his parents
even though he believed they loved
him. It was a sense of insecurity that he
let sink into his heart. He maintained a
jovial decorum just to fend off the
anguish he felt inside.
Aside from Williams, there are countless
examples of maniac depressives. Indian
legendary playback singer, Kishore
Kumar was said to be quite a fun-witted
fellow but avoided much social contacts
and usually confined self to his
introversion.
TOI featured a clinical psychologist Dr
Seema Hingorrany quoting that people
with hypomania are very jovial in get-

3. together party, but there is a change in
their behavior when in alone.
It is believed that people who use
happiness as a certain physical defense
mechanism are presumed to strive
against their own inner demons.
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?
Just observe if your fast friend has
suddenly turned cold in behavior,
avoids social contact and enjoys his
confinement to loneliness. This is the
moment you should be concerned with
your friend’s sudden moods-shifts. One
of the pre-suicidal symptoms associate
with someone very engrossed in his
seclusion, purposely avoids company of
people, becomes unusually peevish and
reacts strongly even on slight
provocation. Time to intervene, if one of
these symptoms are noticed in your
friend, relatives or family person.
WHY PEOPLE FEEL SUICIDAL?
People feel suicidal because of many
reasons. Unfortunately, occurrence in
the number of people who killed self
out of frustration indicates victim’s
inability to respond extremity of a
negative situation positively or they
didn’t resort counseling or effective
remedial methods within the approach.
The saddest thing with suicidal cases
getting pathetic response from people
is the fact that today’s people are
insensitively cold and usually assign
themselves to their own vested interest.
A Bolywood movie, “Ek Villain”
showcases a villain protagonist
suffering from mental instability that
triggers on his encounter of people
criticizing, abusing and scoffing him
with hatred. He avenges on his insult
from them, hunts them down and kill
them to his ego’s satisfaction. He
doesn’t take vile criticism lying down.
Not to mention that such maniac
depressive walks in numbers in our
society, though their facial expression
or body language may defy their
sinister demon within.
People may feel suicidal when they
attain a state of mental instability,
unable to handle the pressing
circumstances haunting and tormenting
them within.
ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR
PLIGHT?

4. One of the best ways to get acquainted
with the reason of committing suicide
by people is to understand the root
cause of problems like their social
interaction and reactivity of society to
their presence.
The fact is, nobody welcomes vile
criticism. Even kids hate their fathers
upon their constant scolding. So, if your
reaction to the behavior of someone
very sensitive in the matter of social
interaction has been rude and
uncivilized, then yes, you are one of
those in millions responsible to
passively contribute their part by
increasing the number of suicidal cases
in society.
Beside, victim’s unexplained desires for
material possessions, abuse of drugs
and other things that remain unfulfilled
prompt them to kill self.
It should be born into mind that most
people are too sensitive to the way their
presence or work is appreciated by
people. They get inferiority complex
upon not being well-acknowledged.
This inferiority complex upon days of
nurturing may cause birth of suicidal
feel in them.
The fact of the matter – if we stop criticizing and instead pay respect to every human
being, we would bring down the suicidal cases significantly. Also, parents must ensure
that their kid’s upbringing is done under etiquette.