By Falak Zahoor
Alarming rates of suicides is a severe consequence of depression and anxiety. Our society has
a lean concept of depression and anxiety and hardly people suffering from it confess about it
because people around him don’t understand his situation. Society has very narrow thinking
about it. If by chance an ordinary person got to know about a depressed person, he will be
treated like an alien or lunatic and that very thing don’t let the repressed person share his
emotions. He gets discouraged and scolded for his behaviour instead of being encouraged or
treated with love and care.
We live in an era where getting depression or having anxiety among youngsters or teenagers
is frequent. It is a most usual consequence of atmosphere we live in or things which surround
us. “mental health is so important for every individual” and unfortunately now a days
youngsters of our generation suffer from it and are not even able to speak about it due to the
social stigma i.e “what people will say”. This very statement has ruined many lives. It is the
matter of serious concern. Suicides among teens are rising day by day due to they can’t bear
their mental pressure. It makes them mentally weak and they get involved in so many wrong
things. They need someone who will envisage their problem and need support, love, care,
attention instead of taunts and burden of expectations of others.
We need to normalise consulting a doctor for it and don’t have to think what society will
think, let them talk. Families need to recognize it and take necessary step instead of blaming
the person. Visiting a psychiatrist for our mental health is not a stigma, and we need to stop
treating it so. Families are requested to recognize the symptoms of depression and anxiety
among your family members and deal with them lovingly, encourage them to visit a doctor
and advice for youngsters who suffer it, “take one step forward, communicate to your loved
ones, hurting yourself will not serve any purpose, don’t isolate yourself, you guys are equally
important and no different from others, don’t hold any kind of pressure, start doing things
that makes you happy and gives you peace, don’t put your life at stake, visit a doctor and
most importantly pray indeed ALLAH IS THE BEST LISTENER AND PROVIDER”.
For those who suffer it……
Need to see light through barriers
Circumstances may not be in favour, we need to make our carriers
Need to make our mental health a priority
Hurdles will follow our way, no need to give them a superiority
Let the people say what they want
Let your ears listen what you want
Let your success be brighter and audible
Let the words of society be slighter and inaudible
Let your emotions come out
Let the hindrances to get out
You are not alone in it
There are other who also suffer it
Harming yourself will serve no purpose
We have to have across it without being nervous
At the end we are alone in our ache
But don’t have to put our lives at stake
