Does she think there is no point in living?
In the past two weeks, about 22 people,
including some students, committed suicide in Maharashtra. Most of them
were from Mumbai. They decided to end their lives due to examination
pressure.
A Std X student committed suicide by hanging himself from the
ceiling when his parents were not at home. A first-year BCom student
jumped off the terrace of a five-storey building, and a 24-year-old
woman hanged herself to death at home because her family was forcing
her to tie the knot.
The
mother of one of the victims was crying inconsolably on TV, reiterating
just one thing: “I wish I knew [what was on her daughter’s mind]…” Her
friends said the girl was under pressure because of the high
expectations of her parents. Studies show that in most cases, students
commit suicide for having failed to live up to the expectations of
their parents who want their children to be the “best”; aspire to
fulfill their dreams through their offspring; weigh down the tender
shoulders with their obscure hopes and unwittingly push them on the
verge of suicide. According to psychology, failure to fulfill parents’
expectations gives birth to a sense of guilt among children who
subsequently begin to hate themselves and seek to wipe out their
identity.
Anyway, I have no business dilating on how
parents should behave. I have neither the experience nor the
willingness to talk about it. Millions of words have been written on it
how parents should treat their children. I don’t wanna add more. All I
want to do here is to say that handwriting analysis can reveal whether
someone is feeling suicidal. My aim here is to ensure people get fewer
chances to say, “I wish I knew…”.
The first sign to look for is depression.
In graphology, depression is seen when the baseline of handwriting
slopes or the word at the end of a sentence suddenly drops.
I present here three handwriting samples
(in pics below) — all by people who have descending baselines and all
of whom committed suicide. If the descending baseline is accompanied by
a low t-bar (indicating poor self-esteem), the tendency to commit
suicide becomes extremely strong.
SAMPLE 1
Words at the end of the sentence invariable drop
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SAMPLE 2
There is a sudden drop in the last word of the second line.
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SAMPLE 3
Likewise, all last words in the three lines drop at the end
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If you find these in the handwriting sample of someone close to you, you know what to do.
In Part II of the article, I have published
some more strokes, which reflect suicidal tendency of the writer. Watch
out this space for more clues.
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