Sɛ woahyɛ ahohia mu anaa woredwene sɛ wobɛpira wo ho a, ɛnyɛ wo nko ara. Wɔ US no, frɛ anaa mena 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7), mena HOME kɔ 741741 (Crisis Text Line), anaa frɛ 911 wɔ amanehunu bere mu.
Afotusɛm ntiantia
- Ask directly: are you thinking about suicide.
- Call or text 988 to connect.
- Check in again tomorrow and next week.
Ebia ɛyɛ wo. Ebia ɛyɛ anadwo nnɔnmiɛnsa na nsusuwii no nnyae, na wo fa bi suro baabi a ɛrekɔ. Anaa ebia ɛyɛ obi foforo. Adamfo kyerɛwsɛm bi mfata. Abusuani bi ayɛ komm wɔ ɔkwan a ɛnte sɛ ahome. Worekenkan eyi efisɛ biribi atwa nkyerɛwbea afi den so akɔ sɛ ɛdɔɔso so, na wopɛ sɛ woyɛ nea ɛteɛ a wonsɛe no.
Nea edi kan, nokware a ɛma wo gyina pintinn. Ɛnsɛ sɛ wunim ahohiahia bere ko a eyi yɛ ansa na woayɛ ho biribi pa. Wunhia nsɛm a ɛteɛ. Dɔnhwerew a edi hɔ no botae nyɛ sɛ wobɛsiesie obiara nkwa nyinaa. Ɛyɛ ketewa na ɛyɛ nea wubetumi ayɛ sen saa: bɔ onipa no ho ban, brɛ den a ano yɛ den no ase, na fa onipa a wɔatete no bra mu. Ɛno ara ne no. Nea ɛwɔ ase nyinaa boa saa nneɛma abiɛsa no.
Ahohiahia bere nyɛ tebea a enye koraa a nnipa yɛ wɔn adwene mu mfoni no nko ara. Ɛyɛ bere biara a wo daa akwan a wode di nneɛma ho dwuma asa. Ɛno betumi ayɛ ehu a ɛbubu a ɛmmubu, bere a wunnidi anaa wonna, anidaso a enni hɔ a ne bun nni hɔ asorɔkye, anaa nsusuwii sɛ wompɛ sɛ wowɔ ha. Eyinom nyinaa ka ho. Wowɔ ho kwan sɛ wuhwehwɛ mmoa ansa na nneɛma adu amanehunu so.
Sɛ ebia wowɔ asiane mu mprempren a
Sɛ woayɛ biribi sɛ wopira wo ho, anaa wote nka sɛ wuntumi mmɔ wo ho ban wɔ bere tiaa a edi hɔ mu a, yɛ no sɛ amanehunu a ɛyɛ. Frɛ 911 anaa wo mpɔtam amanehunu nɔma, anaa kɔ amanehunu ayaresabea. Eyi nyɛ nea ɛboro so. Ɛyɛ ade koro a wobɛyɛ ama asiane biara a ɛba wo nipadua so mpofirw, efisɛ ɛno ankasa ne nea ɛyɛ.
Sɛ wowɔ ayaw mu nanso wonni asiane mu mprempren a, wowɔ ɔpon a ɛyɛ ntɛm na ɛyɛ brɛoo. Wɔ Amerika no, wubetumi afrɛ anaa woakyerɛw 988 akɔ 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, anaa woakasa wɔ 988lifeline.org. Ɛyɛ kwa, ɛyɛ kokoam, na ɛyɛ adwuma dɔnhwerew biara wɔ da biara. Ade baako a ɛfata sɛ wunim, efisɛ ɛsiw nnipa pii kwan sɛ wɔremfrɛ: ɛnsɛ sɛ wopɛ sɛ wukum wo ho ansa na wode di dwuma. Nnipa frɛ wɔ ehu, awerɛhow, nsa ne nnuru a wɔde di dwuma, abusuabɔ a ɛresɛe, anaa sɛ wuntumi nsoa da no nko ara ho. Ɔfotufo a wɔatete no betie, aboa wo ma woato wo bo ase, na ɔne wo bɛtena bere a worehwehwɛ anammɔn ketewa a edi hɔ.
Bere a woretwɛn sɛ wobɛsa nkutaho no, wubetumi ama dan no mu yɛ dwoodwoo. Fi biribiara a wubetumi de apira wo ho ho, anaa ka kyerɛ obi sɛ ɔnkura ma wo. Ma kwan ketewa nna wo ne nea wode bɛyɛ no ntam, mpo bere tiaa. Saa adeyɛ baako no ma bere, na wɔ ahohiahia bere mu, bere wɔ wʼafa. Nkate a enye koraa no ntaa nnkura ne den nyinaa kyɛ.
Sɛ woadwene obi foforo ho a
Sɛ ɛyɛ onipa a wodɔ no a, ehu betumi ama woagyina dinn, anaa woyɛ ntɛm dodo, anaa woakasa dodo. Ɔkwan a ɛyɛ dwoodwoo a wobɛfa so ni. National Institute of Mental Health de anammɔn anum a emu da hɔ to gua de boa obi a ebia ɔredwen kunkum-ho ho, na ɛyɛ adwuma sɛ nhyehyɛe ma ahohiahia bere biara a wo na wode wo ho hyɛ mu.
- Bisa, tee. Ɛte sɛ ade kɛse sɛ wobɛka nsɛm no, enti nnipa fa ho hyia. Nyɛ saa. Bisa pefee: "Woredwen kunkum-ho ho ana?" anaa "Ɛyɛ den dɛn mprempren?" Atorosɛm bi a ɛtim hɔ ne sɛ sɛ wubisa a ɛde adwene no hyɛ mu. Ɛnyɛ saa. Nhwehwɛmu da no adi pefee sɛ sɛ wobisa obi tee a ɛmma n'asiane nkɔ soro, na mpɛn pii ɛyɛ ahomeka. Woama nea wuntumi nkasa ho no ayɛ nea wotumi ka ho.
- Tena hɔ, na tie sen sɛnea wokasa. Wunhia mmuae. Ɛsɛ sɛ wotena, hwɛ n'ani, na ma ɔnka ade a ɛyɛ den no a wonnsuro anaa wonnsiesie. San ka nea wote no. "Ɛte sɛ nea woabrɛ na wuntumi nhu ɔkwan a wobɛfa so afi mu." Sɛ wotie obi nko ara betumi abrɛ ɔhyew no ase.
- Boa ma wɔn ho yɛ dwoodwoo. Brɛoo bisa sɛ ebia wasusuw sɛnea ɔbɛpira ne ho ho, ne sɛ ebia ɔwɔ nea ɔbɛhia a ɛbɛn. Sɛ ɔwɔ bi a, boa ma kwan nna ɔne ade no ntam. Wonyɛ nsɛmmisa. Woreyɛ no komm sɛ asiane bere no nyɛ den sɛ wobedi so.
- Boa wɔn ma wɔnya nkitaho. Woyɛ twɛne, ɛnyɛ ogye no nyinaa. Tena ne ho bere a ɔrefrɛ anaa ɔrekyerɛw 988, anaa boa no ma ɔnkɔ ne ɔyaresafo, atemu fo, anaa obi a ogye no di hɔ. Ma kwan na mo nyinaa nfrɛ. Botae no ne sɛ wode obi a wɔatete bɛba mu, ɛnyɛ sɛ wo nko ara bɛsoa.
- San hwɛ. Ahohiahia bere ntaa mma awiei nkɔmmɔdi baako akyi. Hwɛ ɔkyena, ne nnaawɔtwe a edi hɔ. Mmoa nkitaho a ɛba ade a ɛyɛ den no akyi ho hia ankasa, na "meredwen wo ho, ɛte sɛn nnɛ" a ɛyɛ tee no kyerɛ wɔn sɛ na wɔnyɛɛ adesoa esiane sɛ wohia mmoa nti.
Nkyerɛwbea baako a ɛyɛ den: sɛ obi ka kyerɛ wo sɛ ɔwɔ asiane mu na obisa wo sɛ fa sie a, ɛno ne bɔhyɛ baako a wuntumi nyɛ. Sɛ wodɔ wɔn a, ɛtɔ da bi a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wubebu kokoamsɛm so na wama wɔatena nkwa mu. Ka no ayamye so, na fa mmoa bra mu ara.
Sɛnea wubehu bere a ɛyɛ den
Ahohiahia bere ntaa mma wɔn ho. Mpɛn pii no ɛba sɛ nsakrae. NIMH kyerɛ kɔkɔbɔ nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɛfata sɛ wode wʼani si so, titiriw bere a ɛyɛ foforo anaa ɛrekɔ akyiri: kasa fa owu pɛ anaa nkate sɛ ɔyɛ adesoa ho, sɛ ɔreyi ne ho afi nnipa ho, sɛ ɔde nneɛma a ɛho hia ma, sɛ ɔda anaa ɔdidi kɛse anaa kakraa sen sɛnea ɛtaa yɛ, akoma a ɛsakra mpofirw, anaa nsanom anaa nnubɔne a ɛkɔ soro. Ahomeka anaa dwoodwoo a ɛba sum a ɛkyɛɛ akyi nso betumi ayɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne, na ɛnyɛ ahoroyouthwɛ daa.
Eyinom mu biara nkyerɛ nea enye koraa no nko ara. Sɛ wɔka bom, anaa wode yam nkate sɛ biribi nteɛ ka ho a, ɛyɛ ntease sɛ wobɛbisa asɛm no tee sen sɛ wobɛtwɛn na woanya anidaso.
Nneɛma kakra a ɛboa wɔ emu den no mu
Bere a nipadua wɔ alarm mu koraa no, sɛ wobɛdwen yiye a ɛyɛ den araa, enti fi nipadua no so. Yɛ wo home a wuhome no brɛoo, ma ɛnware sen nea wode hyɛ mu, na yɛ no mpɛn kakra. Si wʼanan fam. Bɔ nneɛma anum a wubetumi ahu wɔ dan no mu din. Eyinom rensiesie tebea no, na ɛnyɛ saa na ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ. Ɛbrɛ volume no ase araa sɛ gyinae a edi hɔ no yɛ nea wubetumi ayɛ.
Kyerɛwsɛm tiaa a ɛyɛ nokware ka mmoahwehwɛ ho. Sɛ wokɔtena onipa foforo ho nso ka ho. Sɛ wofrɛ ahama na wonka biribiara sen "me ho ntɔ me" nso ka ho. Wonnde obiara ka nkyerɛmu a ɛyɛ fɛ. Adeyɛ ketewa koraa a ɛkɔ onipa foforo so ne nea ɛteɛ.
Ahum no twa mu a
Sɛ wofa emu den bere no mu a, ɛyɛ nkonimdi. Ɛyɛ mfiase nso, ɛnyɛ awiei. Sɛ nneɛma gyina pintinn a, ade a ɛyɛ mfaso kɛse a wubetumi ayɛ ne sɛ wobɛma ahohiahia bere a edi hɔ no nyɛ mmerɛw na wobetumi adi ho dwuma, na nea eye paa, ɔbenfo mmoa ka ho.
Adwinnade baako a mfaso wɔ so ne ahobammɔ nhyehyɛe (safety plan), a wokyerɛw bere a wo bo adwo, ma bere a ɛnte saa. Ɛyɛ kyerɛwtohɔ tiaa a ɛyɛ wo de: kɔkɔbɔ nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɛkyerɛ wo sɛ woreworo, nneɛma kakra a aboa pɛn, nnipa a wubetumi afrɛ, ne ahohiahia bere nɔma, ne nyinaa baabi baako sɛnea worennhwehwɛ sɛ wobɛyɛ nhyehyɛe bere a worefa nsu. Ɔyaresafo anaa atemu fo betumi ne wo asi bi. 988 ɔfotufo nso betumi.
Sɛ wode wo ho kɔ ɔhwɛ a ɛkɔ so so no nyɛ gyetom sɛ woadi nkogu wɔ emu den ho hwɛ mu. Ahohiahia bere yɛ nsɛm a ɛma wo nimdeɛ. Ɛka kyerɛ wo sɛ adesoa no ayɛ duru asen sɛnea wʼahoa a ɛwɔ hɔ mprempren betumi akura, na ɛno fata sɛ wo ne obi a wɔatete no boa di ho dwuma, ɛnyɛ sɛ wo nko ara bɛmia wo ho akosi sɛ nea edi hɔ bɛba. Sɛ ade a ɛyɛ den twam na woda so woro ho, anaa ɛkɔ so ba a, ɛyɛ ntease a ɛdɔɔso sɛ woyɛ nhyiamu no.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ wote anidaso nka ansa na woatu anammɔn a edi hɔ. Ɛsɛ sɛ wotu kɛkɛ. Bɔ wo ho ban nnɛ, fa onipa a wɔatete baako bra mu, na ma wɔmmoa nsoa nea wo nko ara woasoa no.
Nea wonya nsɛm fi (Sources)
- National Institute of Mental Health, 5 Action Steps to Help Someone Having Thoughts of Suicide
- National Institute of Mental Health, Warning Signs of Suicide
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, Talk to Someone Now
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, How to Help Someone Else