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Accept Defeat or Commit Suicide

B. G. V. A. S. D. T. Batuwanthudawa

Department of Sociology

Faculty of Humanities & Social sciences

University of Ruhuna

sd.tharuka97@gmail.com
1. Introduction

From a very early age, the society of the past can be seen as a simple society and the
present society as a complex society. This is because human beings are motivated to

lead a civilized life through various inventions. However, the weaknesses, problems
in this society are studied in the field of Sociology. It is also a basic study of social

concepts not recognized through sociology.Sociology is also closely associated with
many disciplines, including the field of psychology. However, "suicide" can be a
major social problem in contemporary society. But from the past, sociologists and

psychologists have been doing various researches to identify and prevent suicidal
problems.Suicide is the act of ending one's own life. Suicidal behaviours are thoughts

or tendencies that put a person at risk for committing suicide. But it is the main view
that everyone should pay attention to this social problem nowadays globally.Suicide
means ending your own life. It is sometimes a way for people to escape pain or

suffering. When someone ends their own life, we say that they "died by suicide." A
"suicide attempt" means that someone tried to end their life, but did not die.

However, the purpose of writing this article is to representpeople in society the nature

of suicide, its consequences, and how to act as a responsible person to prevent it. The
reason is that many people do not understand the reality. That is, often people in
society think about suicide based on myths. But it is some extent; suppress the number

of people who attempts suicide by trying to understand the reality. Accordingly, this
article intends to discuss the topic of suicide under the following topics.Those topics
are:Origin of Suicide, classification of suicide by Emile Durkheim, Psychological and

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