What happens inside a person's mind when they think suicide is a good idea?
Suicide Prevention PSA 2017: WGN's Underground YouTube)Succumbing to stress is inside a person's mind when then they think suicide is a good idea. Anger and self loathing pushes a person to consider suicide. People considering suicide often keep their thoughts to themselves. A person considering suicide is often feeling tired. Not everyone admits to being depressed, I didn’t. Suicide often happens after a traumatic event happens in their life.Pain invades your brain. You want it to stop. You think those around you would be better off without you.A person who thinks suicide is a good idea often becomes very calm moments before they attempt suicide.During a beautiful spring afternoon, I kissed my wife and young sons goodby as they left on an errand. I watched them drive away. My family had no idea what I planned to do because I made the decision moments earlier to die. I took a glass of wine and a bottle of pills and drove to a beautiful spot. I watched a silly squirrel and in slow motion, gulped a handful of pills. I wanted my suicide to go quickly.I forgot about the gagging reflex and spit out the pills.The universe gave me back my strength at that moment.Never let events in your life make you decide to commit suicide. One decision can make you spend eternity in oblivion.Many times there is nothing you can do if someone decides to commit suicide.Suicide is a quiet killer.One impulsive decision can end a person's life .Anyone wanting more information about suicide should call: 1–800–273–8255.
Why do people vomit after drinking too much? How can it be avoided?
First of all understand your capacity and drink accordingly. Over drinking ruins your health, resulting vomiting will ruin your night, the hangover caused will ruin your morning next day. So I don't see a point in drinking too much in the first place. I thought you drank to enjoy your time, not to ruin it. :PSecondly understand that stomach lining gets irritated by alcohol. And the more concentrated the alcohol is, the more irritated it will be. The more irriated it gets, the more acid it will produce making it even more irritated. And then it'll certainly teach you a lesson in the night, by inducing vomiting, and then maybe in the morning when you'll feel nauseatic. So the point is, that you need to dilute alcohol that goes into your stomach. How?By diluting the source itself. Mixing more water/soft drink in your drink.By drinking slowly thus giving your stomach lining some time to adjust to the alcohol stream you just poured inside.By drinking more water/sweetened drinks/juices between drinks. This also helps avoiding dehydration, thus in turn avoiding the hangover headache in the morning, and many many bad effects of alcohol induced dehydration.By eating something before or during drinking. That will give the acid something to churn instead of your stomach lining itself :PWhat should you do after you've had your drink and you're feeling like vomiting?Remember that vomiting per se is not something bad for you. Don't do that in front of your friends obviously :P. You can always go to the bathroom, close the door and vomit. How will that help?. It will throw out the cocktail of "alcohol and stomach acid" that is irritating your stomach wall. Y our stomach and your body will heave a sigh of relief after you actually reduced their load.Also, one should remember that you'll lose water and essential minerals (mainly sodium and potassium) through vomiting. So to avoid dehydration, you can either drink the ORS (oral rehydration salts) solution or make your own drink out of salt, water and lemon juice (no alcohol in it this time...:P) to rehydrate yourself. Cheers !!!!!
What should you do if a stranger has a seizure?
The American Centers for Disease Control has guidelines for this that are pretty comprehensive. Please be aware that emergency contact information may vary in your country (e.g. 999 in the UK not 911)Seizure First Aid (copied from this page, fair use government information)About 1 out of 10 people has had a seizure. That means seizures are common, and one day you might need to help someone during or after a seizure. Learn what you can do to keep that person safe until the seizure stops by itself.First aid for generalized tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizuresWhen most people think of a seizure, they think of a generalized tonic-clonic seizure, also called a grand mal seizure. In this type of seizure, the person may cry out, fall, shake or jerk, and become unaware of what’s going on around them.Here are things you can do to help someone who is having this type of seizure:Call 911 ifThe person has never had a seizure before.The person has difficulty breathing or waking after the seizure.The seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes.The person has another seizure soon after the first one.The person is hurt during the seizure.The seizure happens in water.The person has a health condition like diabetes, heart disease, or is pregnant.Ease the person to the floor.Turn the person gently onto one side. This will help the person breathe.Clear the area around the person of anything hard or sharp. This can prevent injury.Put something soft and flat, like a folded jacket, under his or her head.Remove eyeglasses.Loosen ties or anything around the neck that may make it hard to breathe.Time the seizure. Call 911 if the seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes.First aid for seizures involves keeping the person safe until the seizure stops by itself.First aid for any type of seizureThere are many types of seizures. Most seizures end in a few minutes. These are general steps to help someone who is having any type seizure:Stay with the person until the seizure ends and he or she is fully awake. After it ends, help the person sit in a safe place. Once they are alert and able to communicate, tell them what happened in very simple terms.Comfort the person and speak calmly.Check to see if the person is wearing or a medical bracelet or other emergency information.Keep yourself and other people calm.Offer to call a taxi or another person to make sure the person gets home safely.Read about first aid for different types seizures: Epilepsy Foundation Seizure First Aid.