Assignment 4

You are working in a suicide helpline center.

There is a call from a young girl of age 22 years. Her name is Kavya.
She is standing on top of a tall building and is ready to take her life. The
time is 12 am in the night.
She has dialed your center.
1. How will you handle this situation? (What would your first reaction
be? What would you tell her first, how will you calm her down)? You
further ask her what is the reason she is taking this step. She says that
the reason for her to take this drastic step is that her boyfriend left her,
her sister died from covid and her she cannot study further as her family
is in deep financial debts. Her only source of happiness is her dog and her
family. She is a good student and wants to study further. She has just
completed her graduation.
Answer: First of all I will send a rescue team and keep her on call till
the team arrives. Even if I panic for a minute I will still try to keep
my voice stable and calm which won’t allow her to panic more. I
will give her positive strokes like “You have come this far in life and
have been doing good till now” or like “You are such an amazing
person who has not given up no matter what . You still have so
much to learn in life”. Then once she slowly calming down I will ask
what led her to take this choice of death. Once she tells me I will
let her know all the positive things that had happened and let her
focus more on the positive reasons to stay rather than negative
reasons to die. I would talk more about the things that makes her
happy and let her mind get clouded with the happy moments which
will make her rethink her choice.
2. How would you make her find a reason to live.
Answer: I will talk more about her family and her dog and make
her tell her favorite memories with them. This way her mind will be
away from jumping. I will make her feel that it is okay to have her
family and dog and her will to study further as the only thing to
proceed more in life and it is fine if things happen in between but
don’t take that as a sign to give up. I will tell her how important her
life is and how some people can’t afford that life but she is blessed
to have a life like this and taking your life away just because of few
hardships is not the only choice. I will make her understand the
value of life.