Tuesday 17 January 2017

Adaptation Part B - Questions to ask before committing suicide - Questions List

Here is a comprised list of some of the questions that could be asked in the infographic to inform the audience of the necessary thought processes that should be taken before committing such a desperate act. 

  • Who are you leaving behind? Consider the likely responses of those you leave behind i.e. how family and friends will react to the news of your choice to end your life, what impact it will have on them; what impact it may have on your work, business, clients.
  • What method of suicide? Consider carefully how painful the selected method is, and whether your desire to die exceeds the likely pain, and risk of a failed attempt.
  • What are you funeral arrangements going to be? Consider whether you wish to be buried, cremated, or leave your body to be donated to medical science. 
  • Have you tried everything that can help? Consider the use of prescribed anti-depressant medicines to combat the negative emotions that can push you to those lengths. Talk to someone either a family member, friend or a professional.
  • What are your reasons for living?(Or what were they?) Consider not only the family and friends that you could leave behind, but the things you could achieve in the future. Have you achieved everything you wished you could?
  • Is it possible things could change? Consider your immediate and long-term future, think about how you can help heal yourself and how others can feed into that also. Studies show over 90% do not eventually die by suicide.
There are two possible directions that I could choose for this infographic and I believe that a humorous approach should be reviewed also. Perhaps this could be an informative yet dark infographic. Below are some of the questions I feel could fall into that dark humor. Some questions overlap so its up to choosing which ones are the best method of engagement.

  • What method of suicide? Consider carefully how painful the selected method is, and whether your desire to die exceeds the likely pain, and risk of a failed attempt.
  • Who cleans up? Consider the immeasurable task of cleaning up the mess that's left behind, depends on the method chosen, talk about the procedures of cleaning up and the inappropriate waste of time it has on others around you..(Traffic?)(Quarantine?)  
  • What will happen to your body once you die? Consider the immediate effects, falls into place just after choosing the method of suicide. Could the face be dismembered? Could the body be pulverised? - Speak about funeral arrangements and prepping to scare off any unsure individuals.
  • What will happen to those you leave behind? Consider family and friends and indeed love interests, show statistics of the effects of leaving. Depict the loneliness of the act.
  • Who will be there at the funeral? Consider mentioning the potential lack of attendees at the event, or perhaps the amount of sorrow you'll be making others have. 

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