Suicide or self-inflicted death?

Fars News Agency – Cinema Group: One of the worst actions that some people commit when faced with problems and hardships in life is suicide, a death that is considered murder and manslaughter based on the teachings of Islam, the Holy Quran and hadiths, and has very bad effects and results in the afterlife. The worldly life of those around him and his acquaintances.

* Normalizing suicide as a threat to families with depressed children

Suicide is a highly reprehensible act, which unfortunately the media and virtual space intend to make it look logical and reasonable, a situation that does not end in the right direction and can pave the way for those who are psychologically prepared for this act and cause trouble. families and to add serious problems, families who are struggling with their children’s psychological problems for various reasons and are looking for many ways of treatment, but from time to time, “suicide” becomes a “suicide” in cyberspace and some media. And the suicidal person becomes the hero of the story and that is where the alarm bell rings for many families.

The news of the death of Kyomarth Pourahmad, a well-known director of cinema and television, was very shocking and surprising. But shortly after, the news of this director’s suicide hit the media and cyberspace. Whatever the problem was and the type of this artist’s death was in any way, which is a great and undeniable sadness, but the problem is the soft change of the Islamic Iranian way of life, which, following superficiality and its look, some people irrationally seek to change the views and fundamental principles. They are our society, as if the problem and sadness is much bigger.

* Media wave purifying the ugly act of suicide after the recent incident

Unfortunately, with the death of this artist, a wave of content that seeks to purify the act of suicide has hit the virtual space and the media, which are generally not aligned with Islamic Iranian values. This act, which is condemned even from a non-Islamic point of view, and psychologists are seriously trying to prevent it and issue medical prescriptions to prevent suicide, is now among the people who, for whatever reason, want to swim against the direction of the river and want to do so in any way. It is common to cause confusion and trouble for others.

Numerous examples of the prevalence of suicide in some societies where the thought of normalizing and rationalizing this act has been carried out, shows its upward trend, which has become a big problem, to the extent that many young people with minimal mental and psychological problems and only with asthma They commit suicide from this normalization, examples of which are evident among famous celebrities, especially in Western societies.

* What makes a famous person end his life?

In today’s materialized world, what is most often communicated is the story of the life and death of celebrities. Among them, the key word is “suicide”. What really happens when a person with a name, someone who has a name and an official name for himself, decides to end his life? Going back to the background of the emergence of the concept of celebrity, this phenomenon is tied to the issue of suicide and a bitter end from the very first day. In fact, in Western life, when nihilism (absurdism) is the prevailing trend, other than this negativity, no other end can be considered for them.

Evidence suggests that the way suicide-related news is reported has a role in the rate of suicide. Depicting suicidal feelings in the media can lead to an increase in imitation suicides. Being audience-oriented means that almost the audience themselves decides to publish and follow the news. When a hero, a celebrity or a famous person commits suicide, the publication of the news and its sidelines in social networks legitimizes the suicide and can increase suicide attempts among other people and also questions the privacy of the individual.

* The role of the media in correct reflection of the issue of suicide

Maryam Masoumi, a psychiatrist and the secretary of the suicide prevention committee of the Scientific Association of Psychiatrists of Iran, says: “The national suicide prevention program has been implemented since the beginning of 2019 in all 63 universities of medical sciences in the country and the areas covered by them. One of the important factors in this program is the role of the media in reflecting the issue of suicide correctly. Because sometimes the news that actually represents a social event called suicide can encourage people to commit suicide.

*Disproportionate publication of suicide news

Masoumi says: “As many cases of suicide epidemics have occurred due to the disproportionate publication of news related to specific and well-known extreme suicides (mock suicides). For this reason, the news of suicide should not be published as sensational news. Also, the details of the method and scene of suicide should not be published.”

* The usual practice of suicide among Western artists and celebrities

The relationship between artists and suicide can be examined and studied from different perspectives. From a cognitive and fundamental point of view, from a psychological point of view and from a sociological point of view.

Epistemology: It may not be out of place to mention the first theory about what “art” and creativity is in the Middle Ages. According to the “Night School” thinkers, humans have four moods, good mood, bad mood, restraint and melancholy. In fact, this fourth characteristic, i.e., melancholia, is tied to loneliness, isolation, seclusion, and madness. It seems that the theorizing of art has reached the clue from the very beginning and has decided that there is a meaningful relationship between creativity and madness. This is why contemporary artists try to protect themselves from the bite of insanity by controlling this macho quality and psychological turmoil.

Psychology: American popular comedian and actor Robin Williams, winner of prestigious awards such as Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy, American rock singer and musician Kurt Cobain, British singer Amy Winehouse, Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe, English novelist and feminist Virginia Woolf, Vincent Van Gogh, a Dutch painter, Mark Rothko, an abstract expressionist painter, Jackson Pollock, an American painter, Anne-Michel Basquiat, Archie Gorky, Richard Gerstel, John Minton, Christopher Wood and… these are only a few of the hundreds of Western artists and celebrities who are Various people have attempted suicide, both mentally and physically, and despite their artistic and material success. This again shows that in the capitalist culture, emptiness and self-depletion are lurking in people’s mouths and without spirituality and without clinging to their religious values, they easily get caught in the vortex of depression, identitylessness, lack of future, and finally suicide. .

Sociological: Of course, it should be mentioned that some of the artists whose names were mentioned were affected by the injuries of the Second World War and undoubtedly the destructive effects of the war played a major role in their psychological collapse. In fact, many Western artists committed suicide after World War II.

* The relationship between suicide and people’s worldview

From Sadegh Hedayat to Ghazaleh Alizadeh, writer Ebrahim Monsefi and singer Hadi Pakzad to Zohra Fakour Sabbour, etc., they are among domestic and national examples who committed suicide. The act that is considered the biggest human mistake, why is it the biggest? Because there is no way to compensate! Because a person takes control of his own destiny and does not leave himself to fate, effort and freedom from problems. This strongly condemned act is based on one’s worldview, apart from all the problems that are attributed to this act.

Suicide and purification of this act, which is rightly, a great punishment for those who committed suicide and betrayal of all those who are in threatening and honorable conditions of this immoral and irrational act.

* From Google English to Farsi, one encouraged another to die

Unfortunately, the open media environment and the more destructive virtual environment have infiltrated all the thoughts, privacy, votes and opinions of the audience and are constantly seeking destruction. In the meantime, the enemies of our country are trying hard to find conditions to disturb the order, nature and human nature at any point and they are looking for every trick and trick. In this difficult and dangerous transition, some countries have also come to help, as far as you can find a point in Google search, full of regret and confirmation of this enmity, as far as a concrete example can be easily found in a Google search in English about suicide with the number of the consultant. and the prevention of this action was encountered, but in the Persian search, he came across dozens of virtual sites and pages that saw the type and manner of suicide and how easy it is to die and easy to kill, and he confirmed this hatred.

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