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A Friendly EnvironmentThe participants felt the society still adopted negative attitudestowards people who attempted suicide. Participants perceived theneed for living in a friendly environment where people and societyaccepted them and ‘even one person’ (P16) needed them. Consequently,this category was composed of two sub-categories.1. Feeling accepted in the environment: In this sub-category, anumber of participants expressed that it helped them to healfollowing a suicide attempt when their family, friends, andsociety accepted them and ‘did not judge’ (P12) them ‘harshly’(P9) for attempting suicide. Further, they realised that theyneeded to ‘accept myself’ (P18) first and accept the suicideattempt as a ‘careless action’ (P8). One patient said:P12: I’ve an old friend who’s a school-teacher. He and his wifealways seemed to accept me when I was often depressed. I felttheir acceptance inside of me. When I was admitted to thehospital they came to visit me. This meant a lot to me.2. Feeling needed in the environment: Most of the participantsdisclosed that they felt like ‘a valuable and worthwhile person’when they felt someone needed them in the environment (P 10).They wanted to feel needed by (1) their children who requiredtheir love and guidance; (2) their parents, who expected them toshow filial piety; (3) society, who needs them to be of serviceand contribute to the community. One psychiatrist said:P16: My patient (P2) needs to make money so that her two sonscan study at university. She now knows that her sons need her tobe there for them, stay with them and support them. She has notre-attempted since these realisations.
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