Helpless against life – tragedy of old age in the shade of suicide

Journal Title: Rocznik Andragogiczny - Year 2017, Vol 24, Issue

Abstract

The paper focuses on the reconstruction of the last days of the elderly who attempted suicide. The source material used for the analysis includes suicide notes and comments of persons who had contact with the suicide victim in the last period of life. The adopted method of data operationalisation is a reconstruction which aimed at recreating emotional states, behaviours, or comments particular of people in the last period before the suicide. Based on a description of six cases, various contexts of subjective perception of helplessness were presented as the personal experience of an elderly person. The text presents the analysis of risk factors and mechanisms of suicidal behaviours, taking into account their diverse specificity in the presentation of particular suicide theories. The source material provides knowledge about extremely personal sphere of human life and death. On its basis, it is possible to conduct an exploratory study focused on discovering the experience and interpretation of helplessness in which humans find themselves before a suicide act. Based on information collected, it also describes mood changes observed in the period preceding the suicide.

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Arkadiusz Urbanek

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  • EP ID EP394571
  • DOI 10.12775/RA.2017.018
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Arkadiusz Urbanek (2017). Helpless against life – tragedy of old age in the shade of suicide. Rocznik Andragogiczny, 24(), 249-266. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-394571