• Question: Are people born with suicidal tendencies/ thoughts

    Asked by anon-181158 to Laura on 6 Jun 2018.
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      Laura Hemming answered on 6 Jun 2018:


      Suicidal thoughts don’t tend to be something that people are born with. Having said this, experiencing adverse events in childhood can lead to somebody later on in life being more prone to having suicidal thoughts, though this normally only happens if a series of other factors are present too – for example if the person is isolated or gets diagnosed with a mental health problem.

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