Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Andersson José Aparecido de; LEITE, Roberta Vasconcelos  and  GASPAR, Yuri Elias. Life experiences and elaborations about the suicide attempt at the adolescence: phenomenological case study. Rev. Psicol. Saúde [online]. 2021, vol.13, n.2, pp. 19-32. ISSN 2177-093X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.20435/pssa.v13i2.1102.

Suicide attempt, a complex phenomenon, is a public health problem: rates are alarming. We aim to present a phenomenological case study on how a teenager who attempted suicide elaborates this experience. We conducted a semi-structured interview with a teenager, analyzed phenomenologically. Results highlight situations of existential suffering: sadness, loneliness, resentment for being criticized and rejected in family and affective relationships. When she attempted suicide, rejections were fully lived, obliterating other senses of existence. This attempt, elaborated as impulsive, focuses on how one perceives and relates to the other: some stigmatize her while others welcome and understand her, mobilizing new elaborations about herself and her life-world. We discussed how the experience after an unsuccessful attempt can be more dramatic than the pre-act experience. We conclude that it is urgent to understand the consequences of dealing with those who tried to kill themselves, highlighting the importance of care for the person to elaborate their experience with openness and authenticity.

Keywords : suicide attempt; adolescence; phenomenology; qualitative research.

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