A farmer has recounted how he had suicidal thoughts and almost ended his life after his wife denied him sex for close to a year.
The man, who spoke to host of Atinka FM’s AM Drive, Ekourba Gyasi, under anonymity, said the urge to end his life was very strong and that he believes he was saved by God.
The revelation was made after Atinka FM’s AM Drive dedicated Thursday’s show to mark World Suicide Prevention Day on the theme: “Working Together to Prevent Suicide”.
The 2020 theme seeks to call the attention of stakeholders to the urgent need to contribute to the decriminalization for the prevention of suicides.
According to available statistics at the World Health Organization (WHO) over 800,000 people take their lives annually.
” My wife of over 9 years suddenly started denying me sex and this continued for more than a year. I resorted to finding comfort outside my marriage. This also could not hold as my wife will hoot at me and call me all sorts of names in public. I couldn’t stand the denial of sex at home and the disgrace my wife was putting me through and I almost ended my life. It took the the intervention of God. I am happily married to a new woman and I am very happy,”,he recounted.
Asked what could have been the reason for his wife’s attitude, he noted that he strongly believed that his wife was having extramarital affairs.
Meanwhile, Psychologist and lecturer at the University of Ghana, Emanuel Assampong, has attributed suicides to lack of resources to withstand situations.
He explained that individuals have different ways of reacting to dire situations.
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