Every year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, the Western world celebrates International Suicide Survivors Day. This day is also called International Day for People Impacted by Suicide Loss – ISOSLD.

According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the memorial day was introduced in 1999 at the initiative of US Senator Harry Reid, who himself suffered from the loss of a loved one due to suicide. A politician introduced a resolution to mark the Saturday before Thanksgiving as “National Suicide Survivors Day.” The United States Congress supported the initiative and officially announced a commemorative date so that citizens could come together for spiritual healing and support.

• According to WHO, more than 800,000 people die by suicide every year.

It brings the terrible pain of loss to loved ones and relatives and is a tragic problem of modern society. Therefore, a date was set, a suitable day to tell the population of the planet about the unfortunate statistics of suicides and to carry out measures to support people who suffered from the suicide of a loved one.