These emotions can bottle up inside which could cause harm to an individual’s emotional and mental health. Adolescents who hide their emotions can feel like there is no way to escape the emotional pain. When teens feel this extreme pain they may think that the only way to end the aching pain is by committing suicide. “Every forty seconds, someone in the world dies by suicide”. Suicide is an action taken to deal with intolerable mental pain, fear or despair that overwhelms an individual.…
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has published a fact sheet of statistics on suicide in the United States. In 2007, it is reported that suicide was the tenth leading cause of death. Furthermore, for every suicide committed, eleven were attempted. A total of 34,598 deaths occurred from suicide with an overall rate of 11.3 suicide deaths per 100,000 people. (NIMH, 2010). Risk factors were also noted on this report and listed “depression and other mental disorders, or a substance abuse disorder (often in combination with other mental disorders). More than ninety percent of people who die by suicide have these risk factors (NIMH, 2010).”…
Cutting the skin, burning, hitting yourself, some even argue excessive drinking, over eating, under eating, over exercising can be considered self harm. All these actions have a way of distracting us from being alone with our fears, feelings and thoughts.…
Self-injury is a behavior in which people deliberately harm their own bodies in some way to cope with overwhelming emotions. Self-injury frequently is an impulsive act. You may become upset and spontaneously seek a way to hurt yourself, recklessly doing damage to their body. Other times, self-injury may be inflicted in a controlled, methodical manner. You may even plan it in advance, taking steps to avoid detection and to prevent infections. This act of behavior is not an attempt at suicide. With self-injury, the intent isn’t to die, but to inflict bodily harm. However, self-injury can accidentally result in suicide.…
There are many different ways to commit suicide, the following list is not all inclusive but are usually the most common.…
“Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.” An innumerable amount of people believe suicide is a growing epidemic in today’s society. In fact, statistics show in the year 2013, 41,149 suicides had been reported as well as many that went unreported. Although there are suicide prevention tactics, there is not a known solution for the rapid increase of suicide deaths.…
Suicide is never the solution for any case of depression or stress. The mental state is ever-changing, and an individual’s life should not be decided on how they are feeling at the current moment. This is especially common in teenagers and young adults. Their minds are still evolving and growing, and this process shouldn’t be cut short just because the person is feeling down. The mental state is only temporary and changes every so…
Teens who have had a recent loss or crisis or who had a family member or classmate who committed suicide may be especially vulnerable to suicidal thinking and behavior themselves. If you've been close to someone who has attempted or committed suicide, it can help to talk with a therapist or counselor someone who is trained in dealing with this complex issue. Or, you could join a group for survivors where you can share your feelings and get the support of people who have been in the same situation as you.…
In most cases, committing suicides the choice of lunatic, short-sighted people that don’t have the means or courage to solve their own problems. People commit suicide when they face a problem they consider unsolvable, but such a problem does not exist. All problems have a solution, therefore no one should commit suicide. “Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death overall; third among 15- to 24-year-olds and fourth among 25- to 44-year-olds.” Some of the main causes of suicide are bullying, cyberbullying, financial difficulties, and the death of close ones.…
Go to counseling if needed, but also talk to others and listen to their story and learn what they go through. Never isolate yourself from anybody your close with. If you are going through depression, you need to treat it and etc. Therapy will always help you prevent from suicide. When Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice committed, this could have been prevented if Creon had reasons why Antigone should be in a…
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death for all people in the U.S. while it’s the third of teenagers. Suicide is beginning to claim more young people's lives each year.…
This article starts off by explaining how Cutting is a non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). While the intent behind self harm isn’t suicide, it can often lead to death. It states that approximately four percent of the world’s population suffer from self harm and nearly fourteen percent of adolescence are affected by it. It makes four categories as to why someone would want to inflict pain upon themselves, to reduce negative emotions, to overpower emotions, to avoid social events, or to receive attention from peers.…
Richard Harrington; Depression, suicide and deliberate self-harm in adolescence. Br Med Bull2001; 57 (1): 47-60. doi: 10.1093/bmb/57.1.47…
In North America, we are dependant on the idea of the American Dream; good jobs to pay for all our wants and needs. But when our ability to pay for our desires is threatened, some may turn to suicide as an escape from issues we cannot face. In recent years, suicide in North America has been on the rise, with all walks of life affected. From newly unemployed men and women killing themselves after the economic crash of 2008, to young girls killing themselves as a result of being publicly shamed on the internet, it is my belief that while death is not celebrated or encouraged it can be an alternative to failure in North America. Soceity discourages people killing themselves yet to some it is the best option. Suicide, act of one ending their own…
If God gives you a life you should care for it and choose responsibly for it. If you committed suicide, just because you were mental. Or if you feel like you have problems emotionally, it would be very unnecessary. You need to live as long as you possibly can, so you have enough time to share your purpose of life. Keep and saver your life you only live once.…