Teen Suicide
Brian returns from another day of high school. This time, he got beat up by the same, usual kids and all of his belongings were missing. He remembered that his parents are not home from work, so being as an only child, he knew this was the only chance he had. He traveled down towards the basement where his dad keeps his guns for hunting. He grabs a gun and loads it. He places his fingers on the trigger and places the gun on his temple. Is it really worth it? No, never. Millions of teenagers contemplate about suicide everyday under the worst circumstances. Some even go through with it and manage to succeed. From ages 10-24 years of age, an astonishing 4,600 teenagers manage to actually commit suicide (Teen Suicide Statistics). No matter what the source, suicide should never be an option and should never be a solution to a problem. Teen suicide, an increasing problem because of multiple factors like family and school problems, should be dealt carefully and wisely through intense medical and therapeutic attentively.
One of the main reasons for teenage suicide is high school. High school is filled with all sorts of factors that could lead to suicide or thoughts of suicide. Bullying plays a big role in a -student’s life. More than seventy-seven percent of students admit to being bullied during school (Bullying Statistics). This goes to show just how influential school can impact one’s life. Whether its physical or verbal abuse, students face bullying every day. High school is filled with your cliques and it is hard for the newbie to find their place, especially if they are not as outgoing as some others. The average highschooler is faced with much slander and libel and sometimes, they cannot do anything about it. Girl...
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...provide solutions. Not only will therapy help the suicide survivors, it will help them realize how precious life can be and what could have happened if they had succeeded (Jackson). They also might be subscribed to prescription drugs which must be taken attentively by others so that teenagers will not overdose.
Suicide is something that no one should ever have to go through. With so much potential everyone has, suicide is never the answer when it comes to conflicting problems. And because suicide is a problem in the United States, dealing with suicide itself is hard enough. Having family and friends to support them is just as important as accepting one’s self for who they are. Suicide, the action of killings one’s self intentionally should never an option and even though it is a problem, there are many ways to help prevent and cope with depression and suicide.
A mother finds her 17 year old teenage son hanging from the rafters of their basement. To hear of this occurrence is not rare in society today. Every 90 minutes a teenager in this country commits suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds. The National suicide rate has increased 78% between 1952 and 1992. The rate for 15-19 year olds rose from two per 100,000 to 12.9, more than 600 percent. (Special report, Killing the Pain, Rae Coulli)
There are many things which can drive a teen to commit suicide some of them are as simple as making fun of the “fat” kid in class; others can come from the mental images from witnessing a shooting. There are four major issues which contribute to teen suicide such as depression, family problems, risk factors, and teens reactions to there climate. Depression, unfortunately, is one of the biggest factors of today’s teenage suicide problems and some of the reasons for it are from the student’s own peers, “being depressed is triggered by loss or rejection (Joan 59).” Depression can be f...
Teen suicide is a social issue that the world is going through. Teen suicide is a problem that affects the whole world , mainly because this issue is global. Global means that the whole world is having the same issue that they are going through and that no one can control. The teen suicide rate has been increasing in the world since 1999. Research has shown that half of the youth every year have taken their own lives away by using firearms. Teen suicide is the 3rd most leading cause of death in the world of ages 15-24 (Teen Suicide 1). Also teen suicide is the 4th leading cause of death of the ages 10-14 (Teen Suicide 1). Researches have notice that females only attempt suicide. While males actually dies by suicide. The National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) states
Suicidal tendencies in adolescents begin around the ages of 10 through 19, with warning signs, prevention, treatment, and the causes and effects it has on the human psyche. Suicide is when someone decides to take his or her own life because and are suffering from a painful mental treatable illness and have lost hope in who they are. Because when hope is lost, some feel like suicide is the only solution to truly make the adolescents pain go away permanently. Scientific evidence that shows the people who have committed suicide had a diagnosable treatable mental disorder or substance abuse disorder (The National Institute of Mental Health, 2010). Those people might have been suffering from illness such as depression, mood disorders, personality disorders and or suffering from bullying. Being a victim of bullying can be linked to suicidal thoughts as well as behavior in adolescents. Other causes might also include having family problems at home, problems at work, school and or with school peers. Suicide is a serious problem though it not only affects the victim, but it also affects family members, loved ones, along with friends.
Depression in teenagers is a very serious condition. Many are thought to be attention seekers, moody or just going through a phase typical of the age, yet, each year the amount of teenagers committing suicide is alarming. Suicide is actually the third leading cause of death in people between the ages of 10 and 24 years old at a rate of approximately 4,600 deaths a year (Pappas, 2016). More teenagers die from committing suicide than from car accidents, cancer, heart disease, stroke, pneumonia, AIDS and influenza combined.
“Suicide does not end the chances of life getting worse, suicide eliminates the chance of it getting better,” said tumblr.com. Suicide is the act of taking of your life on purpose, and people in the United States, from the age of 10 to 65, have been committing suicide since the mid 1900’s. The rich and the famous go through suicidal thoughts and sometimes put it into their work; this process has been going on for decades. Committing suicide is a person trying to escape the pain and aloneness that can plague them, through things such as divorce, depression, school, a close relative or friend passing away or even just by themselves being a bully. Most teens need help and are too afraid to ask for it. If a person is aware of the symptoms and the behavior leading up to it, a life is savable. Why some teens commit suicide: what are some of the actions or feelings, and what causes an individual to consider this rashness, what are possible consequences, and harsh treatment or prevention options.
“Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem” (Donahue). Suicide is a growing problem in our society, especially for teens. Teens have come to a point in life believing there is no escape, no matter how bad the problem. Teens struggling with depression fail to understand what is really happening, and what depression could be leading to. Suicide is now the third leading cause of death for 15 - 24 year olds in the United States. Causes leading to suicide could be, depression, bullying, or even just feeling out of place. We can all help to prevent suicide. Educate yourself and others, motivate to make a change, stop bullying, and openly talk about the problem. Simply by doing things like this you could start a revolution and save millions of lives.
Teenage suicide is a tough subject to talk about or deal with if you are close to someone affected. There can be several causes or warning signs to watch for because one experience may be different for every person. But since it is one hundred percent preventable, there are countless numbers of things that can be done to help. Suicide is something that can be easily stopped, so anyone can help out and make it known there is always people or places you can go to for help because suicide is never the answer.
Bullying occurs between girls and guys but studies show that girls are more emotional attacked, which in the long run can cause more issues later on in life. Although bullying changes the futures of many girls it also takes a very high toll on guys lives as well. “Patel also found that of the total of suicides at ages 15 and older, about 40% and about 56% of female suicides occurred at ages 15-29 years old”(NCBI). When these studies were shown it ends being a surprising case; more girls attempt suicide but more guys are successful. Furthermore bullying is the ultimate reason for teen suicide “For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have attempted it”(Bullying Statistics). Bullying causes many suicide attempts at a young age but once the child figures out how to face the bully they will be a stronger person. If they cannot figure out how to take a stand for themselves many of the children turn to suicide. Therefore, taking a stance on bullying and figuring out why bullying is so common, will eliminate a majority of teen suicide. The action of suicide is definitely not the most effective way out of being bullied but many children are afraid to take a
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 25 suicides are attempted for each one completed. (Hogarty 1) Suicide is becoming a problem. You can tell when someone is contemplating suicide by a change in their behavior. Students who are bullied might become antisocial. Students who have relationship problems at school and at home might become depressed. It is seen daily on social media and the news. Suicide doesn’t belong to just a certain age of students. Students who mention to their peers that they have thoughts of suicide often speak with a counselor or therapist regarding their thoughts. However, many students do not have the correct training or classes to discuss suicide with their fellow classmates. According to the New York Daily News, “Nearly 1 in 6 high school students has
Today, teenage suicide is considered a big issue in America. Many factors contribute to this action whether it is overdosing on alcohol and drugs, cutting ones wrist with a sharp object, or pulling the trigger of a gun to put an end to their existence. Suicide is on the rise due to many factors such as family issues, social issues, and psychological issues. Increased education and awareness for the victims and their families could drastically reduce the number of suicide attempts yearly.
There are multiple negative effects of teen suicide. Large numbers of teens that do not have support from friends, peer groups, family, or religious association may and can feel isolated from the world and disconnected. (Larry’s). The tragedy of a young person dying as a result of overwhelming hopelessness is devastating to everyone. Suicide rates differ between boys and girls. Girls think about and attempt suicide about twice as often as boys, and attempt suicide by overdosing. Boys die by suicide about four times as often as girls, due to using more lethal methods, such as firearms, hanging, or jumping from heights. (Nock). There are several different factors that may lead a teenager to take their life, but the most common is depression. Feelings of hopelessness and anxiety, along with feelings of being trapped in a life that one cannot handle, are contributors to teen suicide. It is important to be on the lookout for signs that your teen may attempt suicide. Some of the warning signs are similar to normal adolescent behavior. At times, preventing teen suicide means treating teen depression. Since 75 percent of the people who commit suicide are depressed (according to the University of Texas), it is a beneficial start to begin treating the symptoms of teen depression. (Teen Suicide Overview).
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15 to 24 year olds, and the sixth leading cause for 5 to 14 year olds. Suicide accounts for twelve percent of the mortality in the adolescent and young adult group. Young males are more common than young woman suicides. These are only children who followed through with the suicide. For every successful suicide there are fifty to one hundred adolescent suicide attempts. In other words, more than five percent of all teenagers tried to commit suicide, and the number is still rising. It is scary to think that four percent of high school students have made a suicide attempt within the previous twelve months. In a small safe town like Avon, in the Avon High School where you and I practically live, you can see the faces of 22 students that have tried to commit suicide. That is enough to fill a classroom.
Now the eighth-leading cause of death overall in the U.S. and the third-leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 15 and 24 years, suicide has become the subject of much recent focus. U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, for instance, recently announced his Call to Action to Prevent Suicide, 1999, an initiative intended to increase public awareness, promote intervention strategies, and enhance research. The media, too, has been paying very close attention to the subject of suicide, writing articles and books and running news stories. Suicide among our nation’s youth, a population very vulnerable to self-destructive emotions, has perhaps received the most discussion of late. Maybe this is because teenage suicide seems the most tragic—lives lost before they’ve even started. Yet, while all of this recent focus is good, it’s only the beginning. We cannot continue to lose so many lives unnecessarily.