I remember it was Sunday, the sun fading in the horizon. People was carrying on their regular lives. People coming home from work and kids hanging out on the streets with their friends. I was laying lazily on the couch, having to just finish dinner. The summer breeze drifted in through the windows as I wonder what should I do the next day. Then the familiar high-pitched sound of a siren ring in my ears. Instantly, I knew something was wrong. Multiple police cars followed by an ambulance stopped in front of my apartment building. Immediately, policemen isolated the curious gathering crowd with bright yellow tape. People started coming out of their houses and stood on their porches, trying to figure what what's wrong. Paramedics carrying a stretcher entered the alley between my apartment building and a brown house. I looked out the window trying to see whatever that's going out there, and pieces of conversations carried on by policemen float upward …show more content…
Usually I read about suicides in books and watch characters mourn in movies because their loved ones killed themselves. Suicides are usually dark and scary. But little do I know I have the chance to acknowledge someone else's death, someone I've barely know about. I rushed onto the balcony in my parent's room before anyone can stop me. My siblings trailed behind me, also curious. I leaned over the cool railing and down to the crime scene. There was little blood. She laid awkwardly on top of a green car, and multiple paramedics struggling to get her down. "Look away, Anna! You're not suppose to see that," my sister quickly turned me around, trying to shield me from the gross scene. But I already saw everything. I recognized the victim. She lived on the fifth floor and she has three kids. She had always seemed crazy to me, murmuring to herself every time I walk past her in the stairways. But how can anyone just end their
Normal reactions to pain of loss, rejection, or disappointment and some which are more extreme reactions that can lead them in minor hopelessness, is teen suicide. When a teen commits suicide, everyone is affected. Family members, friends, teammates, neighbors, and sometimes even those who didn’t know the teen well enough might experience feelings of grief, confusion, guilt, and the sense that if only they had done something differently, the suicide could have been prevented.
Let’s answer this question point blank: No, Chris McCandless, the ‘adventurer extraordinaire’, was not a suicidal human being. Was that too blunt? Got high off of it? Need explanation? Ok, well here are the reasons why; he knew the risks of taking the perilous journey to go “Into the Wild”, if he wanted to die, he would’ve done it sooner and the friendships that he made with people and his notebook (journal?) were far too strong. Those three reasons are why I think he didn’t end his life.
Can you single out just one day from your past that you can honestly say changed your life forever? I know I can. It was a typical January day, with one exception; it was the day the Pope came to St. Louis. My brother and I had tickets to the youth rally, and we were both very excited. It was destined to be an awesome day- or so we thought. The glory and euphoria of the Papal visit quickly faded into a time of incredible pain and sorrow, a time from which I am still emerging.
sat down to rest and then heard sirens in the distance. We saw a blue and white
... crying into the house, passing over the unholy mess her killers made and found you in our bedroom. You were in your crib, next to your mother on the bed. She'd been..." He cleared his throat before moving on. "The blood had even sprayed you. The police came and took their reports but I knew who was responsible."
Around one million people in the United States commit suicide every year. To put that in perspective, it’s around one death every forty seconds. It can happen to anyone, it doesn’t discriminate based on race, age, or gender. It tends to happen to the people we least expect it too. There are many reasons and causes for suicide. It can happen all of a sudden or it can take years for someone to take his or her own life. The main causes for suicide are depression, stress, and drug abuse or alcohol problems.
I hid my face as I sat desperately alone in the back of the crowded church and stared through blurry eyes at the stained glass windows. Tears of fear and anguish soaked my red cheeks. Attempting to listen to the hollow words spoken with heartfelt emotion, I glanced at his picture, and my eyes became fixed on his beloved dog. Sudden flashes of sacred memories overcame me. Memories of soccer, his unforgettable smile, and our frequent exchange of playful insults, set my mind spinning. I longed only to hear his delighted voice once more. I sat for what seemed like hours in that lonely yet overcrowded church; my tears still flowed, and I still remembered.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death in teens. Most teens commit suicide mainly because of bullying which pushes teens over the edge; because they believe what their peers say about them. Studies show that more teens are dying in this generation than any other generation due to suicide. Bullying is the biggest cause of teen suicide because it pushes people to believe that it is the only way out, makes people feel worthless, and causes the most mental problems in teens.
Imagine waking up every day tired, and drowsy. Having to go to school every day being pushed around and having other children make you feel like you’re worthless but you are actually feeling worthless, hopeless, and careless. You have no place where you can go and just be peaceful nowhere to go to just be free. At home there are problems, At school there are problems, everywhere u go u have that feeling of sadness, worthlessness, and hopelessness. Having those feeling of harming yourself to take the inside pain away and having thoughts about taking you life away. Suicidal teen’s feelings, what caused them to become suicidal, and how they overcome the feelings?
In the articles “Suicide Prevention in Neurology Patients: Evidence to Guide Practice” by Lewis, Anderson, and Feuchtinger in 2014 and “Exploratory Study of Patients’ Life after a Stroke” by Nunez and Quieros in 2015 the authors express the importance of mental health support for neurology patients. Clients recovering from neurological disorders report feeling depressed and having a lower quality of life. These emotions can lead to suicide ideation and suicide attempts, however they can be prevented through early diagnosis and therapeutic treatment. According to Lynch, Howard, El-Mallakh, & Mathews, a diagnosis of a chronic or disabling disease is often associated with a higher risk of suicide (as cited in Lewis et al., 2014).
Suicide, it's not pretty. For those of you who don't know what it is, it's the
It’s easier to bury problems than to face them. It’s easy not having to make decisions. But for those that have to live knowing a loved one couldn't is an unbearable reality. Suicide is an epidemic that gets placed under the rug because no one likes talking about death especially those that chose to end their lives in the most unnatural way possible. Suicide stems from mental illness, abuse, and bullying.
“Suicide is not chosen; it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain” (I-10). Ending a life is a big step in the wrong direction for most. Suicide is the killing of oneself. Suicide happens every day, and every day a family’s life changes. Something needs to be done to raise awareness of that startling fact.
Growing up I had some close friends that vented to me about wanting to "end their life", at my young age I was clueless and confused. The best thing to do was ask them, was "why, what's wrong?". I wanted to make sure that they were okay, and they had someone to listen to their concerns and problems. But I felt if I
The people that loved you like your families and some friends that have stuck by you are going to be depress and probably will never recover from your death. It is not easy losing someone you loved to just a horrible death. Suicides is not an answers to your struggles ask for help. Yes, your pain is gone but you just put a pain into your families and friends.