What Are The Causes Of Teenage Suicide?

According to the United Nations, there are about 1.8 billion young adults that range from the ages 10 to 24 years old that are living in the world today (Edwards). This means that there are 1.8 billion different thoughts, different emotions, different dreams, different goals, different hopes, etc. that are running through the minds of a fraction of this earth’s population. Every teenager is fighting his or her own battle each day, whether it is from wanting to be accepted by others to fighting a mental illness. There is a limitless amount of pressure that teenagers face every time they wake up each morning and many of them think the only way to end this pressure and strain on them is to commit suicide. Teenage suicide is a rising concern that

another main cause of teenage suicide is bullying. Bullying can be related to hurting a victim emotionally or physically, targeting them on the Internet, sending out suggestive photos of them, and/or sexting. According to the studies that took place at Yale University, “Bullying victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims” (Bullying Suicide Link Explore in New Study). Teenagers that are targeted by bullies are usually afraid to speak up. They begin to become ashamed of themselves because they start to believe what the bully says. Victims of bullying can be anyone, but the most likely who are bullied are the ones who are socially different, overweight, gay, transgenic, or bisexual. Usually the ones who are bullied do not want to cause more attention to them then they already do, which is a reason why they don’t speak up for themselves. According to the National Voices For Equality Education and Enlightenment (NVEEE), “Every 7 minutes a child is bullied. Adult intervention -4%. Peer intervention- 11%. No intervention – 85%” (Bullying Statistics). As a teenager is bullied, they begin to think that it will never end. They start to believe that that is what their every day will look like. Standing up to a bully is difficult and reporting it is even harder. Bystanders will witness bullying, but many won’t report it either. Bullies make their victims

They also might say that suicide is taking the easy way out or not fighting hard enough for what their future could be. Arguments also say that many suicidal teenagers do not go for help in advance of taking their own lives and they don’t think about anybody but themselves. The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center conducted a survey where people answered a serious of questions and according to one of their answers it was concluded that 8 out of 10 teens who commit suicide try to ask for help in some way before committing suicide (Teen Suicide Statistics). Many teenagers who are struggling with the thought of suicide have searched for help, yet families and friends might not know that they have looked. There are many anonymous suicidal hotlines that are available in service for people who are thinking suicidal thoughts. Even though many teenagers live under the same roof as their parents many things happen in a teen’s life that parents are not aware of, and that could be searching for suicidal help. As well as teens looking for help before taking their own life, they also think about their loved ones beforehand more than people think. Katie Hurley, who is a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, wrote an article about suicide for the Huffington Post which stated, “What they don’t know is that those very loved ones are the reason many people