Youth and suicides
By naseemkum
@naseemkum (1803)
India
December 16, 2011 12:51am CST
Why do youth attempt suicide ?
Unlike adults, youth do not have the ability to think about life and life events in terms of the broader perspective or "big picture".They tend to believe that all of the unhappiness they are feeling and experiencing will go on forever.
Everything that is happening to them is in the "here and now" and they can't begin to think that there might be a brighter future just around the corner. They often don't believe that anyone can help them, and they feel helpless and hopeless within their situation.
They believe that they can either choose to live with the pain, or end it by ending their life. Unfortunately their ultimate decision could be fatal.
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
The reasons for suicide are deep and long standing. The teen that attempted suicide right after his girlfriend broke up with himor the teen that contemplated suicide afterlosing her job probably had a history of low self-worth that was magnified by the upsetting event
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5 responses
@zoean_arch_27 (297)
• Philippines
16 Dec 11
Maybe some are misunderstand life. That's why parents should always talk, give some advice and lift up their children from time to time. Sometimes parents are so busy in their job and work which lead to miscommunication for the family.
@badlittleMiss (118)
• Philippines
16 Dec 11
yah , your right at all. The situations you just stated are the moments where us teens needed more attention and guidance from our parents.And yes, teenagers have this one straight outlook in life . Some just take their eyes on one perspective. This are the times when youth's needed to be directed by elders. because we are so sensitive of our emotions and the repeated wrong opinions of others towards to our answer. There are deeper reasons in our moves. Deep enough that no one would try to dive.
@naseemkum (1803)
• India
17 Jan 12
Its more important to hear elders words because they looses confidence all the way. Its very difficult to gain confidence its should be by our parents or our family members can do it to us.
@tessa9 (1085)
• Philippines
16 Dec 11
Teens are more sensitive and have less emotional stability. It it also harder when you don't have an outlet like you have no one to talk to. Problems in school, family and personal can be too much for some that's why open communication with friends and family is very important. It is just hard for some, not just teens, to grasp the fact that it will be better.
@writersolutions10 (497)
• India
16 Dec 11
That is really disheartening and we need to take care ourselves. we need to work ourselves to the stress and come over it. stress will bury us and we need to handle them carefully.
@serious (9)
• United States
9 Jan 12
I work with children of all ranges , I agree with you in reference to the problems they face in coming to the big picture . However , I think mainly its coming from not having any hope . But the question is are they provided any hope? When you look around they are not , there are a lot of factors both on the inside and outside that contributes to how the youth may feel at that point and time
