Survivors of suicide attempts “I jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge” by BuzzFeedVideo The video is about a gentleman by the name of Kevin who jumped off the bridge because he could control his mental health. He is a living proof of suicide and he was to use his experience just to help prevent and bring awareness to suicide. The golden bridge has been used by over 2,000 people to end their lives. Kevin is considered to be very lucky and blessed to be alive. Kevin was born premature by parents who were drug users. Because of his situation he ended in the foster home system where he was going from home to home until a loving family took him in. Life was fantastic until the age of 17 years old …show more content…
He was mentally ill so he could not see or understand that others cared. As he explained how he jumped of the bridge, he said that although he could not deal with his mental illness but he did not really want to die. This action was really a cried out for help in his case he survived to tell his story and to help other people like me who don’t really understand what is going on in the mind during the ordeal. Wow, I am beginning to understand that it’s not their fault, it’s the powerful mind that is dictation the rest of the body to do what they do. We all know how powerful the mind can be so he believed everything it was telling him
Another thing, I learned soon after the jump he regretted doing it because that was not what he really wanted to do but the fact that he lost control of his being. He also said recovery was a bumpy road because he spent about 7 hospital stay in a psyche ward in a course of 11 years. Today he’s still suffering from all the symptoms, however he now learns how to cope and live a “normal” life. He made sure that he creates a support system around him so that he does not have to deal with it alone. The eye opener or
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Another video by BuzzFeedYellow with the title “I Survived A Suicide Attempt” is based on suicide attempts and depression. The people on the video were talking about their experiences to how they came very close to end their lives because they thought they could not handle the pressure they were facing. They all endured different situation such as sexuality, weight issues, drug addiction, and rape, emotional and physical abuse. These are serious issues that young people today are facing in life. As a future counselor, I am more than sure I will most likely to meet someone in any or all of these situations. Well Now I have more understanding that they don’t have full control of the mind and when the mind is telling them to do something and they seems not to bear the pain but to conclude their precious lives that was given to them so they would not feel it anymore. Because of this lesson I will be working even harder to make sure that they can see the light that I see which the beauty life has to offer despise all the pains and sufferings. They all advised for whoever is experiencing depression or are suicidal to seek professional help or speak to someone in your circle such as friends and family because that
curses, cures, and most importantly he has learned of the supernatural forces behind it all.
heavy control by a higher power in how they think, feel, and interact with others. Due to this
His heart may have been in the right place, but he did not have the
The main argument in this article is that there needs to be more ways to help people that are suicidal. The main point of this article is that they want to people to be more aware of how to help someone, and it is also full of information. The topics that are covered in the article are the issues at hand, the background with suicide in teens, and the next step that society needs to take. This article is about helping people that are suicidal and how to help them and let us know the next step that we need to take.
he suffered through-out his life, ie. the war, the holocaust, his wife's suicide, and his heart disease.
he was able to come to the realization that he is not as honest or brave as he
...e to cope with the ominous recurring flashbacks and the heart-aching memories he suffered from every day. He may have been able to be saved if he only had an outlet to express his feelings. To that end, the significance of connection and communication between one another cannot be further stressed and hopefully this story was encouragement enough to reach out to fellow loved ones and even acquaintances in an effort to gain better relationships and advance as a society.
too because he died from it. So in a way you could say that he really did give his life for
I knew taking this shortcut was a mistake, yet I didn't think I had enough strength to keep climbing this monumental cliff with the others. The humidity was affecting my vision and the ground now started to spin. The muscles in my legs felt
Suicide AwarenessVoices of Education (SAVE) proclaims, “When a person faces his grief, allows his feelings to come, speaks of his grief...it is then that the focus is to move from death and dying and to promote...
what he was going to get, and he is not responsible for his fate, he
administered a drug called Hypothermia that was a factor of Kevin being able to walk again. The
him to a tragic end of his own life, and also caused the deaths of
“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.