Imagine a day where you felt like you couldn’t go on. Now imagine that day never ended.
That is what life feels like for those that decide to no longer be apart of this world. Suicide is a way out, but it’s the wrong way out. It’s easier to sleep than it is to be awake. 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. In the United States alone there are almost 35,000 suicides every year,
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People that suffer like Evan Perry should be sought to be understood instead of preaching to them. A major motivator for suicide is depression especially for young adults. Depression can stem from a multitude of things. Depression is not just being said but a complete loss of all motivation. Motivation causes an individual to wake up, shower, eat, socialize, and much more. Without that motivation hopelessness wreaks havoc. Those that suffer from depression will often have a susceptibleness to the disease. Factors such as genetics, biochemistry, environment, and personality play a huge part in depression (Parekh, 2017). Depression can be treated in numerous ways. A common treatment for depression is by medications called antidepressants. These medications can work as “uppers” or tranquilizers. This type of medication often requires prolonged usage and can even cause serious side effects. Another way to treat depression is psychotherapy which requires an individual to talk about …show more content…
A poor environment can be living situations to family issues. In the case of Evan Perry his parents also played a role in decision to commit suicide. Since individuals that chose to end their lives are between age 15-24 which is the age most individuals like with a family. With a family comes issues and many issues are extremely serious. Many individuals that have suffered abuse in the past have attempted or successfully committed suicide. Many domestic issues such as molestation or spousal abuse play a key role in an individuals mental health. Abuse is not always within the family and can happen to anyone. When Lindsay Armstrong a 17 year old girl was raped her pain was too much to bear. While she was in court giving a testimony she felt as if she was being raped all over again. The defense lawyer questioning her made her handle the pair of undergarments she was wearing as the time of the attack and show them to the jury and judge. The following day she was found dead in her bed by her mother. She had purposefully overdosed. For Lindsay to escape her reality she decide to take her own life because she could not take one more moment being in
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...ion. Antidepressants make a person feel less or not at all depressed, giving them more energy and confidence. Just like any medication in the the world, they have side effects. The most common side effects with anti depressants are insomnia, sleepiness, nausea, and weight gain. Some researches say that antidepressants increase the chance of suicide. Which has not been proven, although it would not be totally impossible. If a person is willing to change and keep a can do attitude, just might stay non depressed.
There were over 44,000 that committed suicide in 2015, causing it to be in the top ten causes of death within the United States (Suicide). There are some areas within the United States that are more affected
The release of the Lebanon figures report which found that 800,000 people die due to suicide annually, making it the second leading cause of death for 15- to 29-year-olds.
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.
Some of the leading causes of suicide include depression (or low self-esteem), problems with relationships, school issues, or bullying because of weight, sexuality, or physical or mental performance.
Teen suicide can result from a number of scenarios. When you hear of teens who commit suicide, a lot of people would think it's due to the most common cases which are unhappiness or depression. But in fact, there are different factors to what causes suicide. For an example, as stated in the article Teen Suicide from Kids Health, teens attempt suicide for multiple reasons. These reasons revolve around psychological problems such as anxiety, bipolar disorders, or drug abuse or even dealing with bisexuality or homosexuality in an unsupportive family or hostile school environment. The individuals who usually face th...
Every student who tries to succeed or do their very best in class knows the pressures of schoolwork, extracurricular activities, sports, volunteer work, and applying to college. Even if the student isn't trying to get into Ivy League schools, they still know how much work it takes in a work to keep their grades average. Students are influenced by peers, parents, and even teachers to be the best, and some students are willing to go to extremes to achieve that goal. Sometimes these burdens add up to be too much for a person, and they feel as if they need a way out from all the stress. This was the case with Neil Perry, who's suicide could possibly be blamed on his teacher, himself, and his parents.
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 they are suffering from a painful mental 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 adolescent pain go away permanently. Scientific evidence that shows the people who have committed suicide have a diagnosable treatable mental disorder or substance abuse disorder (The National Institute of Mental Health, 2010). Those people might have been suffering from illnesses such as depression, mood disorders, personality disorders, and or suffering from bullying.
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academic failure, financial stableness, not reaching the goal that is desired and many more. According to the National Association for Suicide Prevention everyone has different reasons for being depressed and the extent of that depression will also vary from person to person. Some common causes of depression that have been found to lead to college suicide are not feeling loved or understood, the feeling of rejection, trouble with friends and family, or the feeling of being “no good”, and not reaching the academic standards (42). Kay Jamison, a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University said in the Universi...
What people don’t proclaim about depression is that it’s something serious. There are many people who have depression and has committed suicide or drink various of medications because they believe this is their only way out, but the truth is you don 't need medication to feel better. In “ Treatment
A young, teenage girl sits with her friends, talking, laughing, and making jokes. She seems completely normal and happy, even. What people don’t know is that this is nothing but a mask covering the loneliness that seems to run through her veins, and the unexplainable sadness that never goes away. She fears speaking of it, of admitting the uncontrollable hatred she feels for everything about herself, so much that she contemplates ending it all. The fact is, suicide is the third leading cause for death in people under the age of twenty-five. Our country needs to stop seeing this as a casual thing. Depression, anxiety, and suicide in youth are real and serious issues that we need to be more aware of in today’s society.
Depression isn’t just a state of being, or someone’s mood. There are different types of depression, and each of those types have their own lists of symptoms and treatments, all similar but they have some differences.
Suicide is one of the most common death around the world. Life is just taking away very easy by someone or yourself. We have study the causes of someone killing themselves, but our human behavior can easy change and eventually make that deciduous. The causes and effects of suicide are depression, the past meaning your life before, and feeling unloved or lonely. The effects are the people that loved you are going to be depress, never reach those goals that you set for yourself, and people that loved you will feel the guilt.