“The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die,” by Juliette Lewis. Suicide is no laughing matter and it’s a huge emotional problem in our world. According to Save.org, a suicidal death happens every 40 seconds worldwide. It’s the third leading cause of death today, which is a problem because this can be prevented. At the end of the day, these deaths hurt our future generation the most as to what their potential could be contributed to the world.
I have met someone who was considering about committing suicide and I have felt this pressure as well. When you hear that someone is thinking about committing suicide, you are stunned and confused on what to say. When my friend Jason let me know that he was going to confer …show more content…
These contemplations made me feel that everything I did in my life was nothing. I decided to talk to my friend about this because I was too terrified to enlighten my parents about the thoughts I was having. Initially, my friend was shocked and had no clue what to say. After a few days passed, he came up with this idea which was to compose a list of everything that was important to me and everything that made me considering about killing myself. After that, he gave me the box with suicidal thoughts in it, and instructed me to pick up one piece of paper at a time and read it out loud then tore it up after. Furthermore, he gave me the box with what was essential to me and instructed me to peruse the notes out loud and after that, put them back in the box. Additionally, he said, “The things that are important to you will always outweigh those negative thoughts.” Finally, he informed me to keep this box where I can always go over those paper notes whenever I feel myself depressed. Other ways that people can handle this is talking to their parents, calming himself/herself down, and finding ways to forget the thoughts you was thinking …show more content…
It can be things that we are stressed about such as work or school. Regardless of whatever the pressure might be, it is great enough to crush down a person’s mentality. The people I know who pressure others are commonly bullies. They impact young teens not only on a physical level, but emotional level too. Often, teens would solve this by harming themselves like doing drugs, cutting, or overdosing. Parents should to pay attention to their children about how they act versus how they usually
I have met someone who was considering about committing suicide and I have felt this pressure as well. When you hear that someone is thinking about committing suicide, you are stunned and confused on what to say. When my friend Jason let me know that he was going to confer …show more content…
These contemplations made me feel that everything I did in my life was nothing. I decided to talk to my friend about this because I was too terrified to enlighten my parents about the thoughts I was having. Initially, my friend was shocked and had no clue what to say. After a few days passed, he came up with this idea which was to compose a list of everything that was important to me and everything that made me considering about killing myself. After that, he gave me the box with suicidal thoughts in it, and instructed me to pick up one piece of paper at a time and read it out loud then tore it up after. Furthermore, he gave me the box with what was essential to me and instructed me to peruse the notes out loud and after that, put them back in the box. Additionally, he said, “The things that are important to you will always outweigh those negative thoughts.” Finally, he informed me to keep this box where I can always go over those paper notes whenever I feel myself depressed. Other ways that people can handle this is talking to their parents, calming himself/herself down, and finding ways to forget the thoughts you was thinking …show more content…
It can be things that we are stressed about such as work or school. Regardless of whatever the pressure might be, it is great enough to crush down a person’s mentality. The people I know who pressure others are commonly bullies. They impact young teens not only on a physical level, but emotional level too. Often, teens would solve this by harming themselves like doing drugs, cutting, or overdosing. Parents should to pay attention to their children about how they act versus how they usually