Standing on the edge with tears running down your cheeks, you stop to think about your decision once more. Memories flash before your eyes, burrowing a deeper hole into your heart. As your determination arises, one final time, to end it all, you close your eyes and slowly let yourself go. As you fall into the outreached arms of the darkness, you finally feel weightless after so long. The air swooshes past your ears and then thud! Nothing. You feel nothing, you hear nothing, and finally, you are nothing. You only leave behind the ones who care about you with filled with regret and a shattered heart.
Suicide is an ever growing problem in the world today with all that the millennial generation, unfortunately, has to face. Suicide has become a …show more content…
This relentless struggle can widdle down on a person’s psyche, as Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) , an organization that focuses on educating the public about the uncomfortable topic of depression, puts it, “Chronic depression can lead to feelings of despair and hopelessness, and a suicide attempt is one way some people choose to express these feelings.” (SAVE par. 2) The emotional and physical pain depression inflicts on its victim grows to be more and more until it reaches a point to where it becomes unbearable. When it gets to this point, the mind just wants to be rid of this constant pain that it has to withstand and it will go to any length to escape. While not every person with depression commits suicide, a significant portion of suicides were committed by people with depression or anxiety. SAVE claims that, “…the majority of the people who take their lives (estimated at 90%) were suffering with an underlying mental illness and substance abuse problem at the time of their death.” (SAVE par. 1) In order to help somebody deal with their suicidal thoughts, we have to understand what is causing them to be depressed in the first …show more content…
Recognizing when someone is suicidal is a key step in its prevention, however it is not always obvious. Many people will mask their depression and wear a smile before taking their life. (SAVE) Often people will isolate themselves from their family and lose interest in hanging out with their friend. Everything will seem boring to them from school work to hobbies they used to love. Then there are the obvious red flags, such as having a plan on how they will commit suicide and self-harm. It’s important to know that it’s not your fault if someone you know commits suicide. The most unnerving of the warning signs is the strange sense of calm and looking for supplies to carry out their procedures, such as a weapon or medications. You can try to help as much as you want, as put by Smith “You can offer support, but you can 't get better for a suicidal person.” (Smith et al par. 20) Together we can help support those who feel alone. We can give hope to those who feel hopeless. Together we can help reduce suicide rates for this generation and the
Suicide is an ever growing problem in the world today with all that the millennial generation, unfortunately, has to face. Suicide has become a …show more content…
This relentless struggle can widdle down on a person’s psyche, as Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) , an organization that focuses on educating the public about the uncomfortable topic of depression, puts it, “Chronic depression can lead to feelings of despair and hopelessness, and a suicide attempt is one way some people choose to express these feelings.” (SAVE par. 2) The emotional and physical pain depression inflicts on its victim grows to be more and more until it reaches a point to where it becomes unbearable. When it gets to this point, the mind just wants to be rid of this constant pain that it has to withstand and it will go to any length to escape. While not every person with depression commits suicide, a significant portion of suicides were committed by people with depression or anxiety. SAVE claims that, “…the majority of the people who take their lives (estimated at 90%) were suffering with an underlying mental illness and substance abuse problem at the time of their death.” (SAVE par. 1) In order to help somebody deal with their suicidal thoughts, we have to understand what is causing them to be depressed in the first …show more content…
Recognizing when someone is suicidal is a key step in its prevention, however it is not always obvious. Many people will mask their depression and wear a smile before taking their life. (SAVE) Often people will isolate themselves from their family and lose interest in hanging out with their friend. Everything will seem boring to them from school work to hobbies they used to love. Then there are the obvious red flags, such as having a plan on how they will commit suicide and self-harm. It’s important to know that it’s not your fault if someone you know commits suicide. The most unnerving of the warning signs is the strange sense of calm and looking for supplies to carry out their procedures, such as a weapon or medications. You can try to help as much as you want, as put by Smith “You can offer support, but you can 't get better for a suicidal person.” (Smith et al par. 20) Together we can help support those who feel alone. We can give hope to those who feel hopeless. Together we can help reduce suicide rates for this generation and the