Suicide In 13 Reasons Why

It is estimated that 800000 people die due to suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds. If you do the math, it means that 12.5 people would have committed suicide by the time we reach the conclusion of my oral. Recently, the Netflix original series, 13 Reasons Why, has aired its second season and it has caused as much outrage and controversy as it did the first time around. However, when you push aside your personal thoughts about the show, it is evident that 13 Reasons Why creates authentic conversation and demonstrates that the complicity of silence is the biggest impediment to decreasing adolescent suicide rates.

The word “suicide” gives many people the impression that “they chose to die”, “that they are selfish beings”; immediately losing sympathy for those who commit suicide. Consequently, the negative stigma that surrounds suicide has significantly contributed to the silent epidemic. 13 Reasons Why character, Ryan, states that “Silence is never the answer. But when there is so much going on inside you, society expects us to stay silent. And it's a dangerous thing when there's so much …show more content…
To someone who does not understand; who truely cannot comprehend and fathom why you’re feeling this way and experiencing these …show more content…
13 Reasons Why evokes a broader conversation about the power of human interaction and connection. It alludes to the idea that through empathy and compassion, we have the ability to help someone begin their journey to recovery, even when their struggles aren’t obvious. Suicide isn’t going away; whether or not 13 reasons why exists, it doesn’t change the fact that it’s happening in society. We are hindering the decrease of adolescent suicide rates by conforming to complicit silence. But this can change, if we choose to open up