Once the decision has been made to end one’s life, some young people begin making final arrangements. These arrangements consists of giving away prized or favorite possessions, putting their affairs in order, saying good-bye to family and friends and making funeral arrangements. Other signs to cause such hopelessness concludes with experiencing a recent loss of a loved one, relationship, job, etc. Some increase the use or abuse of alcohol or drugs. Recent separation or divorce of parents causes a huge impact on a child’s life because eventually they begin to feel loneliness or abandonment. Eventually depressed people begin to feel shame, guilt, humiliation or rejection. Emotional stress and difficulties may result in physical complaints, such
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Such things as in starting out being bullied at such a young age. Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year. Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying. 17 percent of American students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month or more within a school semester. 1 in 4 teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and will only intervene 4 percent of the time. By age 14 less than 30 percent of boys and 40 percent of girls with talk to their peers about bullying (By). Bullying has been the cause of about 6,078 deaths in a year in the 15 to 24 age group (Video). Kid’s everyday experience bullying rather if it is at work, school or at home. Bullying is just as serious due to being a leading cause to victims who attempt or succeed with suicide. Losing someone to suicide is never an easy thing. It happens to be one of many ways to become depressed yourself. Feelings of hopelessness and loss run through your own mind wondering only what if you could have prevented the event or what you could have done to make things better for them. You start to wonder if you were the main causes or reasons they attempted and succeeded. At least I felt this way after losing my brother. For only knowing someone for five months you would think this would not have such an impact on your life. But, no. Not I. Losing Cody was and still is my breaking point. What my dad did was hard and devastating to me, but with Cody I was still stable. I wasn’t insane yet. Losing Cody made me lose myself. Was he bullied at school? I would never know. Was he bullied at home? Maybe, but yes from dad and his step-dad. Neither one wanted him. Was this what made him want to die? He attempted many times using pills, trying to hang himself and finally with a shotgun where he succeeded. People say suicide is selfish, but what is more selfish between living in pain to make others happy and taking one’s life to hurt others? You will never
Such things as in starting out being bullied at such a young age. Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year. Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying. 17 percent of American students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month or more within a school semester. 1 in 4 teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and will only intervene 4 percent of the time. By age 14 less than 30 percent of boys and 40 percent of girls with talk to their peers about bullying (By). Bullying has been the cause of about 6,078 deaths in a year in the 15 to 24 age group (Video). Kid’s everyday experience bullying rather if it is at work, school or at home. Bullying is just as serious due to being a leading cause to victims who attempt or succeed with suicide. Losing someone to suicide is never an easy thing. It happens to be one of many ways to become depressed yourself. Feelings of hopelessness and loss run through your own mind wondering only what if you could have prevented the event or what you could have done to make things better for them. You start to wonder if you were the main causes or reasons they attempted and succeeded. At least I felt this way after losing my brother. For only knowing someone for five months you would think this would not have such an impact on your life. But, no. Not I. Losing Cody was and still is my breaking point. What my dad did was hard and devastating to me, but with Cody I was still stable. I wasn’t insane yet. Losing Cody made me lose myself. Was he bullied at school? I would never know. Was he bullied at home? Maybe, but yes from dad and his step-dad. Neither one wanted him. Was this what made him want to die? He attempted many times using pills, trying to hang himself and finally with a shotgun where he succeeded. People say suicide is selfish, but what is more selfish between living in pain to make others happy and taking one’s life to hurt others? You will never