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I'm not sure what kids are going through these days whatever it be.. This week there has be 2 suicides in my area.. Its very sad one girl was 14yrs old another 16yrs old. Both hung themselves. This is something that is becoming a pressing issue nation wide. My 13yr old neice is dealing with both as she knew them. It pains me that kids this age have to deal with death in such a harsh an terrible way..
when i was a kid i remember death as my great grandmother, my paps and an uncle all of which were older and lived their lives tho it still hurt that was the worst scenario.. Now kids who have no idea what life is supposed to be are taking their lives.
Neither cases were from bullying.
What the hell is going on with this younger generation.
when i was a kid i remember death as my great grandmother, my paps and an uncle all of which were older and lived their lives tho it still hurt that was the worst scenario.. Now kids who have no idea what life is supposed to be are taking their lives.
Neither cases were from bullying.
What the hell is going on with this younger generation.
Non moto???
Learn some respect.
OP
Lots of things happening lately, I have 3 children and its so scary what the next day has in store for them, we try hard everyday and that's all you can do.
I'm glad they all race MX
And 2are girls so I'm lucky they have a great hobby to keep them occupied.
I remember getting so worked up about all the crap in school. Now that I been out of high school for 2 years.
None of that stuff matters. It crazy how much life changes right after you graduate.
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I have no idea what makes life no longer worth living and I hope I never know.
I never understood why people would kill themselves.
So if you want to die you obviously don’t care about anyone. Because if there is anyone who loves you, you don’t give a crap about them or hurting them and if there isn’t anyone, there’s no one to give a crap about.
So instead of killing yourself why don’t you just get the heck out? Leave the basement, leave your house, leave the dang country. Go on an adventure. Spend your time doing something awesome like tracking down some terrorists. Go be freaking James Bond. Go explore different countries. Go looking for Bigfoot. Go fight a shark with a harpoon. Danger? Forget that, you were going up against a 100% death rate before, you’re playing it safe now.
Maybe when you get done with all that you’d decide you wouldn’t want to kill yourself because you’ve seen how beautiful this world is.
Forgive me if this is insensitive, but some of these little turds really need to man up and grow a pair. If they sit back and look around, most of them will realize they don't actually have it all that bad. There's always hope and there's always a way to get through something. I've dealt with my fair load of baggage and know it's tough, but come on.
/End rant
I think the main cause for the teenagers these days is bullying from what I have heard. (I know you said the OP said the cases were not related to bullying.) I am not sure why it is any more different now than when I was growing up.
My point in all this is that with the advent of social media people have access to our own as well as everyone else's business which makes it easier in the case of young adults to do what young adults do as they transition into adulthood. Talk crap on each other or others to hide each other own insecurities.
Before social media you might only have to deal with this amongst your close friends or at worst your school. Now you can't even make it though one class without someone tweeting or instagramming something. Young adults might find themselves afraid to talk to even their closest friends for fear that it might end up on social media making it extremely difficult to release tension, seek help, or at least get a "relax bro that shit happens to everyone and its phase we all go through".
I think there should be a ban on all social media during school and an increase on educating young adults to the BS that happens during this stage in their lives.
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Your mind is not functioning properly when depressed. Family and friends are a main reason why people refrain from suicide, so just imagine how bad you must be feeling so that you are willing to put all of your family through years of pain and anguish.
It's a well known fact that depression and suicide commonly affects the strongest people. Your attitude of 'man up and grow a pair' is partly the reason why many depressions go unnoticed as depressed people can be afraid that others will think they are weak, inferior, idiotic if they 'come out' as depressed. Have you ever heard of a scenario where someone has said 'wow I can't believe he killed himself, he seemed so happy'?
I would suspect that those that chose suicide do not consider it a permanant solution to a temporary problem, but simply a solution to what they have come to believe is a permanant problem. A belief that things will not ever get better.
Would you look a person with diabetes in the eye and tell them that they just "really need to man up and grow a pair"??? What about a cancer patient?
It's the same thing with depression...it isn't something they can just "snap out of" by going on an "adventure" any more than you can just "snap out" of the flu or a diabetic can just "man up" and cure himself because he has a "pair".
That post was not only insensitive but incredibly ignorant. (You're young, so I'll give you a pass...but for real, you may just want to do a little research into depression...chances are someone you know has it, and if you knew a little bit about it you could help them rather than hurt them.)
My little brother has severe depression. Has thought of suicide in the past (didn't because he loves his family too much...thank God!). For a long time our family had the same attitude as you (because we love him to no end, and see all of his potential, and everything he has going for him): "just man up and grow a pair" you "don't actually have it all that bad. There's always hope and there's always a way to get through something"...and we actually did far far FAR more harm that good to him. It wasn't until we, as a family, educated ourselves on depression that we realized what it really is. I encourage all to do the same.
Here's the sad part, when the doctors told he had this condition, all of us were releived that there a reason that he was feeling the way he was, except for him. To him it was just another monkey on his back, and after two months of finding out he took his life. And jsut to be clear this can happen to anyone. My brother wasn't a smuck skating through life, he was a business owner, just built a brand new house, flush with cash, just couldn't bring himself to enjoy it.
Sometimes you think... Why are they making me go through so much pain? Like, please understand I've had enough.
Besides that, great post.
I'll just try to add that depression and suicidal thoughts are not easily understood, except for people who deal with it. There's an infinite number of reasons why someone may feel the way they feel, and it's not really right to say they should feel a certain way.
An example would be labeling those who take their own lives as "selfish." While there certainly is an aspect of selfishness to suicide, in the end it's their own life and own decision, and it's their own pain and fears that they have to deal with each day. I know from my own experience that it's indescribably difficult to be in a setting where you should be happy, yet your mind will absolutely not allow it.
I mean, it's tough to say, but if we all die eventually, is there a point where it's acceptable to go out on your own terms? Rather than fearing it every day? I'm pretty fearful of the end of my life, as well as having to suffer thru the loss of my family, and sometimes I feel the only way someone can beat that fear is to make a difficult decision regarding their own life.
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