The word suicide triggers words like death, blood and depression in the minds of the people and it’s referred to an action in which a person attempts to kill him/herself. The word suicide, world over, is considered as a taboo and during the past couple of years there has been a large increase in the number of suicides every year. More and more people are surrendering to fate and committing suicide among which a large number of teenagers are present. Every so often we hear that someone has committed suicide and among teenagers it is considered fashionable to think or talk about suicide and its methods.
In the following words I am going to discuss the three cases of suicides I read. Usually it is seen, heard or read that suicide is done when a person is suffering from a deep depression, mental and physical trauma, loss of a loved one etc. In the first case I read a mother of a child named Debbie Shaw attempted to commit suicide, however she was saved by her sister and brother in law who later on admitted her for therapy treatment from where she began to lose her depressed thoughts. After series of treatments and tests Debbie Shaw came out of the hospital in hopes to enjoy the remaining part of her life.
She, a rape victim, suffered from deep mental trauma and depression where she was constantly engaged in the thoughts of committing suicide, and she succumbed to those thoughts when she attempted to take her life by taking all the pills found in her house. But she was prevented from actually committing the act when her sister called and sensing Debbie’s depression she asked her husband to visit who kept a vigilant eye on Debbie to prevent her from coming suicide. In the second case I read a seven year old attempted suicide by hanging himself as he had seen in the movies.
The child was suffering from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression and severe case of anxiety which led him to the decision to hang him and becoming the youngest suicide attempt case . The third case is about a girl Megan Meier, who committed suicide by hanging herself in her closet just weeks before her fourteenth birthday. The reason of her suicide was a false account under the name of Josh Evans on MYSPACE who was supposed to be a sixteen year old boy. The reality however was very different; the account was made by adult parents of a girl who was once a good friend of Megan.
The elders made Megan think that Josh likes her and then send cruel messages to the already depressed girl who was suffering from attention deficit disorder. The cruel messages send by the elders led the girl to the act of finally ending her life . By reading the above articles it is very clear that the rate of suicide is very high especially in the teenagers. This is because in teenage years the level of emotionality is very high i. e. teenagers can be either very happy or very depressed because of this emotionality.
However suicide is no way to end a life as it is a gift from God and should be cherished in that way. Life is not just about having good times, it comes also with depression, fear sadness but one should learn to cope with these feelings. People should learn to accept the bad along with the good and should just think and believe that come what may, suicide is never the way out of a problem.
Works Cited
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