Society can negatively impact teen suicide rates through both physical and mental challenges. Mentally, society promotes unrealistic standards of beauty and perfection that can lower teens' self-esteem and self-worth. Physically, societal pressures have led to increases in self-harm behaviors like cutting and eating disorders in teens seeking approval. While society influences some suicide factors, individuals must realize their self-worth does not depend on external views and love themselves unconditionally. Overall, the document examines how societal pressures can affect teen suicide rates but also promotes developing self-love to overcome mental health issues.
2. We are not bound by ropes but, by
the thoughts inside our heads.
- Anonymous
7/9 People in
this room
have had, are
suffering, or
have known
someone that
has suicidal
thoughts or
actions.
3. What is suicide and how often does it
occur?
• Suicide – noun.
1. The intentional taking
of one’s own life.
2. suicidal – someone
who intends to take
their own life.
• Suicide occurs more
often then some may
think.
• Tenth leading cause of
death.
• Every 17 minutes
someone is the United
States commits suicide.
• What about the world?
4. Thesis
• Although society can boost teens self-
confidence, society also plays a part in teens
decision to commit suicide by affecting them
physically, and mentally.
5. Society is Mentally Challenging
• Society can portray “perfection” as: Beautiful,
curved, and well – liked.
Mentally, society is capable of making teens,
lose self – confidence, self worth, and their will
to live.
6. Society and Self – Worth
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Placed on a magazine cover
is a comment that
states, "You are ugly" how
does that make you feel?
Depressed
Self-
conscious
Angry
Doesn't
affect me
• 38% of people say that
this comment makes
them feel self –
conscious
• 16% said depressed.
• 27% said they felt angry.
• Society can bring down
a teens thoughts about
self – esteem.
9. Suicide on the Inside
• Cyber bullying – mentally they feel alone
• Harassment - they can feel pain mentally and
physically
10. What’s next???
• Many people believe
they need to keep up
with the latest “trends”
so when they can’t, it
makes them feel out of
place and worthless.
• Society decides what is
cool and what isn’t. If
your not cool and
society doesn’t accept
you it can make teens
feel mentally
exhausted.
11. Stereotypes
• Many teens believe
they need to act a
certain way to fit in.
They need to act like
the damsel in
distress, or the Strong
man. Society tells us
that to be loved we
need to act like
something we aren’t.
• It’s all an act to fit
in, but when we
don’t, we feel
worthless, beaten, brok
en, and DEAD.
• Love yourself and
others will love you.
12. Society is Physically Challenging
• Society is physically challenging for teens who
are suicidal. They have to deal with self –
harm including, cutting and eating disorders.
• Many teens may harm themselves without
even knowing it.
13. Mental Scars
• According to the APS
teens cut themselves
due to severe
depression.
• They may be taking
steps to suicide
• Think that it will take
their mental pain away.
• The scars left behind.
14. Starving for the Boys
• Teen girls are 5% more
likely to develop an
eating disorder then
teen males.
• Girls may be trying to
impress society
• Anorexia
• Bulimia
• Society pressures teens
to believe they need to
be skinny to be “pretty.”
• According to APS, teens
may think they are
doing something small
but it is something big.
15. Statistics
• Suicide by: Males (%) Females (%)
• Firearms 56 30
• Suffocation 24 21
• Poisoning 13 40
• 7th leading cause of death in Males
• 15th leading cause of death in Females
16. Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
• 5% Of the American population believes that to be
successful in life they need to be pretty.
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What do YOU believe you need to be successful in life?
To be beautiful
To be smart
To be ugly
To have a husband
17. Who is Society?
• Something that is highly capable of damaging
someone’s life.
• Nowadays this is society:
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21. Mark Hausley
• This man was a survivor of suicide and he talks
about how hard it was to get out, how hard it
was to get help once you’ve set your mind.
• Read his story here.
22. How many have to go?
• When will society realize that they are costing
lives?
• What can we do?
• Is this the way we want to live?
• 7/9 people in THIS room have been
affected, how many more?
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24. Work Cited
• Gregor, Steven. Australian Psychological Society. August 2004.
• Foundation, The Nemours. KidsHelath. January 2012. 2013.
• NIMH. National Institute of Mental Health. July 2012.
• Aurora, Valerie. Wordpress.com. 13 January 2013. blog.
• Foundation, The Nemours. KidsHelath. January 2012. 2013.
• foundation, Wiki. Wikepedia. 12 January 2012. 12 March
2014.
• NIMH. National Institute of Mental Health. July 2012.
