2. Every 100 minutes another teenager will commit suicide More than 30,000 Americans commit suicide each year …and 5,000 of them are teenagers Suicide is the second leading cause of teenagers’ death Girls attempt suicide about twice as often as boys, yet boys die by suicide about four times as often girls. Did you know…
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5. And these… Unsettled – moving to a new community Breaking up with girlfriend/boyfriend Discrimination/ Alienation Family conflicts: divorce, lack of parent interests Being bullied, humiliated School pressure: homework, failing Loss of a family member or a friend Emo/ Music/ Film …are the reasons
6. Complain of being a bad person or feeling rotten inside. Put his or her affairs in order Become suddenly cheerful after a period of depression Have signs of psychosis Symptoms Symptoms
9. Music Effects Music Effects “The truth is you could slit my throat and with my one last gasping breath I'd apologize for bleeding on your shirt” – You’re so last summer by Taking back Sunday “So cut my wrists and black my eyes. So I can fall asleep tonight, or die” - Ohio is for lovers by Hawthorne Heights
10. Music Effects Music Effects “ Were the last words that I wrote for you enough to tell you that in my death the light that shone through my painful darkness was a blinding vision of your eternal smile?” - The last three letters by Alesana “So cut my wrists and black my eyes. So I can fall asleep tonight, or die” - Ohio is for lovers by Hawthorne Heights
16. Is not suicide, but leads to suicideEmo trends Emo trends
17. Impacts Impacts One person’s suicide impacts on at least 6 people. 80% of home suicide scenes are cleaned up by members of a family or friend. 75% of them are likely to commit suicide later in life
18. Impacts Impacts “ I can’t get over the fact that you’re really gone. What hurts the most, though, is that I never got a chance to say goodbye, or that I love you” “…but I want to say something. Thank you, Mike. I wanted to end my life too, right about the time you ended yours. Then I saw what a mistake it would have been. You opened my eyes and made me realize that life is precious and should be forever treasured.” “ I think about the day everything happened and wish that I could’ve done something to change your mind. I miss you and love you so much”
20. “ Everybody in O'Fallon knows how you are. You are a bad person and everybody hates you. Have a shitty rest of your life. The world would be a better place without you. „ —Josh Evans, a.k.a. Megan's friend's mom’s Case: Megan Meier "I have this awful, horrible guilt and this I can never change, Ever." - Tina Meier, Megan’s mom
27. Epidemic! Epidemic! Epidemic! Epidemic! Epidemic! Epidemic! Suicide is a failure Failure of people who gives up their right to live Failure of those people around who didn’t notice, and listen. Failure of the society for not creating enough necessary means to help people who stuck in life.
