Bullying: Teenagers are more Likely to Commit Suicide than Kids

Life as a teenager may not be as easy as some people might think. Suicide may be what teenagers believe will be best for them. Young adults think it is the solution to all of their problems and stress. It can also be caused by a series of emotions. There are many complications that teenagers might be facing thinking they cannot be solved. Depression is the most common cause of teenage suicide. There are teens that might want to “socially fit in, academically fit in, and act responsibly.” (About Teen). Teenagers might have a low self esteem and feel hopeless and worthless, causing them to kill themselves for feeling that they are not good enough for anything. Teens might be dealing with bisexuality or homosexuality in an environment that is unsupportive. Breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend can be traumatic for some teens. Kids might be having a poor relationship with their families and peers. There might be emotional, physical or sexual abuse towards them. Teens might be victims of bullying. Young adults might be going through really big life changes like a parent’s divorce, financial changes, moving, etc. There are a lot of problems that these young teens could be going through and we would not know. Many problems going on today could lead teenagers to depression and have them want to

Nationally we have many websites and hotlines you can call. While I researched the topic of teen suicide, I came acrossed the website for The American Association of Suicidology. On this website they have training tools to help teacher, friends, and family view warning signs of teens that are at risk of suicide. This is a great website for the for statistically higher at risk groups such as, bullied youth, youth and foster care, LGBT. The suicide national hotline is 1-800-SUICIDE(784-2433). The hotline is toll free, 24 hours ,and confidential . It helps connect teens, at risk for suicide or have suicidal thoughts, to a trained counselor at the nearest crisis center to you. Not only are there national resources available we also have, here in Iowa, a prevention action plan for 2015-2018. This program is funded by a federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). With his prevention plan it has its staff conduct training and provide tools for our community and school professionals to help us prevent the percentage of suicide and and percentage of teen at risk for suicides. Its goal is to bring awareness of teen suicide to help influential members of our community. Such as school staff, counselors, and parents of young

Lives are slowly being lost due to suicide and not only is it affecting themselves but also the people who are around them. Suicide is defined as taking of one’s own life and it is an issue that should be given all attention to. Teen suicide has been talked about in every source of media and it still continues to have a harmful effect in todays generation. In the United States the eighth leading cause of death is suicide, within developing teens, suicide is the third leading cause of their deaths (NAMI). There are many signs of someone who is contemplating suicide. And there are many reason for someone to be driven to the point of suicide. Those reasons being if the teenager is dealing with depression, bullying, sexual abuse and abuse

There is too much teen suicide in the United States. Many teens who are depressed have mental issues such as depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, etc. Often, teens who have these issues feel as if they don’t belong. They don’t feel like talking about certain things going on in their life. Issues regarding sexuality, bullying, and abuse make children feel hopeless and unwanted. They feel alone. The suicide rate has gone up dramatically. There are approximately 100,000 suicides per year and 10,000 to 20,000 of them being from ages 14 to 24. Suicide is also the 3rd leading cause of death for teens.

A lot of teens commit suicide due to bullying because it makes them feel unwanted and lonely. When everyone is picking on them they feel like they have no friends, and no one to turn to or talk to. Also kids and high school tend not think long term and don’t look at the bigger picture. An example of this in Hamlet is when Ophelia drowns herself in the river because she thinks Hamlet doesn’t want her and that he doesn’t love her. Another example although its not in hamlet a transgender teen in Texas committed suicide because she was bullied every day at school and hated going to school as a result of that. Eventually she committed suicide because it had gotten so bad. Also, now with social media being as popular as it is almost everyone has a twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. so that could allow people to harass them on there or commit

“Statistics reveal that in the US approximately...nearly one million people attempt suicide each year” ("Suicide Risk Among Abused Children."). Suicide is not an act of randomness. It is a result of prolonged feelings and/ or events, which push that person to extremes they desperately want out of. Suicide rates are amongst the highest in teens, due to their lack of support systems. During these years many are trying to find-out who they are and fit in, thus many get accepted into some people’s views, but there are also a good number that get ignored and feel like they do not belong anywhere. Teen suicide can be a result of a home-life of abuse or mistreatment, psychological disorders, and lack of social support-bullying; however, through the education on the warning signs of suicide, providing more emotional outlets at schools, and creating safer environments the number of annual victims can be decreased.

In the past years there has been a lot of bullying and suicide attempts. I think people need to come out and tell people how they feel and maybe it will help them think more about what they all got in life to live for. Bullies also need to know that it isn’t right to be mean to people, because you never know what kind of story that person has.

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Kids hurt others and they don’t even realize what bad things they do. Teens think that bullying is just a funny game when it really does hurt people. There are all kinds of victims of bullying and here are some of them. “All four of September’s bullying-related suicides involved young people who were either out of the closet or were assumed gay” [Cloud page 3]. This is important because the kinds that are bullied possibly go through depression. The people that are around them everyday might not notice what they are going through because they might not approve of what they like . People that get picked on have a better chance of hurting themselves than others do. Young people that are messed with on the internet get easily hurt [Kaplan

This part of the book is just to let you know you’re not alone, and if you are being bullied by someone or a group of people, it’s extremely important to let someone know what going on, an adult, a teacher, your family members, your preacher, the list goes on for those individuals who are ready to assist you in your plight. Bullies are attracted to loners; people who are socially vulnerable. This is just a proven fact. Most kids who are bullied are afraid to speak up and let someone know what they’re going through which almost always lead to tragic results. Teen suicide is on the rise and most cases are linked to bullying. If you open up and speak up a adult can help you get the proper help to stop bullying. Instead of taking measures into your own hands, which could be dangerous? Never let things escalate to the point of violence.

Bullying has been around for about as long as mankind has, but now it has gotten worse than ever. A little bit of background detail on what bullying is, bullying is the act or form of abuse to hurt another person making or causing bullying to be linked to a numerous amount of cases of suicide and depression. Bullying is caused by the littlest and stupidest of things but sadly it causes the most catastrophic and devastating effects.

Why do most people believe that taking their own life will help escape their problems? I can’t imagine what kind of pains and problems are going through, but taking their own life and thinking hey are worthless is worse. There are a lot of people sailing through tuff waters and when one person should help. Getting someone to continue their life is a great achievement, but to keep them going we must support them for as long as possible. Things like bullying and family problems are things that can lead to suicide.

Suicide is the third leading cause of deaths in adolescents in the United States. Teen suicide is also often referred to as a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Teens so often are suicidal and attempt suicide as a call for help from others. They have no intention in dying they are just trying to cry out for help from anyone that will listen. Many reasons cause teen to attempt suicide, varying from bullying to psychological disorders. In fact, psychological disorders accounts for about 90% of teens who attempt or commit suicide. Teenagers are also at higher risk of suicide when they are under

I have a question have you ever been bully in your life ? today i’m going to show you how many kids kill themselves, how they berten to be sick to miss school. Alex libby was a teenager he was bullied because just the way his faces looks people had threaten him to punch him in his faces and had sexaully assualt him in him

But both articles show that bullying alone does not result in direct suicide, there are some other factors which contribute a lot toward the final step of suicide. These factors include depressions, problems faced by student at home, trauma history of students. Both of these articles also provide some suggestions regarding the solution of this issue (prevention of bullying). Both articles describes that