Shonquasia's Suicide Study

Throughout life, we all go through hardships and things we think that we’ll never be able to overcome. More often than not, the cause of such feelings stem from our home and personal lives. For example, in Gail Tsukiyama’s The Samurai’s Garden, Sachi developed leprosy, a terrible disease that left white rashes all over and was believed to be contagious, and was no longer capable of living a normal life with her family. Her fiance, Kenzo, was greatly upset and as Sachi remembered, he “backed away from me and walked out” (Tsukiyama 136). In Japanese culture, it is expected for a person in a situation like Sachi commit an honorable suicide, also known as seppuku. Seppuku takes all of the shame and guilt that was brought down on a person and

Compare and contrast Shneidman’s four types of suicide seekers. Use examples from media or celebrities for each.

in the city where commercial and cultural exchange between provinces and and politics increased. “The Shoguns were also worried about public morals. To control prostitution, they consolidated brothels that were previously spread into “officially licensed pleasure quarters.”” (Early Modern Japanese, 316). These large pleasure quarters also kept reappearing again and again in this popular literature time and everything was spent on music, sex, and dances and families being ruined by broken hearts and planned double love suicides. So yes, this society reflected on this story.

Kaysen illustrates the suicidal thoughts that she had, and the state of mind a person must be in in order to attempt suicide. She mentions that you must mentally and emotionally detach yourself from life so that one may feel that life is not worth living anymore. Dissociative symptoms are also a part of borderline personality disorder. This is evident in an episode of depersonalization that Kaysen experienced. Kaysen becomes worried that she does not have bones in her hand. She recalls the incident by saying:

Throughout history, there have been many wars that were fought. When thinking of combats, many citizens associate battles with the thought of physical wars, but many don't think of the mental battles that might occur within a person. Teen suicide, which is known as the second leading cause of death globally, is frequently overlooked and underestimated as a problem when confronted about it. The poem, Romeo and Juliet by the famous author William Shakespeare, uses literature to profoundly go into the concept of how suicide can affect everyone. The community of Orland Park has taken their part to inform the society, by setting up basic services for people to learn or get help about suicide prevention. While resources are available in our

   In Bone, by Fae Myenne Ng, the character Ona Leong grows up in a Chinese-American family in San Francisco. Ona shared her home with two sisters that are extreme opposites, a mother who works in sweatshops and a father who works out at sea for long periods. Ona grew up loving every member of her family and each one of them believed that she was on the road to success. But on a day like any other, Ona commits suicide by jumping off of the thirteenth floor of the Nam building. Without any warning of her unhappiness, the family finds themselves only being able to guess as to why she would do such a thing. How did Ona express her unhappiness? And how does Ona's choice of suicide affect loved ones?

The poem “Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note” by Amiri Baraka uses vivid images of sights, sounds, and daily activities to symbolize a heartfelt story. In the poem, Amiri, is one of the African American slaves who is frustrated about the discriminatory treatment by whites. So frustrated he wants to commit suicide. The writer used transition words starting with “lately”, “now”, and “then” for each stanza. He was imagining how he acted before his death and how his daughter reacted to his death.

Shonquasia participated in the session. Shonquasia continue to make progress towards her goals. Shonquasia stated, her wanting to take part in sports, curfew, being treated like a stranger, school work, listening , respectful, not being suspended, being disrespectful, fighting with her siblings, and not wanting to do anything productive. Shonquasia stated that she only stay away from the house for two days. Shonquasia stated that she has moved back in the home. Shonquasia stated, that her mom does not allow her to go places, and participate on the school football team, mom refusing to do thing for her, mom not threating her fairly, mom not caring about her feeling and opinions, and being put down by her mom. Shonquasia stated, fighting, yelling

Shonquasia responded well to the intervention. Shonquasia continues to make progress towards her goals. Shonquasia stated getting her high school diploma. Shonquasia stated, that she would like to complete high school and then go to college or in the army. Shonquasia stated, she cares about herself, being in a god relationship and being successful in life. Shonquasia stated having unprotected sex with an older guy. Shonquasia stated that she did not know that the guy was living with his girlfriend. Shonquasia stated that she regrets having sex with the person. Shonquasia stated, to fit in, peer pressure, do not know any better, and fear. Shonquasia was able to complete the scenarios correctly. Shonquasia stated, getting her high school diploma, completing college, serving in the army and getting a good

Since last review Shonquasia has depressive symptoms has reduce a little. Shonquasia depression can be seen in her body language, demeanor, behavior, and verbal expression. Shonquasia continues to verbalize feeling of depression due to self-image, situation at home and in school settings. Shonquasia seldom wat o engage in productive activity, and has no friends. Shonquasia spend most of her time lock in her room and stat that she hate being around people because they are too judgmental. Shonquasia has family support but pulls away from the family due to person fear. Shonquasia has not mad significant progress with her behavior in home and school setting, due to the fact that she is not taking her medication as proscribe. Per mom, Shonquasia

Shonquasia responded well to the intervention. Shonquasia continues to make progress towards her goals. Shonquasia stated, trusting other people, and being respectful to her mom. Shonquasia stated, get better grades, using profanity, talking back, follow rules of the house, and leaving the home without permission. Shonquasia stated, doing chores, get up for school every day, complete homework and class assignments, caring for her younger siblings when mom is at work and taking care of self. Shonquasia stated it depend on the situation. Shonquasia stated that she does like to make promises to people. Shonquasia stated, that people make promises to her and do not keep it. Shonquasia stated. that her mom make promises to her and never follow

Shonquasia responded well to the intervention. Shonquasia continues to make progress towards her goals. Shonquasia stated, overwhelmed, despair, frustration, loneliness, hurt guilt and rejection. Shonquasia stated that she felt depressed a few days ago, when she having difficulty falling asleep, due to worrying about passing her math class. Shonquasia stated, that she did not want to have to repeat the class. Shonquasia stated, that she got a 65 on her final exam and felt better after receiving her report card. Shonquasia stated, that she felt. Shonquasia stated, that she got angry when her mom insulated her in front her friends. Shonquasia stated that she had an anger outburst, because she felt ashamed, embarrassed and humiliated. Shonquasia

Maunica responded well to the intervention. Maunica continue to make very good progress towards her goals. Maunica stated that she is attending school regularly, and is getting along much better with her mom. Maunica stated that she is taking her medications as prescribed. Maunica stated, that she made decision of getting up and going to school every day, complete high school, doing the right things, not to calling 911, and to get along better with her mom. Maunica completed the online Q & A. Maunica stated, getting into trouble, not getting the result wanted, escalating the situation, and suspension. Maunica stated, it help with make choices, expressing feeling and thoughts, and complete something. Maunica stated, what to eat, clothes to wear,

Shonquasia responded well to the intervention. Shonquasia appeared to be worried and depressed, this was evidence in her body language and demeanor. Shonquasia stated that she had a bad day at school because of a minor confrontation with another student which cause her to feel upset. Shonquasia stated, fear, anger, sadness, guilt excited, joy and bored. Shonquasia stated, heart diseases, chest pains, headaches, sleep problems, back pain and change in eating. Shonquasia stated, fatigue, depression, blowing up over minor incidents, stomach pain, feeling angry all the time and lack of motivation. Shonquasia stated, using drugs, drinking, over eating, exercising, and behavior problems. Shonquasia stated, screaming, punching pillow, exercising and

Shonquasia has reduce the number and frequency of her aggressive behavior in all setting. Since last review Shonquasia has had an recessive episode at home. Per mom Shonquasia is not applying coping skills to deal with anger and frustration. Shonquasia has not had any manic episode since starting IIH services. Shonquasia continue to have difficulty with expressing her feeling, trusting others and using coping skills for problematic situations. IIH team will continue to provide skill building interventions geared towards coping skills, verbalizing feelings and anger management