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    amount of deaths per year by suicide is continually growing. This is a problem that keeps coming up generation to generation, and these thoughts can start at any age, though teenagers are the age range most affected. Why is it that after all these years, this problem is still here? People tend to focus on the problem itself, instead of what is causing it in the first place. Many of the people who have considered suicide have been abused when they were younger. Suicide is still a huge problem worldwide

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    Michelle Carter Suicide

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    the thoughts, or will you keep on going? These are the thoughts that were running through Conrad Roy’s mind when he was texting his girlfriend.The “Suicide by text”case has prompted many people to discuss social issues such as mental illness and the court system. Michelle Carter was a young teenager who texted her boyfriend telling him to commit suicide multiple times. She is now facing years in prison for involuntary manslaughter. The court system failed with this case but not drastically. They gave

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    Friend Committed Suicide

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    My Friend Committed Suicide, I Did Not During Junior High I had many absolutely dire problems that were constantly on my mind. My out-of-date wardrobe continuously embarrassed me. My hair would not acquiesce to any attempted hairstyle. My parents didn't understand me, my teachers were all picking on me, and nobody really liked me for me. These beliefs were all false, of course. At the time, it never occurred to me that all my concerns and volatile emotions were "normal". I never considered that

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    Did you know that more than 50% of transgender minors have admitted to attempting suicide? How about that 82% of transgender youth feel unsafe or scared at school? These statistics are high, too high. Transgender is defined as of, relating to, or being a person who identifies with or expresses a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person's sex at birth, according to the Merriam Webster dictionary. Years ago it was considered bad to be transgender, but our society has

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    what music we listen to what shows we watch who we watch on youtube. And you wonder why suicide is the number one leading cause of death among teens in america. There is 1 suicide for every 25 attempted suicides. Males make up 79% of all suicides, while women are more prone to having suicidal thoughts. 1 in 65,000 children ages 10 to 14 commit suicide each year. There are 2 times as many deaths due to suicide than HIV/AIDS. Yet no one does anything about it. Over 3.2 million students are victims

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    Suicide Genetic Illness

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    Suicide and Genetic Illness According to studies, 2.6% of adults in the U.S. live with bipolar disorder. “Community surveys estimate that as many as 30% of the adult population in the US suffer from mental disorders”. These mental illnesses are often passed on genetically or in some cases environmentally. Many of times adults with bipolar disorder commit suicide. This mental illness can be treated with medication depending on the severity of the case. Counseling services are often recommended to

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    Meriwether Lewis Suicide

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    marksman, and beloved explorer Lewis was well known and had a positive reputation. Well on October 11th 1809 Meriwether Lewis was officially reported dead. It was quickly assumed a suicide, because of his alleged money issues with the government and a mental disorder that many doctors still debate over today. This was not a suicide it was without a doubt murder, the perfect crime, committed by a master manipulator. Meriwether Lewis was known as an expert marksman

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    Kurt Cobain's Suicide

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    many reasons. Some may say that Courtney Love killed Kurt Cobain, or that someone broke into his home and murdered him, but crime scene evidence shows that Cobain committed suicide after barricading himself in his greenhouse, and the events leading up to his death confirm it. Cobain was taken from home due to a possible suicide attempt days prior, in which he locked himself in his closet with his guns and some medication. A few days later he had his friend buy him a new shotgun, claiming it was for

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    First, a descriptive of multiple types of suicide completion the attempt of suicide when, by taking one’s own life, willfully or wanted to self-harm one’s self, and suicidal ideation or the thought of wanting to cause harm to self. Nevertheless, the common denominator is the person cannot handle or deal with situations or circumstances out of their control. Equally important, a person may experience disorders pertinent to their illness; mental or substance, depression, abusive relationships, violent

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    Mrs Ota's Suicide

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    the character and how they normally act. One of the questions that this works raises deals with the plot between the characters and it also goes into detail about why the work is purely dialogue. When it comes to Mrs. Ota’s suicide, the question arises to why choose suicide and why did it happen in the first place. Since there is no sequel to Thousand Cranes, there is an even bigger impact on his work because in the end, the readers unaware of the finish to each character. In addition to the reason

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