Suicide

You're sitting in your dark closet and you're feeling the lowest you've ever felt in a long time. Suddenly thoughts of taking your life away fill your head. You are scared to do it, but you feel like killing yourself is the only way to get rid of your pain. You go downstairs and you see your family having a good time with eachother. You think to yourself, they could care less about me. You sneak a knife into your pocket. You go back up to your room and you stare at your knife for a long while. You want to do it, but you're afraid to, so you begin talking to your friends about how you want to kill yourself. You hope they will be able to talk your way out of it. You're friends don't take you seriously. This makes you feel worse. By the time your friends realize you werent kidding...It's too late....

Your friends call your cell phone over and over again and your answering machine is what they hear. The next morning your parents come up to your room to find you laying on your floor. With no heartbeat. Your family and friends are heartbroken. Some of them will get depression because of your death. They cry about you every day, wishing they could of done something to stop your suicide. They blame themselves because they feel they failed as parents, as siblings, as friends, as boyfriends or girlfriends. They beat themselves up over your death and they miss you. They will never get you back, no matter what they say or do. Your little sister cries about you all the time. She cries herself to sleep. She hangs a picture of you next to her bed. She misses playing with you. She misses you hugging her and tickling her. She even misses you insulting her...



Your little brother misses playing videogames with you. He loses interest in the things he loved doing. He locks himself in his room crying to himself. Your older brother has to come home early from his mission. For your funeral. Everybody cries. Everyone is miserable.

Do you want this to happen? Suicide is a selfish act. It not only hurts you, but your family. Your friends. Everyone who EVER communicated with you.


Suicide.

suicidal Thoughts begin to appear in the deeper stages of depression. You become so depressed, nothing seems to cheer you up. You are miserable and you are helpless. Others around you give up on you. Your family and friends back away because you PUSH them away. You are frusterated with yourself and you feel like suicide will be the best solution to everything. You begin to think you are an obstable in everyone's lives so you are doing them a favor. WRONG.



SO MANY PEOPLE LOVE YOU!!! Don't give up faith or hope. If you killed yourself, so many people will grieve over your death. You are loved don't ever forget that. If you are having suicidal thoughts, please talk to someone about it. Don't hold anything in, because it never does any good. The first people you should talk to about it, is your family. They will always be there for you and will help you through it. YOU NEED HELP! Don't deny it. Suicidal thoughts are very serious.

Tears
By Karen Millet


Standing all alone
In the midst of darkness
At times feeling
So
Afraid
Tears
Of rage
Of fear
Of a broken heart…

Sometimes glimpsing
A ray of light
Many
Miles
Away.

Chasing after it
Frantic footsteps
Echoing…
Only to watch
It fade from sight
Tears

Of exhaustion
Of frustration
Of a broken heart…

But keep walking
One step at a time
Keep praying
To see that light
Until one day

It stays
Growing ever brighter
Tears
Of pleading

Of hope
Of strength beyond my own
Lifted up
By angel’s wings

Rushing through the darkness
Feeling it disappear
Light
Brilliant
Glorious
True

The darkness cannot penetrate
Tears
Of joy
Of peace
Of a mending heart
Catching rays of light
To fill my soul
Leaving the darkness
Far behind
Beauty all around
And no more

Tears


FACTS ABOUT DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE:

15 percent of teenagers with untreated depression commit suicide

In 2000, 10.6 out of every 100,000 persons died by suicide [.01 percent].

For children age 10 to 14, the rate was 1.5 per 100,000 [.0015 percent]

For children 15 to 19, the rate was 8.2 deaths per 100,000 [.0082 percent]
In any given year, about seven percent - between 13 million and 14 million people - will experience a depressive disorder.

_ Of those who develop depression, only about 20 percent will receive adequate treatment.

_ About 16 percent of adults will experience depression at some point in their life.

_ About 97 percent of those reporting depression also reported that their work, home life and relationships suffered as a result.

_ Depression is also known to weaken the immune system, making the body more susceptible to physical illness.

_ Two out of every three people who commit suicide visited their health care provider in the month prior.

_ Two out of every three people who commit suicide have talked about suicide to friends or family.

_ Suicide is the third leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15 and 24.

_ Suicide is the sixth leading cause of death for children between the ages of 5 and 14


People often turn to suicide because they are seeking relief from pain. Remember that relief is a feeling. And you have to be alive to feel it. You will not feel the relief you so desperately seek, if you are dead.

Some people will react badly to your suicidal feelings, either because they are frightened, or angry; they may actually increase your pain instead of helping you, despite their intentions, by saying or doing thoughtless things. You have to understand that their bad reactions are about their fears, not about you.

But there are people out there who can be with you in this horrible time, and will not judge you, or argue with you, or send you to a hospital, or try to talk you out of how badly you feel. They will simply care for you.

i've come to learn that SUICIDE is NEVER the answer. It will only make things worse. If any suicidal thoughts come to mind, shut them out by thinking of the blessings in your life. be around people who make you smile and laugh when you are feeling this low. I promise you will cheer up in no time.

Always remember, Everything will get better in the end. We all have problems and trials in our lifetime, but if we are able to cope with them in a postive way and learn from our trials, it makes us into a stronger person.

REMEMBER YOU ARE LOVED. And everynight, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep...