Suicide today is an enormous problem that is affecting every level of our society today. Statistics have shown that suicide is the third leading cause of death among those ages fifteen to twenty-five years of age and is the sixth leading cause of death among those five to fourteen years of age. (Lewis 15) Thousands are choosing to die by their own hand each year in our country and it’s a problem that is only growing. Many may think this is a problem that they have nothing to do with but the truth is that an estimated five-hundred thousand teenagers attempt to take their lives each year and that about five thousand succeed. These numbers range up there with those of cancer related deaths and homicides. (Lewis 17) In this paper I hope to address this issue and explain the reasons some commit suicide and what can be done to keep the number of suicides from rising any higher.
Many have debated on why people commit suicide and whether or not it is their choice to make in the first place. There are many different factors that may contribute to a person committing suicide. These may range anywhere from depression to genetics and many different viewpoints are offered on the subject as to why
people do it. The psychological analyses offers a number of ideas on suicidal behavior.
Suicide is a serious problem today which needs to be learned about more so when confronted with it people will know how to handle it. If people can be aware of its warning signs and of the ways in which they can help then hopefully we can decrease the rapid rise in the amounts of suicides we see each year.
What is as important as understanding why some people choose to commit suicide is what we can do to be aware that they are thinking this way and what we can do to keep them from doing anything to hurt themselves. The people that can do the most help to somebody who is suicidal are their friends and family. If someone believes somebody they know to be suicidal then there are some steps that they can take to help that person out. The first step is to listen actively. Suicidal people are often filled and confused with feelings and need to talk with someone about them in order to sort them out. By just hearing themselves talk they might be able to understand some of their own feelings that are going on inside. The second step is to not be afraid to ask direct questions. Doing this may bring out into the open subjects that need to be discussed in order to relieve some feelings. When serious questions are asked it shows that you are taking
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