Teenagers and The Thought of Suicide

(Suicidal Mindset as Problem Solver in Teenage Life)

Most teens feel unhappy at times. And when you add hormone havoc to the
many other changes happening in a teen's life, it's easy to see why their moods
swing like a pendulum. Teens often overthinks about something and this caused
them to develop some mental problems. One of the most troublesome mental issues
that teenagers often experiences is depression. Findings show that one out of every
eight adolescents has teen depression. Depression is one of the main cause of why
people want to end their life and suicide seems to be the best way to do it. Suicide
is the act of taking one’s own life which caused from one having the suicidal
thoughts. Suicidal thoughts is thinking about or an unusual preoccupation with
suicide.

Teenagers tends to be more sensitive when it comes to their feelings. There

are a lot of outside influences factoring into a teen’s deflated outlook on life and
many things may triggers depression. Sometimes, teen depression may result from
environmental stress, and because they are still emotionally unstable, they don’t
know how to deal with their problems properly which often lead to the thought of
suicide. The causes of depression are often influenced by outside risk factors. Teens
suffering from long-term bullying, obesity, problems in school, alternative
lifestyles (such as being LGBTQ), and other issues can negatively affect a child’s
self-esteem which heavily influence a child’s view on suicide. Even a teen’s gender
can be a risk factor in teen depression – after the age of 15 girls are more likely than
boys to be depressed. Other conditions like anxiety, attention-deficit disorders,
eating disorders, substance abuse, obesity, and other medical illnesses can increase
the risk of suicidal tendencies. Not surprisingly, personal traits like low self-esteem
or pessimism can also factor into a teen’s emotional well being. Most people who
have suicidal thoughts do not go on to make suicide attempts, but suicidal thoughts
are considered a risk factor. Those who develops this condition may also have plans
on ending their life. Suicidal presentations occur when there is an emotional
problem or predicament that the individual cannot solve and suicide seems like a
solution. Teenagers with their unstable emotion, when being faced with some
problems which may led to a depression are highly potential to have suicidal
thoughts and as i say before, they think of suicide as a solution of almost everything.
I personally object if suicide become one way to solve a problem because there
must be a better way to solve one’s problem. I also think that suicide is the worst
way to solve a problem because it actually doesn’t end anything except for your
life.

If we let this kind of behavior going on in our society then of course there
will be a bigger issue of moral degradation that will spread around teenagers in our
generation. Powered by the Internet, everything can spread easily even for this
suicidal mindset. Teenagers in the modern era develops more social issues than the
teenagers in the late generations. Modern teenager tends to have this urge to solve
anything in a simple way since they used to be provided with easy method in doing
something while back then, when everything is not as sophisticated as it is now,
people have to find their own way to do something in the best way because simple
is not always better. We live in such modern life yet we develop more mental mental
issues than our predecessor. With all these sophisticated technology, we should be
more aware of things like this. The use of internet and social media should be
improved in giving knowledge on how to deal with mental issues and spreading
motivational messages for each other worldwide so our generation will understand
how important it is to unite and care for each other.

Teenagers can easily develop suicidal mindset, they’re still vurnerable to

some mental problems and as we all know, things like this are really dangerous
because it may affect not just one individual but also the surroundings. In this case,
the role of family, friends and relatives are very important. When someone you
know is suffering from something, you should help them, have some courage to
show them that they’re precious and worth living. Why ends our life so soon? Why
not living on and try to achieve everything we can achieve? This world is big
enough for us to do everything we want to do end enjoy everything to the last. God
makes us different from each other because God wants us to feel special And for
you who have a problem in your life, if you’re reading this, you’re precious, love
yourself and you’re the best.