What You Should Do If Someone Is About To Commit Suicide

- Ask the person what would all the people that love you would do.
- Tell the person to wait a day or a week to think about kill themselves.

What May Trigger Your Teen

Teen Suicide is triggered in many different and upsetting ways. 

 Some of those ways are : 

- moving

- feeling isolated

- family turmoil

- confusion

- self doubt

- recent humiliation

- effects of drug and alcohol 

- sexual or physical abuse

- divorce between parents/guardians

- breakups

- bullying 

- depression

And more ways that may trigger your teen to commit suicide can be found at

http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-923/teenage.htm

Some Signs That Might Lead To Suicide

- Writing about death.
- Getting obsessed with morbid subjects.
- Saying " I can't take it anymore you'd be better off without me."
- Dressing in black talking about death.
- Depression.
- Loss of interest in activities.
- Changes of eating and sleeping habits.
- Fatigue or lack of energy.
- Lack of motivation.
- Thinking dying is romantic.
- Giving away prized possessions.


If you want more information go to this link.

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_teen.htm

Facts About Suicide

-Caucasians tend to commit suicide more than African Americans, but the number of African American suicides are rising
- Girls attempt suicide twice as much as boys
- Boys are more successful because they tend to use firearms, unlike girls who tend to take pills
- Nearly 5,000 teenagers commit suicide each year.
- Suicide is the third leading cause of death among those aged 15-24.
- Reports of suicide clusters, in which one suicide triggers several others within a school or community, have increased.
- The ratio of male to female suicides is four to one; however, young women attempt suicide four times more frequently.

What You Can Do As A Parent To Prevent Suicide ?

There are many things you can do as a parent to do help prevent your teen commit suicide. Some of those things are:
- Talking to your teen, listening & not expressing anger, it wont help
- Note changes in their behavior. Everything from clothing to the way the act around other people
-Get professional help NOW.
-Dont judge your teen. Family help & support is highly needed
-Remove any weapons, pills, or any other substances in your house that he/she may have access to.

A Suicide Story

Ethan felt like there was no point going on with life. Things had been tough since his mom died. His dad was working two jobs and seemed frazzled and angry most of the time. Whenever he and Ethan talked, it usually ended in yelling.

Ethan had just found out he'd failed a math test, and he was afraid of how mad and disappointed his dad would be. In the past, he always talked things over with his girlfriend — the only person who seemed to understand. But they'd broken up the week before, and now Ethan felt he had nowhere to turn.

Ethan knew where his dad kept his guns. But as he was unlocking the cabinet, he heard his kid sister arriving home from school. He didn't want Grace to be the person to find him, so he put the gun back and went to watch TV with her instead. Later, when he realized how close he'd come to ending his life, Ethan was terrified. He summoned the courage to talk to his dad. After a long conversation, he realized how much his dad cared. All he could think of was how he'd almost thrown it all away.

All Credits to: http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/feeling_sad/suicide.html