Why do most teens want to turn to suicide?

Question

The teens these days are in soo much stress. And everything seems to go wrong in their lives. Why do they have to turn to suicide? I have been there several times in my life. And I have even ploted my death. All the way up to the burial and the death notices for the newspapers. But suddenly out of the blue, something snapped in my head and I changed my mind. I don't know how or why.. But I put down everything and just stopped. That was a miracle to say the least.
How can we help those teens feel better about themselves instead of turning to the bad parts of life.??

Answer 1

Listen...that's the biggest thing, I think, is to just listen.Don't belittle our teens...to them their problems are just as big as ours.Know what our kids our doing,and always let home be the safest place to be.Love them no matter what and always speak the words I LOVE YOU!♥

Answer 2

What Hope for Today's Youths? :
... The Tragedy of Youthful Deaths
... Suicide - A Scourge of Young People
... When Hope & Love Vanish
... When Hope & Love Return
... Motivations for Suicide <<<<<
... Some Indicators of Suicide --
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1998/9/8/article_01.htm

A Cry for Help
...... Soon a World Without Despair
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2000/9/15/article_01.htm

Life in a Peaceful New World
http://www.watchtower.org/library/t15/peaceful.htm

The Bible--A Textbook for Living :
... Cherished and Suppressed
... A Textbook for the Living :
...... A Book That Gives Purpose <<<
...... Adding Stability to a Troubled Life <<<
...... Help in Overcoming Emotional Problems <<<
...... Practical Counsel on Family Life <<<
...... Counsel That Endures <<<
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2000/12/1/article_01.htm

If you really want to know what the only long-lasting answer to this problem is, I suggest you check out the above Bible-based articles, along with the Scriptures referenced.

Sincerely,
"Make Sure of All things; Hold Fast to what is Fine!"
1 Thessalonians 5:21

Answer 3

We live in a very competitive culture, based upon success or popularity. A clique if you will and we strive to be an accepted member of that culture. In most cases, there are only so many people that get accepted into those little groups, and those that don't fit the mold so to speak, are often ridiculed for being different.

Cults or groups are much the same in their acceptance or rejection by the rest of the population. Children strive to be like a peer, somebody they look up to and idol. All to often we fall short of the expectations we hope for and find ourselves in a spiral ling emotion of feelings.

We seem to think and sometimes even believe that we are not fitting in, and would be better off out of the scene, when in essence, the answer is to be yourself and find new friends that share the same interests that we do. It may be hard to leave what we thought were friends behind while we venture out with a new found group, but in the end it usually works out for the better.

The best defense is a good offense, and with that in mind, our best defense is the ability we all have to strive for ourselves, and set the standards we feel most comfortable with.

Answer 4

Teens are forced into the fast-paced lives they live faster than they would've meant to be in that situation. Teens take their peers way too seriously. Too many stop eating, get depressed, and cut themselves, all over some other kid just because he/she is popular and has hurt them in some way. If you compare this to an adult's life, it is completely out of proportion.

I know that it is a huge thing to fit in. It isn't easy to be forsaken and excluded from the groups at school, but no peer's opinion is worth your life. If they don't take you seriously, you shouldn't take them seriously. I remember in school that the kids would do anything the popular people tell them to do. This is sad because the popular kids don't really care about the safety or well-being of anyone else. It is just so odd to watch kids bend over backwards for some random peer.

As well, dating while in your teens just wasn't meant to be. That is why, emotionally, teens get so depressed from things that happen during "relationships." The teen years should be devoted to learning. Dating should not be engaged in unless you are ready to get married, nor should it be a temporary thing. That is where the depression starts. I mean, if neither kid is able to get married, due to age or not having a job, why the dating? It's pointless, and makes something so complex, such as a person's feelings, merely a form of recreation or a "game," as most of the guys call it. No, people aren't a "game," and gaining someone's affection shouldn't be considered such, either.

Teens get depressed because they do not realize the magnitude of getting involved with someone. It isn't ever meant to be a one-week thing. As well, they take things such as clothing and popularity way too seriously. Adults only worry about money and providing, and really, that is the most important thing.

Answer 5

Dear person you are still too upset. The question has an error as only some teens do suicide. Suicide is group murder. Remember you have a right to live even though you have difficulties. Depression is all about friends and family and you need to be safe in a safe place to get your head straightened out. It is fair to say that the outsiders need to help each other because in so doing they will learn what life skills they really need.

Answer 6

I don't really believe "MOST" teens turn to suicide, we would have dead teens all over the mall.

There are many problems that face teens such as puberty and questions about who they really are. And these questions and problems occur at a time in life where the person is unskilled in handling problems, the hormone rushes, and questions about what and who they will be

how to help? Be there for them, care, but don't rescue them from all of the problems, with daring to deal with problems, comes self confidence and self esteem.

you have already experienced a positive change by making a mature decision not to harm yourself. now go tell a friend, and be proud.

Answer 7

lets see, peer pressure, the pressure to suceed at what you are doing, pressure pressure pressure. its something that everyone had, but i think more teens turn to suicide because they dont know how to deal with it and think if they die, it will all go away. maybe if there wasnent so much pressure in todays society, we would have less suicides. the pressures to look as good as the people you see on tv, people making fun of the way other people look, and as you get older, it doesnt go away, maybe if we started to teach kids from a young age to love themselves no matter what and to love everyone else no matter what, then everyone would be happier. but with so much discrimination in this world, that probably wont happen for a long long time. at least until someone invents some way to recreate humanity and make everyone the same and raise them in test tubes until they can survive on their own.

Answer 8

when you plan everything out it makes you feel better to know that everything will go as you wish. There by bringing you out of the bottom just enough to "snap out of it". How ever most people just don't care and will give into it and say that others will know what to do.

but you are lucky to be able to focus on it so much that you lose interest in it.

Answer 9

i have also been through the thoughts of
but i don't know why teens want to be suicidal
i think that they think it is the only choice
and the easier choice
but to be quite honest....
i think its just their raging hormones.
if we put better psychiatrists or counselors in the schools
and maybe didn't load up the students so much with too much homework
then maybe they wouldn't have to turn to
i want to become a psychiatrist to help this problem
so i really want to know what people think
please email me when you have found a good answer

Answer 10

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Take Care and God Bless !