like teenagers i mean. you know (and dont critize its just an opinion), i think that it is like "cool" to be like "emo" "goth" or obsessed with death, and that is why theyre all like "ooh im suicidal". i mean im 14 and i know i have mental issues too, but i would never kill myself no matter what.
2006-09-22 12:09:12 · 17 answers · asked by AngeSurTerre ♥ 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
i understand that some ACTUALLY have depression and suicidal tendencies, but what im saying is that most are probably just following the herd.
2006-09-22 12:22:09 · update #1
Well, most people who are suicidal actually have clinical depression, and they really see no other way out, and just want the pain to end. It's an extremely difficult time when they hit a major depressive episode and it seems like it will never end. It's very hard to understand how incredibly horrible that feeling is unless you experience it. And it truly is a way of thinking that they can't help. That's why therapy for depression involves extensive cognitive behaviour therapy in order to be successful.
Sometimes people will talk about suicide for attention though ... not realizing how incredibly serious it is.
2006-09-22 12:18:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I'm not sure if you mean when people are truly suicidal, not just pretending. Being truly suicidal is not much fun, I've been there and it was the worst time of my life. I couldn't concentrate on anything, all I could think about was getting of this planet and never having to face anything again. It is often caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, which meds can treat, but what triggers these thoughts are usually psychological factors. HTH.
2006-09-22 12:20:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a built in social mechanism to help keep the population down. Only it's not working like it should.
We need to have some guidelines for suicide. Like, don't leave a mess for others to pick up after. And we could help encourage this, by placing stiff fines on the relatives of those who commit suicide in public or other places, where the EMS or hospital ambulance crews have to clean up after the suicide's corpse.
If you do decide to kill yourself, go do it in a swamp or a desert, where the alligators or buzzards, coyotes, will clean up the mess. Or swim out to sea, or far out into a great lake. Or step into some quick sand while you're really drunk or drugged up.
We have far too many people on this earth. Maybe some people should off their selves to afford the rest of us more space. Some of you reading this may suggest I do this to myself. I've already thought of that. Don't worry about me.
I won't be rotting alive in some nursing home, God willing.
2006-09-22 12:14:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is either a cry for attention from someone who feels they don't get enough, or the person sees no hope of life ever improving, and so wants the easy way out, and doesn't want to try to fight though life. Either way, I believe anyone who wants death is in need of professional help. Although in some circles it seems like the "in" thing, and so the individual may actually have no desire for death, just to be accepted by their peers.
2006-09-22 12:14:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lonlieness is a human condition.
When your little you love your mommy or daddy or whomever is your caretaker you dont feel it.
You become a teen and do, some teens handle it by focusing on it and taking it on as an identity.
Most of them will get over the phase.
2006-09-22 12:18:05 · answer #5 · answered by desi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some of them are just rebelling from their parents or some of them may truly be depressed with their lives. When you are a teenager your hormones are all over the place and it affects different people in different ways.
2006-09-22 12:11:11 · answer #6 · answered by *Cara* 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
keep away from the Aspartame its a recorded side effect in teens diet, sugar free, lo cal are the worst but its getting in every thing now go look it up on the web at least that way you`ll be aware of what it is
2006-09-22 12:17:06 · answer #7 · answered by keny 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe they are just looking for attention.Doesn't sound like you are mental if you can recognize that being suicidal is not cool.
2006-09-22 12:13:39 · answer #8 · answered by preshus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They think it is the easy way out. And they don't know how many people they hurt when they do it. They should know that there is so many places and people that are willing to help them.
2006-09-22 12:22:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly for attention. Everyone thinks about killing themselves, but it takes a lot to actually feel compelled to do it. Anyone that talks about it a lot is seeking attention. They may have real emotional problems, but most likely they don't get enough hugs.
2006-09-22 12:12:21 · answer #10 · answered by danisaacs 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋