Teen Suicide Have suicidal thoughts played a part in your life? Studies have shown that four out of five teen suicide attempts have happened by clear warning signs. Suicide plays a big part in teens simply because of peer pressure, school, social life, emotional stress, and even things going on at home can trigger suicidal thoughts or suicide. People who experience suicide or suicidal thoughts show different signs that are easy to miss but hard to understand.
When looking for suicidal signs it is best to pay attention to changes in a person’s personality, attitude, declining grades in school, change in communication and belittling themselves. Low self esteem also plays a big role in suicidal thoughts and/or suicide. When a person has low self esteem their actions and mood changes. Eventually, their low self esteem will lead to feeling alone and hating themselves then next is suicide. However, this can be prevented by really paying attention to the different changes in a person.
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Sometimes anger can trigger a person’s want to commit suicide or even think about it. Sources have stated that “In many cases, teens do not know how to deal with their feelings and problems and are looking for someone to help them find assistance.” Most of the time a person who is experiencing suicidal thoughts doesn’t want to talk about how they are feeling or they are always mad and do not want to be bothered. If a person says something like “What is my purpose for living?’, ‘I wish I could drop dead now!’, or “I hate my life!’, or anything pertaining to that person wanting to die or kill themselves take caution and tell an adult or sit down with that person and have and a talk with