Suicides by teenagers

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Adolescence is a beautiful period in every individuals lifetime with unstable and confused minds. Teenagers come under this adolescence group who with new exposures and experiences gaining in between the transit period with new relationship building, with career orientation, with high aims of achieving academic success, setting unrealistic goals, future uncertainty, self deciders and decision makers, physical, emotional and psychological changes and challenges.

Many teenagers, especially today one can one in contact that every fifth teenager is suffering or encountered with depression. This is due to heavy course work pressure,tough competitions, board examinations, entrance examinations, aim of getting into "the Best" college or school or institution, parents dreams and to be fulfilled and make them happy, or it is the stupid unrealistic pressure of the parents who tax the teenagers for no reasons. Affairs with opposite sex, failures, love pressures are also one of the reasons for high rates of suicides among teenagers.

Suicidal Signals:

It is the responsibility of every parents/ teachers/ friends/ well wishers to read the suicidal signals which in reality is overlooked and over ruled.
Most of the teenagers in depression or with disturbances take the support or dependent upon external supporting agencies such as consuming alcohol, taking drugs or smoking continuously. This is followed by erratic behaviour which is quite visible, aggressiveness in some and some start distancing from all, all of a sudden become quite and aloof, and pessimistic talks and discuss more about life and death and attempts to commit suicides.

The following are some of the signs of Suicidal attempt of Teenagers:

1. Depressed
2. Running away tendencies, withdrawal tendency.
3. Feeling of Imprisonment
4. Instability
5. Parental pressure
6. Expressions of thoughts related to suicides, death or life.
7. Withdrawal from family, friends, well wishers
8. No longer interested in life
9. Deceived
10. Family pride
11. Highly impulsive
12. Unable to bare the shock or loss of near and dear
13. Love failure, unfaithful partner, sadistic nature of partner, forced rape in public or in private closet, nonacceptance and unplanned pregnancy.
14. Poor academic performance
15. A failure

Solutions to tackle Teen Suicides:


1. Lectures will not help--Don't attempt to give long and lengthy lectures.
2. Family , parents and friends or best known person should be a "GOOD LISTENER"
3. Acceptance of victim and their problems as they are.
4. Strong assurance and reassurance by parents. family members, friends and near and dear.
5. Confidence Builder
6. Take the help of trained Consellor
7. Involving in productive activities
8. Replacing in different locality
9. Entrusting responsibilities and appreciating and rewarding
10. Engaging in Social service activities.
11. Reading about great personality life histories, positive quotes, enrolling in youth training camps.
12. Lastly, strong emotional and moral support by the family and friends.


Ten Commandments for Life to Follow:

THE MOST DAMAGING ONE LETTER WORD---I--ACCEPT IT.

THE MOST SATISFYING TWO LETTER WORD-- WE---USE IT.

THE MOST POISONOUS THREE LETTER WORD---EGO--KILL IT

THE MOST USED FOUR LETTER WORD---LOVE--VALUE IT.

THE MOST PLEASING FIVE LETTER WORD--- SMILE---KEEP IT.

THE FAST SPREADING SIX LETTER WORD--RUMOUR---IGNORE IT.

THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER SEVEN LETTER WORD-SUCCESS---ACHIEVE IT.

THE MOST WICKED EIGHT LETTER WORD--JEALOUSLY--SHUN IT.

THE MOST POWERFUL NINE LETTER WORD--KNOWLEDGE--ACQUIRE IT.

THE MOST ESSENTAIL TEN LETTER WORD--CONFIDENCE--DEVELOP IT.

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