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Why Do Teens Commit Suicide?

The document discusses reasons for teen suicide and methods. It states that teens often attempt suicide to escape situations they feel have no solutions or to get relief from bad thoughts and feelings. Common methods for males are firearms and hanging, while common methods for females are self-poisoning and overdosing. The document also notes that teens have difficulty seeing a brighter future and believe their unhappiness will last forever, so prevention requires support, recognizing warning signs, and seeking professional help.

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Why Do Teens Commit Suicide?

The document discusses reasons for teen suicide and methods. It states that teens often attempt suicide to escape situations they feel have no solutions or to get relief from bad thoughts and feelings. Common methods for males are firearms and hanging, while common methods for females are self-poisoning and overdosing. The document also notes that teens have difficulty seeing a brighter future and believe their unhappiness will last forever, so prevention requires support, recognizing warning signs, and seeking professional help.

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Why do teens commit

suicide?
Most teens that get interviewed after making a suicide attempt
say that they tried to kill themselves because they were trying
to escape situations that they thought had no solutions to.
Another reason why teens try to hurt
themselves is to get relief from really bad
thoughts or feelings.
Teens that try to hurt themselves not
always want to die, they just want to
escape from what they are going through.

For example teens that cut their wrist may


be so upset that they don’t think about
what they are really doing, and accidents
happen.
But unfortunately at the particular
moment dying seems like the only way
out.
How do teens commit suicide?
There are many ways teens commit
suicide.
From teens inflicting pain by giving
themselves paper-cuts on their bodies, to
creating gashes along their arteries.
Themost common way for male teens to
commit suicide is by using firearm.
Firearmsare available anywhere, and if
you know where to look, you can get find
one.
Another way that male teens commit
suicide is by hanging themselves.
Common ways for female teens to commit
suicide is by self-poisoning. This also
includes overdosing on any types of
drugs.
Depending on the location that the teens
live in, they also commit suicide by
jumping in front of a rapidly, moving
train.
Teens
Unlike adults, teens don’t have the
capability to think about life and life
events in terms of the broader perspective
(big picture).
Suicidalteens think that all of their
unhappiness they are feeling and
experiencing will go on for the rest of their
life.
They don’t see that they can have a
brighter future ahead of them.
Teens that are suicidal believed they have
two choices, live their life with emotional
pain or ending their life, which is not the
best solution.
Suicide prevention
One of the most important part of teen
suicide prevention is support.
Teens need to know that support and love
them, and you are willing to help them
find hope in their life again.
An effective way to prevent tee suicide is
to recognize the signs of suicidal thoughts
and feelings, and really, the best way to
prevent this from happening is looking for
professional help.

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