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Articles: My Thoughts | Life be not killed
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'Suicide does not just occur. Experience has shown that it is more often the end result of a process that has developed over a period of time...' N.L. Farberow
If you have a troubled teen, the best way to help your troubled teen is by speaking to a professional.
The first thing you need to realise when you’re having problems with your troubled teen is that it’s not your fault.
Many environmental factors, such as school, friends etc, can transform your happy teen into a troubled teen.
The range of options for a troubled teen are wide: for example there are troubled teen schools, troubled teen programs, troubled teen camps, and counselling for troubled teens.
Suicide is the outcome of neurobiological and psychological breakdown. Becoming suicidal is a process that begins in severe stress and pain generated by a serious life crisis.
'Suicide is the end result of a process, not the process itself.'
J. Zubin (1974)
in A.T. Beck, H. Resnick, and D.J. Lettieri (Eds.) The Prediction of Suicide
Stress and pain increase as the crisis, or the perception of it, worsens. As this happens, control and self-esteem deteriorate. Depression may be a cause or a side effect of the process.
Suicidality occurs when the stress induces psychological pain so unbearable that death is seen as the only relief. Prior to this point the individual is at risk of becoming suicidal. Beyond it the individual is at risk of completing suicide. Becoming suicidal is a crisis that causes traumatic stress.
Ingrained beliefs and values may cause an individual to be stigmatized by their own suicidality. This leads to shame and guilt. These cause alienation from self and withdrawal from others, which are also drivers.
Suicidality entails changes in brain chemistry and physiology. Suicidal individuals manifest various chemical imbalances. Most notable is depleted serotonin, a neurotransmitter that inhibits self-harm. This is a neurological threshold and those near or beyond it must be treated with medications.
There is no choice. Suicidal individuals are beset by suffering that is distracting and disabling. Suicidality is a state of total pain which limits options to enduring or ending utter agony.
A new study finds that teens who smoke are 14 times more likely to use marijuana than nonsmokers.
The survey, conducted by researchers at the American Legacy Foundation and the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, looked at nearly 2,000 teens ages 12 to 17.
They found that 84 percent of the kids who have tried pot have smoked cigarettes within the past 30 days. Also, the study finds those teens who smoke are 18 times more likely to say most of their friends smoke pot.
The researchers said a 50 percent reduction in teen smoking could cut marijuana use by 16 to 28 percent
Some 18 million Americans abuse or are addicted to alcohol. Tobacco causes 400,000 deaths each year, killing more people than AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse, car crashes, suicides, and fires combined. And nearly half of all Americans say they know someone with a drug problem.
Margaret Atwood has stated that, 'Sometimes things need to be said, and said, and said, until they don’t need to be said anymore.' This quote applies to the use of judgmental language by suicide prevention organizations.
The Suicidal tendency...can be curbed..in all.. irrespective of it is teens, or handicapped or old.
Only they need to be taken care of. Parents, Society have their role to play.
Mercy killing is on ther hand a request for death due to circunstances beyond their control..
Well!! It is for us to live life.. in a orderly, disciplined and harmonious way.. For well being of family , society at large. Let Life Be not Killed!!!!
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