Teen
teen depression/suicide
Depression and Suicide
Hopelessness, humiliation, emptiness,
loss and confusion. These are all words
that so many of us have felt at one time
or another. Stemming from school, home,
from friends, lost relationships, physical
illness or disability, from being bullied, or
maybe it’s about hating ourselves for whatever we feel we lack, or maybe we can’t
even put our finger on where it is coming
from. But the feelings are there, nonetheless.
Sometimes these feelings are just always
there. A dull constant ache. Sometimes
these feelings hit and hit hard. You can
feel it in your stomach, there’s tightness
in your chest, heaviness in your legs. There
may be headaches, or shortness of breath.
The effects are nearly endless. Sometimes
you have a couple of good days, then, in an
instant, the feelings are all back again.
Sometimes it’s the painful thoughts
that hurt the most. Sometimes it’s feeling
nothing at all – numb. Sometimes it is the
desolate emptiness. Perhaps the most
painful is that it seems like we are the only
one who feels this way. That the entire rest
of the world is going about their lives with
little care in the world, but we are here,
dealing with this relentless barrage of feelings.
At its worst, thoughts of suicide enter
our minds and suicide becomes a viable
option. After all, “at least in death, I will
no longer feel this pain.” But, while I am
in no way underestimating the pain you
are feeling, there is another side to this.
Before we endure even one more day of
pain and most certainly before we attempt
to end our lives, we should consider