With all the focus on bullying, most people believe that it takes one act to drive someone to commit suicide! Just the opposite! An individual has to be feeling like he/she is not worthy of life both from within the family and within the circle of influence. That is friends, teachers, etc.
No-one gets up one morning and says today is the day! I for one as a teenager and as an adult think about death often. As a child I was very close to committing suicide! But it was gradual! It sneaks up on you, because you let others destroy your willingness to live and those around you give you no reason to stay on this earth. It’s a feeling that no-one cares and why stay here.
I have lost 5 friends in my life to suicide! I presently think of it often. Why you may say! Well loneliness is a big part, health in another and feeling you have nothing to contribute is major. Children are no different. When they have too much time in their hands, feel no-one is listening and they have nothing to look forward to they give up.
The constant negativity around us from all sources gives hopelessness to young and old! The world at times can be difficult to adults never mind children. When someone commits suicide, we all need to ask ourselves, what part I played whether we directly knew the person or not.
When someone commits suicide, they have already died spiritually and physically way before they committed the act. It's like a divorce! When someone asks for a divorce the marriage has ended long ago!
Look around you, talk to those you love and remember them. Call your family and friends and check in on them. Listen more than speak and as much as possible remember those that are weak and need you. The signs are there! No-one is paying attention!
A common sense approach to current events, challenges ahead and hot topics from two different perspectives Queens.
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