Teen Suicide

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counsel was experiencing some kind of breakdown in their family which caused them to be at risk of social ills hindering them from reaching their full potential of becoming academically or socially successful students.

One very important thing I have learned is that adolescence can be a very turbulent time. Teenagers deal with a vast array of new experiences during this transitional period, such as relationships, decisions about their future, and the physical changes that are taking place in their bodies.

Some teenagers, however, can become overwhelmed by the uncertainties of life and feel that they have nowhere to turn. Their search for answers may lead them to over medicating their pain by abusing drugs and alcohol. Some teens may express their frustration by engaging in acts of violence. They do not want to talk about their problems because they may think that will make them a burden on others. Too often, these troubled teens opt instead to take their own lives. In each case of suicide attempted that I was involved in the strongest factor involved was depression, alcohol, or drugs and sometimes aggressive behavior as a ploy for attention.

Adolescents who consider suicide generally feel alone, hopeless, and rejected. They are especially vulnerable to these feelings if they have experienced a loss, humiliation of some kind, poor performance on a test, breakup with a boyfriend or girlfriend, with alcohol or drug problems or who are abusive, or a family life affected by parent discord, separation, or divorce. However, a teenager still may be depressed or sad without any of these adverse conditions. In my training for the po...