Suicide is the second leading cause of death among people between the ages of 14 and 25 in the United States.
Every 100 minutes another teenager will commit suicide.
Twenty-seven percent of high school students said they had "thought seriously" about killing themselves during the past year. Eight percent said they had actually tried to kill themselves.
More than 30,000 Americans commit suicide each year, and 5,000 of these people are teenagers.
Most suicides occur in the home between the hours of 3 p.m. and midnight. There are 30 to 50 times as many attempted suicides as completed suicides.
Some warning signs of suicide are:
-depression
-anger or hostility
-inability to feel pleasure
-feeling hopeless
-isolation or withdrawal
-insomnia
-sleeping too much
-loss of appetite
-preoccupation with death
-giving things away that were once valued
ending significant relationships or commitments (breaking up)
-sudden uplift in mood after depression
-sudden change in behavior or disruptive behavior
-promiscuity (being very sexually active)
-severe outbursts of temper
-excessive substance use
-absence from school or work
-inability to carry out normal tasks of daily life
-inability to laugh
Suicide isn't a way to "cure your problems", it hurts everybody. You may think it's a way out of your problems, but when you try, or suceed, you're putting your problems on the people you left behind.
If you're feeling suicidal, there are many hotline numbers:
(800) SUICIDE (800) 784-2433
U.S. Suicide Hotline (800) 999-9999
Kids Help Phone (Canada) (800) 668-6868
Suicide Prevention - The Trevor HelpLine - (Specializing in gay and lesbian youth suicide prevention) (800) 850-8078
1-800-SUICIDE (800) 784-2433
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