Back To The Watchers Connection
Story by: Lucilla Phoenix Reporter
This subject…teen suicide…is something that I believe really needs to stop. Listen, I know life can be hard and cruel sometimes, but it always gets better, always. I mean, this life is short enough, why make it shorter? Why not live it to the fullest? Sure I have thought of suicide (I think we all have once in our lives), but I don’t act upon it. I know that’s not what I want. Even if I really wanted to, I could look at pictures in my room of my little cousins or watch home videos of my family, and think about how much I would hurt them. And I don’t want to hurt them.
And being a teen can be hard, this is the time when we are trying to find our true selves and go through so much change, emotionally and physically. It sucks, I know, I’m a teen. You go through so much stress: Am I getting good grades in school? Does that guy in history like me? Are my friends gonna be there for me forever? Why did my boyfriend break up with me? Am I pretty enough? Am I a complete loser? Those are some stressful things that we all go through, some people have more personal things they go through too. Like if someone in their family is dying. But suicide is not the way to resolve anything.
Plus most people regret committing suicide after they have done it, but it’s too late, you’re probably dead. Like for example, my mom says she knew this guy in high school and he was gonna commit suicide. So he cut off the phone line so he wouldn’t be disturbed. Then he slit his wrists, he must've regretted doing it because after he did it, he ran from his house to his grandma’s house a block away to get help. He knocked on her door, she opened it, and found him lying there dead. So that’s proof right there that it’s not worth it.
And my brother had a friend from high school commit suicide like a year or so ago. He was a bright guy too. He had hung himself because he had broken up with his girl friend. Now that’s no reason to kill yourself, even though it hurts not to be with that person anymore, there was plenty of girls out there for him to go out with. But that’s it for him, he’s dead now. Leaving his mom, dad, and twin brother behind. And also leaving all his friends.
It’s sad how people can feel like there is no way out. Nobody should feel that way. Like someone told me to say “Hi” to someone who looks down one day because saying “Hi” to them everyday or making them feel special might save their lives. Because that person might be feeling suicidal and by you talking to them or saying a simple “Hi” might make them feel that there is someone who cares about them. And no matter how lonely you feel, know that there is always someone who does care for you.