Child Advocate Offers 13 Reasons Why NOT to Commit Suicide
lunes, agosto 27, 2018
The world we live in is a cruel and hard world. And who suffer the most are our children and teenagers. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for children, adolescents, and young adults age 5-to-24-year-olds. This is alarmingly terrible.
The majority of children and adolescents who attempt suicide have a significant mental health disorder, usually depression.
And now that School is starting, which can be hell for some kids due to bullying, abuse and more, resulting in suicide and running away, it is our duty as adults/parents to be alert and realize when our children suffer any change in their behavior.
- September is Suicide Awareness Month
- Suicide Prevention Day is Sept 10
- November is Runaway Prevention Month
Media veteran and New York's nationally recognized and award-winning child advocate, Steve Simpson, wants to help victims, like himself, and he offers the ’13 reasons why NOT to commit suicide’ below.
He has also created The Teenage and Young Adult Survival Handbook -- a small guide that is included in all four of his YA adventure novels which covers most of the topics plaguing young people today—suicide, bullying, sexual abuse, physical abuse, verbal abuse, self-worth, being the child of an addict, living in a dysfunctional home, surviving school and more.
Simpson was even recognized by President Barack Obama, former New York governor David Paterson and the County Executive of Nassau County for his efforts on behalf of abused children.
13 Reasons Why NOT to Commit Suicide
- Everybody I know who thought of suicide were glad they never did it; Things got better!
- You are not alone. Other people have your problems too. There are solutions. Ask for help.
- No problems or pain can last forever, things can work out, you can be happy; have faith.
- Your parent’s problems and addictions are not your fault. You’re not responsible for people abusing you.
- The negative things said about you or that you think about yourself are not true.
- Even though you don’t think your pain and loneliness will go away, it will!
- You don’t need suicide to escape your pain, being abused or bullied; there are other ways.
- Don’t give up! Things get better faster than you ever thought they could.
- There are people waiting to help you who will care about you and your problems, help is free.
- Your problems don’t make up who you are; ALL problems can be solved.
- Your life has value; you’re smarter, talented and more loveable than you think!
- There is always hope, sometimes we just need people to help us see it.
- No matter how bad things seem things ALWAYS get better!
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.
1-800-273-8255
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