Suicide

Ok guys, so first I was going to do my blog post on addiction, but then I thought maybe I should do it on suicide. My conclusion came to do suicide..

Although I’m doing my blog on suicide I’ve read a lot of books about addiction and it’s very interesting to me because no matter how serious of an addiction it is…from drugs to biting to your nails, its everywhere and almost everyone experiences the feeling of addiction. Addiction is relapsing condition characterized by abusing something compulsively and long lasting chemical changes in the brain. Almost all of the books I’ve read this year have to do with addiction. For example, A Million Little Pieces by James Frey. Also Impulse had to do with addiction but I didn’t get to finish that one. I still think addiction is very interesting so if you want to take a look at some cool facts about addiction here are some sites to take a look at.
http://www.revolutionhealth.com/conditions/addiction/?msc=A00563
http://www.highlandridgehospital.com/display_article.asp?article=5053
http://www.highlandridgehospital.com/display_article.asp?article=3143

The reason that I decided to do suicide is because almost out of all controversial topics…this would be the one I’m most interested in. I’m definitely against it and wanted to learn and talk to you guys about why people do such a horrible thing.

Suicide is the act of causing ones death. This will definitely be a hard topic for me to talk about but I want to talk about it because I think that everyone should know how awful of an act it is. Now, about a month ago my very own cousin decided to take his life. The thing about suicide is that there are so many questions. You have to wonder why they would do that, how long they’ve been thinking about it, if they regret it. I’ve been thinking about all of this because usually when you think about suicidal people you think about people who don’t have a job, don’t have any family and are pretty much in a clinical depression. But the thing is, that’s not always the case. With my cousin, he had a job, he had a beautiful 3 year old daughter, and more family than one can ever imagine. Not only did he have all of that, he seemed so happy. You can ask anyone who knew him and they will all say that he was always the one to cheer you up with some jokes. Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death, and last year there were 29,199. There are a lot of interesting facts about suicide at this SITE. Although it can be difficult you can find symptoms of a suicidal person such as history of mental disorders, family history of abuse, family violence, previous attempts of suicide and the most important one is depression. But for those people who don’t really show their feeling look out for things like if they mention things about suicide often, giving away possessions, and pulls away from people. To look at some signs and symptoms look at this website. All in all, don’t ever think that your life is worth taking away because there is always another solution. Don’t even think of suicide as an option because its not. I know you think that your just doing everyone a favor but the truth is that suicide is one of the most selfish things people can do. Ever think about the impact on the persons’ family? How hurt and confused they’ll be, and thinking they did something wrong. It’s not fair to anyone and is way more trouble than anyone could possibly ever be in.