Suicide is a continuing problem in the United States. Suicide is one killing himself through various methods. This is mostly due to depression and stress. The suicide rate is increasing again. This is a problem as people are taking their own lives. Many of them have families and an opportunity in life. It is sad to see these people kill themselves especially teenagers who do it for stupid reasons such as relationships. Suicide not only affects the person that killed themselves but also the people around them. People that are suicidal need to get help.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death to people ages between 15 and 34. In 2013, someone in the United States committed suicide every 12.8 minutes. Women are 6 times more likely to attempt …show more content…
This is not far from the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. First of all it’s not like every decision is a good one. If someone is making a bad decision, you want to stop them and help them, right? Second of all it isn’t even a “choice”. People don’t just decide that it’s a good idea to commit suicide. They have strong depression which means they aren’t in the right state of mind. I wonder what somebody who feels this would do if a significant other tried to kill themselves. I know for a fact “It’s your choice I’m not stopping you” wouldn’t be what they would say. Believing what these people say is false. They make you think as if it’s “okay” for someone to kill themselves. It can also stop you from preventing suicide which is an opportunity to save a life. You have no idea what it could mean for that person or even you. Another argument people say is “suicide is selfish”. They say this because it is ending someone’s life to take all their problems away but it causes problems to people around them. Again, they are in a mentally instable situation so they don’t know exactly what they are doing. People do not realize that it can affect others. In fact on debate.org, 57% of people say suicide isn’t selfish while 43% say it is. 43% is a lot of people. People can easily talk. They haven’t gone through depression so they don’t know how it feels like. Don’t say suicide is selfish when your life isn’t nearly worse than someone who did do it. They don’t understand so obviously they might say it’s
Suicide is the second leading cause of death to people ages between 15 and 34. In 2013, someone in the United States committed suicide every 12.8 minutes. Women are 6 times more likely to attempt …show more content…
This is not far from the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. First of all it’s not like every decision is a good one. If someone is making a bad decision, you want to stop them and help them, right? Second of all it isn’t even a “choice”. People don’t just decide that it’s a good idea to commit suicide. They have strong depression which means they aren’t in the right state of mind. I wonder what somebody who feels this would do if a significant other tried to kill themselves. I know for a fact “It’s your choice I’m not stopping you” wouldn’t be what they would say. Believing what these people say is false. They make you think as if it’s “okay” for someone to kill themselves. It can also stop you from preventing suicide which is an opportunity to save a life. You have no idea what it could mean for that person or even you. Another argument people say is “suicide is selfish”. They say this because it is ending someone’s life to take all their problems away but it causes problems to people around them. Again, they are in a mentally instable situation so they don’t know exactly what they are doing. People do not realize that it can affect others. In fact on debate.org, 57% of people say suicide isn’t selfish while 43% say it is. 43% is a lot of people. People can easily talk. They haven’t gone through depression so they don’t know how it feels like. Don’t say suicide is selfish when your life isn’t nearly worse than someone who did do it. They don’t understand so obviously they might say it’s