Teen Suicides
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That is complete tosh.
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Agreed.
Got to disagree with this statement, there's plenty for teenagers to, more so than ever. The ones who moan that there's nothing to do are the idle ones who don't actually want to do anything anyway.
Off the top of my head in our area there is:
Swimming clubs
Football clubs
Running clubs
fitness centres
Body building gyms
Boxing gyms
Martial arts
snooker clubs
Youth clubs
Tennis clubs
Squash clubs
Badminton clubs
Table tennis clubs
Outdoor pursuits
Country parks
Unfortunatley this isn't true
I've had to grow up with depression in the family all my life and it's not just something that you can snap out of. People that suggest otherwise just don't understand depression
Both my parents suffer from depression, they don't live with each other and havent done since I was 2. I live with my dad and have had to grow up with it for 2 decades. It's a terrible terrible disease, because thats what it is, a disease, and I think people forget that. It's not just a "mood", it's medical condition.
My dad can have months go by where he is on top of the world and I cherish those days, because unfortunatley, they never last. He'll go through stages where he just can't even talk to anyone, and he says the most hurtful things (even though I know he doesn't mean them and its not his fault), it really is so sad to see someone so lifeless and pretty much like a zombie.
I'd like to think my dad would never resort to suicide as he tries so hard to fight it and isn't the sort of man who would let it defeat him, although at times I know for him it seems like there is no chance of beating the depression
Unfortunatley, my mum has tried to end it, and although I don't live with my mum and havent had her in my life all the time, that hurt so much, I was 15 at the time and to think that my mum didn't want to try and stick around for her children and to try and fight it really almost dragged me down. But unfortunaltey with depression, its often something that can consume you completely and rational thinking isnt always possible. Thankfully she has been ok for the last few years
This is one reason why I will never let myself get depressed, I know what its like by living around it, to go through, it is sheer hell. And because of this I always find it so sad to read peoples misinformed opinions on depression and how people fake it or want attention. It really is so far from the truth...
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Absolutely fantastic post; couldn't have said it better myself.
My father was bi-polar (what used to be known as "manic depression") and towards the end of his life, schizophrenic as well. He killed himself when he was 41 years old, and I was 16.
I myself suffered from clinical depression for more than a year, and had to quit my job as a result of it. When you are in this state, it is very difficult - sometimes impossible - to see beyond it. Depression consumes you utterly; there were days when I felt like I was simply standing on the edge of a huge black hole, looking down into the bottomless void.
Very little makes sense, and nothing seems to matter. Your sleeping patterns are totally screwed; normal routines become a thing of the past, and normality itself becomes totally alien. Short term memory becomes unreliable; on the worst days, I had trouble recalling the events of the past four hours.
I had been prescribed anti-depressants, which did a pretty good job at the cost of some unpleasant side-effects. I took them for about 15 months. Coming off the pills was difficult; I eventually went cold turkey and suffered a week of hell while the stuff finally ebbed out of my system.
It is important to realise that people with depression are often incapable of judging their own condition, or the effect that their behaviour has upon others. Additionally, not all sufferers of depression are suicidal; it was certainly the last thing on my mind at the time.
What sort of side effects did you experience?
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Insomnia, severe nausea, low sex drive, and inability to ejaculate.
A winning combination.
In all fairness I would be suprised if any girlfriend could go out with someone 'depressed'. Its not like the latter are less attractive than the symptoms of depression anyway
In all fairness I would be suprised if any girlfriend could go out with someone 'depressed'. Its not like the latter are less attractive than the symptoms of depression anyway
Be surprised. People aren't as shallow as you might think.
The woman who was my girlfriend at the time, is now my wife.
A few days ago when the two cousins committed suicide bringing the total to 16, it was stated that the rate for the area was now 35% higher than the England/Wales average. So we should remember that normally (if one can use that word) we would expect 12 suicides there over 18 months.
Today's news brings the total to 17. This is still only 5 more than the background rate and spikes like this tend to occur as some are related - like the cousins. While each suicide is a tragedy what we're seeing here isn't very far removed from normality.
Today's news brings the total to 17. This is still only 5 more than the background rate and spikes like this tend to occur as some are related - like the cousins. While each suicide is a tragedy what we're seeing here isn't very far removed from normality.
WTF worst suicide attempt in history if taking the 10 seconds to pop the pills out of a pack prevents you :/
I don’t know what causes people to commit suicide but I would hazard a guess it's due to social pressures, work pressures/culture, pressure on everyone to succeed in western society. It's just all a vicious cycle.
Concerning woodys things to do, what do people do if their not into sports or the outdoors?
Concerning woodys things to do, what do people do if their not into sports or the outdoors?
computer games ***^^
Good bit of fallout shooting children in the face with a mini gun, really makes you feel better
Indoor hobbies; reading, painting, drawing, playing chess & other board games, arts & crafts, that sort of thing.