Suicide Prevention: You Have Value

There’s one thing that kills people, and that’s the feeling that you aren’t good enough to live on earth. Every 40 seconds, a person commits suicide. It is more likely that someone will commit suicide if he or she has had a loved one commit suicide. This is for the people who feel they aren’t good enough, for the people who don’t find the drive to live, and the people who don’t want to wake up tomorrow.

People often commit suicide because they feel alone, they feel they are not loved and they don’t have a purpose.You often won’t know when a person is feeling suicidal and that’s what is not knowing if someone you love doesn’t want to live anymore. However there are ways to prevent losing someone you love; you can save someone’s life just by doing these little things. Also, if you are someone who feels suicidal, you can do these things to help yourself.

If you know someone who is feeling suicidal, the number one thing to do is tell a higher authority. A teacher, a counselor, a sports coach anyone of higher authority because they can help or get us the help that person needs and you can even keep your name anonymous if you want. You want to tell someone else who can help because there’s only so much you can do to help someone, and if you don’t get that person the help they need and they end up committing, you might feel at fault.

If you are someone who feels suicidal, the best thing to do is find someone to talk to. Get help, let your feelings be known because there are people who love you and people who would miss you. Another thing to do to get help for suicidal thoughts is find out what triggers that thought. If you can find what causes you to think that way, find out a way to resolve it then you get rid of the problem. One thing I think people have to realize is everyone at one point in their life is going to have those thoughts because it’s easier to give up than to keep going. However, it’s not the right choice. Those thoughts are not as strong as you are, you can fight and you have people who believe in you to do great things and you are here for a reason.

Why quit? Your life is a book, some chapters are going to be rough but don’t you want to see how it ends? Why quit? Listen you already came this far, you’ve been through so many things and felt so much pain that you deserve a reward for your pain. “Don’t cry to quit, cry to keep going. You’re already in pain, get a reward for your pain.”- Eric Thomas. If you feel suicidal please understand, today you told someone a joke that made their day, you helped someone get through a stress problem by letting them vent to you and now their day is better because of you, today you told someone a compliment and they walked away smiling. You may feel alone but there is many people including family and friends who their world would crash down if they found out you weren’t here anymore. You may not see any light but that’s because it’s up to you to create it.

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy”-Anne Frank.