Attempted Suicide of Teenagers

Information: 
A Case Study on Suicide
Bob Stone 
Online Resource
2009
http://www.eagleflight.org/ministryresources/hard-questions/371-a-case-study-on-suicide


Summary:      
                    This case study is about a teenage boy called Eric, who attempted suicide at the age of 15 when his father died. As a means of dealing with the depression, he turned to drugs and alcohol. This didn't seem to be solving his problems because he was actually so angry at his father for dying. On night, he woke up in the middle of the night, put on his best clothes, went to his fathers grave with his room mates shotgun, and after downing some whiskey, shot himself under his chin. At 4:00 am, he was lying in a pool of his own blood. At that moment, he knew he didn't want to die so he started to pray to God for some kind of miracle to save him. Eric survived after being in a coma for a week and under going reconstructive surgery. He decided to give up the drugs and alcohol and turned to Christianity for being his savior. Now he works for T.A.P.S (teenage awareness preventing suicide). 


Bigger Meaning: 
                     This article shows people that although they feel that their life is horrible, everything is going wrong, and that the world is out to get them, they can still find a way to turn it around. A lot of these teenagers do turn to suicide because they feel that it is the only option to be free after drugs and alcohol but as we can see from this article there are ways to get out of suicide, in this instance Eric turned to God to help him out of his depression. 


Personal Meaning: 
                     I feel that this article is very touching and makes me more aware that yes there are people who have trouble dealing with death of family members but it also goes to show that although you may be depressed or upset or think that nothing is going right, you can still find ways to help your self, whether it be through God, supportive family or friends, Teenage Help Organizations, etc. This article was actually quite eye opening for me to realize that there are people, younger than me, who are dealing with problems which leading them to wanting to end there life. I think by being aware of this, I, myself as well as other who reading this can understand that you can get help to carry on or get out of depression and that suicide is not the answer. 


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