Suicide

Who is at greatest risk for suicide?

• In 2018, the age of suicide is 8-15.
• Youth and teens are at the greatest risk.

What leads to suicide?

• Untreated depression
• Mental illness- Trauma, drug addiction, exisential crisis, chronic pain, and terminal illness.
• Child abuse- Physical and sexual
• Bullying, personality disorders, eating disorders, loneliness, and relationship problems.

Signs of symptoms

• Talking about wanting to kill themselves.
• Having no reason to live, feeling empty and hopeless.
• Looking for ways to kill themselves by searching it up, etc)
• Thinking there is no solution, being a pain for others, talking or thinking about death, mood swings, and saying goodbye to there friends and family.

What makes you change your mind?

• They're going to die anyways.
• Not all pain is temporary.
• Things are always better in the sun, the nights that are worse.
• If nobody loves me now, someone will in the future.
• Family.
• Fear of failure.
• #WRITTEN BY PEOPLE THAT CONSIDERED.

How many per year?

• 30,000-40,000 American's commit suicide.
• Hundreds to thousands more attempt, but fail.

CALL FOR HELP

• Crisis Center (615) 244-7444
• Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network (615) 297-1077