Janeway Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Turn on my computer this morning to be faced with yet another announcement to a child from the high school committing suicide. The parents are devastated of course. This is the 4th one that I have been told of this school year so far, I do not know how many total. Not every parent will come forward with what happened. I know this is not my child, but it makes me cry. So sad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Lyoko Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Suicides even among teachers have been something of an issue in our local area. It is heartbreaking! I am sorry. :grouphug: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) :grouphug: How heartbreaking and scary. I am still haunted by my best girl friend's best guy friend committing suicide on her 16th birthday. It really was out of the blue to her, and they talked for hours every day. I just saw something that we lose more Middle Schoolers to suicide than car accidents now. The current issue of Time is all about teens' anxiety and depression. I think high school is way too much pressure these days...add in cyber bullying and everything else and wow. It was a lot of pressure when I was a kid, but it seems worse. We don't have good mental health in this country. It took months for me to find somebody for one of my children who I could afford (most in my area don't accept insurance), had space, and whom this child actually liked. :grouphug: Will hug my babies a little tighter tonight. Edited November 7, 2016 by umsami 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 My daughter lost a friend to suicide in high school. He wasn't a best friend but it was a small school, so it really hit hard. I still think about it and cry for his parents more than 6yrs later. My daughter has often held that it might have been in part due to concussions (he was a lacross player). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joules Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Ds is a new freshman in college and just lost a classmate from two of his classes. It's been devastating to the kids. Counselors did come to the classes. I'm so hoping that it is isolated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 the high school here is basically a hell hole and I hear these stories way too often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 It's a rough age. We had at least one if not multiple suicides every year I attended in my middle school and high school. That was the '80's. Unfortunately it's nothing new, if equally as heartbreaking. :( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Four??? That's horrible... :crying: (Even one is horrible, but I can't imagine it to just keep happening...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Another tragedy. I have P.T.S.D. and went to a Psychologist in Dallas who is an "expert" (not a word I apply to people often) on P.T.S.D. The son of one of my friends (a former colleague) committed Suicide, when they were out to Lunch. When I told my "shrink" what happened, he told me that the hardest patients he tries to help are parents who have lost a child to suicide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Oh, that is so sad! Something similar happened at a small high school in our area last year. I just can't imagine the pain these kids must have been feeling, and how difficult it must be for their families. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Another tragedy. I have P.T.S.D. and went to a Psychologist in Dallas who is an "expert" (not a word I apply to people often) on P.T.S.D. The son of one of my friends (a former colleague) committed Suicide, when they were out to Lunch. When I told my "shrink" what happened, he told me that the hardest patients he tries to help are parents who have lost a child to suicide. Close friends of ours lost a daughter to suicide almost 18 months ago. They're still not doing well. Nothing can fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadowlark Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 This terrifies me. How do we protect our kids from this? As someone who is raising 5 kids who will all someday be teenagers together, I have no idea how to prepare them for high school, which we're planning to send them to. This comes from a person who lost her brother to suicide. I once heard my 8 year old say "I hate myself" after missing a math problem. My heart skipped a beat...just as my parents were completely sideswiped, I worry about it happening as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I'm so sorry for this--for all these--losses. My high school had 4 in my class (of 250 students) and I'll bet there isn't a week that goes by that I don't think of those kids, forty years later. And now I understand that there may have been others whose obituaries didn't name the real cause of death--there may have been more. I also understand better the grief of their parents as well, so it is almost worse 40 years later, in a way. That school has GOT to get going on some suicide prevention. Too much evidence these shows that suicide *is* contagious, and that there is something that can be done to stop the contagion. After facing two student suicides of students, a small school of which I am aware completely put the brakes on whatever else they were working on to tackle this issue. They made changes to their understanding of the situation, to their curriculum and to the things they discuss with parents at conferences. They changed their policy manual regarding reporting. There is no point to a great education when the student takes this step...and I'm not being callous here. I'm saying that this school is doing the right thing to address this, even if it costs some instructional time. So sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiof5 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 We have had some cases in our area. Sadly for some reason the past few years it seems to be around the holidays. Kids as young as 14 have taken their lives. Truly heartbreaking!! Praying for anyone who is going, or has gone through such a tragedy :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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