Thoughts of suicide should not be a "part of growing up"...

[ScreamingMeemie]

http://www.save.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_ID=7059F90B-018E-8AE4-A6C45D036A17D4F4

Healthy, non-impulsive children who talk about death or seem preoccupied after losing a friend or loved one, but have a clear understanding that death is final, and who are not depressed, are probably at a very low risk for suicidal behavior.

Typically, when asked about their own death, children most often state it will happen due to old age or getting sick when they’re old. Many suicidal children believe that when others die, death is final, but that if they die, their death is reversible. Vulnerable children and adolescents who may be under stress (internal or external) may have a change in perceptions of and feelings about death.


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Suicidal behavior and depression is treatable. Thoughts of suicide in children are not normal and should not be treated as such.

[pnwmom]

1. Thanks for the reminder. I remember losing a friend in high school.

He had gone to a party the night before, where liquor had been served. Somehow, the police turned up and a bunch of kids were hauled into jail. He was released after a couple hours.

The next morning, while the parents were at church, he killed himself. He just couldn't deal with the humiliation -- and with disappointing his parents.

It's true that MOST kids never get suicidal. But it's also true that -- among that group -- the final trigger can seem like a small thing to healthy people. But not to the child or teen.

[wtmusic]

2. Yes, but they are.

Nearly everyone has thoughts of it at one point or another.

Are you paid as a counselor?

[Leftist Agitator]

3. Unrec for this bit of nonsense:

"Many suicidal children believe that when others die, death is final, but that if they die, their death is reversible."

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