Stolen Death

Suicide: A permanent solution to a temporary situation. People kill themselves as a way to "cope"with unstable mental states. Suicide is an act out of fear, misery, guilt, grief, confusion and anger. Unstable mental health is the main contributor to self-hate, eating disorders, self-harm, suicide and many other disorders that develop and grow from mental abuse. Most who self-harm, have eating disorders, or self-hate have experienced some form of mental abuse or trauma. For example, constantly being told an individual is worthless, dumb, ugly, fat & that they don’t belong, are examples of what one can say to an individual for an extended amount of time to cause that individual to develop unhealthy defense mechanisms that often start off as temporary ways to cope. However, with extended and continuous abuse, individuals who are already suffering will often times turn to suicide as their final “coping” method. The individual believes that since any of the other “coping” methods didn’t work, then the last but “obvious” choice to end the pain is to kill themselves. Suicide is NEVER the answer. The feelings and situations are all temporary, with many alternatives and options to get out of a harmful situation. There is always another way in, another way around and another way out of these damaging situations. As a survivor of four attempts to end my own life, I have finally accepted that suicide is not the only option to resolve suffering. I learned that I'm not alone and that there IS hope.