The Other Side Of Suicide - 1577 Words

Josh Arteseros Gwendleyon November 24, 2014 The Other Side Of Suicide â€Å"What scenarios makes someone suicidal?† One evening going to Santa Rosa Junior College college for class I see up ahead theres two white vans with (I don t remember exactly what it said but I m going to say) â€Å"youth suicide prevention† written on the side, sitting in the main quad of the campus blocking my main walk path. I had to walk around the whole set up but while doing so I notice hundreds of backpacks all over the place, sitting on benches, hanging from tees, covering all 1500 square feet of grass, as if it was mandatory to stay on the red brick sidewalk and not cut through the grass. I didn t think the backpack were connected with the suicide vans†¦show more content†¦Its like the saying â€Å"its always the ones you least expect† but if that was true, wouldn t we all be the person to be least expected of. Ideally we are because to be least expected means to convey a higher role in life, building yourself up confidently to people, expressing only the good side of your life which everyone does through the social network such as Facebook, twitter, Instagram, etc. Its always yourself who makes you least expected to people. The rate in suicide is problematic the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects data about mortality in the U.S., including deaths by suicide.(American Foundation For Suicide Prevention) In 2012, 40,600 suicides were reported, making suicide the10th leading cause of death for Americans. The suicide rate shows the number of suicide deaths that occur for every 100,000 people in the population for which the rate is reported. In 2012, the highest suicide rate (19.88) was among people 45 to 59 years old. The second highest rate (17) occurred in those 75 years