Wow [[ trigger warning ]]
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My son texted us this morning from school, and said that one of his class comrade committed suicide /edit: on the day before, at home. (My son is 15, so was he). No friend of his, and a rather lonely guy (nah...), but still... Class was canceled and the school organized psy support sessions in small groups for the rest of the day. Ouch. He had not been confronted to death until now (my grandpa died some ten years ago, my son was too little to remember and realize), so this is rather brutal. I just cannot think about the parents of that poor kid...
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My son texted us this morning from school, and said that one of his class comrade committed suicide /edit: on the day before, at home. (My son is 15, so was he). No friend of his, and a rather lonely guy (nah...), but still... Class was canceled and the school organized psy support sessions in small groups for the rest of the day. Ouch. He had not been confronted to death until now (my grandpa died some ten years ago, my son was too little to remember and realize), so this is rather brutal. I just cannot think about the parents of that poor kid...
Hmmm, but why? is the question being asked I bet.
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Hmmm, but why? is the question being asked I bet.
Definitely - I think we will know more when he is home. This is just insane.
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My son texted us this morning from school, and said that one of his class comrade committed suicide /edit: on the day before, at home. (My son is 15, so was he). No friend of his, and a rather lonely guy (nah...), but still... Class was canceled and the school organized psy support sessions in small groups for the rest of the day. Ouch. He had not been confronted to death until now (my grandpa died some ten years ago, my son was too little to remember and realize), so this is rather brutal. I just cannot think about the parents of that poor kid...
Tragic but sadly not a new phenomenon. A billion years ago when I was in 8th grade (14 y/o) a classmate (popular, funny, intelligent) hung himself in his bedroom closet. No note, no explanation. His twin sister found him. A couple years later a 15 y/o old neighbor went missing. They found him after 3 days with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He'd walked to a nearby cemetery. He was a clean cut kid that always followed the rules. His note said he didn't want to leave a mess for his mother to clean-up (hence the cemetery) and couldn't live with the shame that he'd tried smoking pot while at summer camp a few weeks prior. Bottom line - teenagers are a mental nightmare of undeveloped brains, hormones and angst. Throw in the pressures of modern life (even worse today with social media) and we have a recipe for disaster.
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Tragic but sadly not a new phenomenon. A billion years ago when I was in 8th grade (14 y/o) a classmate (popular, funny, intelligent) hung himself in his bedroom closet. No note, no explanation. His twin sister found him. A couple years later a 15 y/o old neighbor went missing. They found him after 3 days with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He'd walked to a nearby cemetery. He was a clean cut kid that always followed the rules. His note said he didn't want to leave a mess for his mother to clean-up (hence the cemetery) and couldn't live with the shame that he'd tried smoking pot while at summer camp a few weeks prior. Bottom line - teenagers are a mental nightmare of undeveloped brains, hormones and angst. Throw in the pressures of modern life (even worse today with social media) and we have a recipe for disaster.
fgs1963 wrote:
Throw in the pressures of modern life (even worse today with social media) and we have a recipe for disaster.
Yep, but teens nor their parents are willing to give it up. Then they want to know 'why?' when the inevitable happens.
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Tragic but sadly not a new phenomenon. A billion years ago when I was in 8th grade (14 y/o) a classmate (popular, funny, intelligent) hung himself in his bedroom closet. No note, no explanation. His twin sister found him. A couple years later a 15 y/o old neighbor went missing. They found him after 3 days with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He'd walked to a nearby cemetery. He was a clean cut kid that always followed the rules. His note said he didn't want to leave a mess for his mother to clean-up (hence the cemetery) and couldn't live with the shame that he'd tried smoking pot while at summer camp a few weeks prior. Bottom line - teenagers are a mental nightmare of undeveloped brains, hormones and angst. Throw in the pressures of modern life (even worse today with social media) and we have a recipe for disaster.
My daughter is in 7th. Classmate of hers died by suicide this year. Super tragic, really shook the class.
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My daughter is in 7th. Classmate of hers died by suicide this year. Super tragic, really shook the class.
no any reason?
diligent hands rule....