They feel emotional pain is unbearable and will never go away. Suicidal adolescents have deep emotional pain that is felt with exquisite sensitivity. We know that the teenager contemplating ending his or her life rarely talks to an adult about their troubles and emotional pain. They will almost always talk to another teenager first. GET HELP for your friend.
Most teenagers have a code of silence.
Emotional pain is endemic to this culture. Isolation, competition, broken families, drugs and alcohol are all contributors to emotional pain. A better way to look at it is that, Suicide is their solution to unbearable emotional pain. We know that even after a suicide attempt, risk remains high for another attempt, if the issues and problems leading up to this desperate action are not addressed. Drug and alcohol use increases suicide risk.