Teen Please remember, this column is designed to help the consumer seeking behavioral-health information, and not intended to be any form of psychotherapy or a replacement for professional, individualized services. First, let's talk about suicide.
Many people believe that suicide is an act of selfishness.
People who get to the point of taking their own lives are most likely suffering terribly. In fact, they have probably been suffering for quite sometime. We can never know the pain others are going through. Even if they attempt to tell us to help us understand, it is not possible to know how those circumstances affect another person whose life experiences are different from ours. This explains why some people bounce back easier than others who share similar traumatic experiences.