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A 16-YEAR-OLD girl that we will call Emily listed her reasons for wanting to die. ‘I feel as if I have no future, I feel really inferior to those bullying me in school, and I am extremely lonely.’ A 17-YEAR-OLD boy that we will call James listed his reason for wanting to die. ‘Alone, no... Continue Reading →
School is what you make of it. If you see it as a place to socialize and meet new friends, your view is misinformed. You need to see the big picture. Not every class is going to relevant to your life as a teenager. The variety of courses today are different from say 20-30 years... Continue Reading →
Do your parents seem to control every aspect of your life, limiting what you can do and not do? How would you deal with the following situation? Suppose there is a party that you are just dying to go to but you are unsure if your parents will let you go. How would you deal... Continue Reading →
If you find that, a friend has been gossiping about you, will you find it difficult not to reply in kind and can you calmly go to your friend? You do have inside knowledge of negative information about this friend, are you quick to retaliate? Your answers to these questions will determine if you are... Continue Reading →
Some teens feel that their friends are a representation of who they are, or that the friends are what bring them genuine comfort. Some teens collect online friends thinking that the more they have, the better their social standing. Other teens are more practical, in that, they just have a small circle of friends, and... Continue Reading →
No one or thing can cause us to get angry. No one or thing can cause us to be jealous. No one or thing can cause us to commit a crime. However, there are contributing factors that could compel us to get angry, be jealous or commit a crime. We might have a troubled childhood,... Continue Reading →
Some teens feel that their friends are a representation of who they are, or that the friends are what bring them genuine comfort. Some teens collect online friends thinking that the more they have, the better their social standing. Other teens are more practical, in that, they just have a small circle of friends, and... Continue Reading →
So What’s Next? Great question; no one knows. People speculate all of the time about what happens next. There are several thoughts you may have about this part of your plan. After all, many who commit suicide have thought about it, ruminated on it, and played it out in their mind over and over before... Continue Reading →
Who Are You and Do you Like Who You Are? What makes up a person is a combination of three things: Self-Identify, Personality, and Character. Now granted this is very simplified, but bear with me. Your self-identity encompasses your self-worth (what you believe your value to be), self-esteem (how much you like yourself), and self-image... Continue Reading →
Maybe your life up to this point has been a feeling of despair, a sense of hopelessness, believing that there is no way out, with no expectation that anything will ever change. One thing social media and 24-hour news have done is help us to appreciate that everyone is touched by a tragedy of one... Continue Reading →