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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
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Parents send their children to school hoping they'll be safe and protected. Sadly, more and more often, that does not appear to be the case. Bullying may have claimed the life of another North Texas youngster. Jon Carmichael took his own life Sunday after what some say was bullying by bigger classmates.
Jon Carmichael was an 8th grader at Loflin Middle School, which just opened two weeks ago. Those closest to the 13-year-old say he had been bullied for years.
http://cbs11tv.com/local/jon.carmich...2.1601157.html |
This is a "contagion effect."
All of these kids don't have diagnosable and documentable mental and emotional disorders that contribute to their suicide response. Many of them have observed that suicide is a "quick fix" and (as is the case in many suicides, particularly for certain age groups and for females more than males) some of them may've been crying out and attempting suicide but no one found them and saved them before they killed themselves.
These are children, so I expect for them to be extremely short sighted, of little faith, and selfish (or even perceivably cowardly) in most endeavors. Therefore, when buffers are weakened or absent in their lives, it "makes sense" that more kids are choosing suicide when they feel there are no other quick fixes. Family only matters but so much for kids--kids get to an age where it seems as though they'd rather be liked by their peers than anything else. It is sad because fast forward a few years and they could've said what a lot of people say, which is "I remember when I was 10 and I was bullied--I was tormented. I was soooo depressed...thank God I got over that hurdle and didn't harm myself or others."
Suicide increases with age and is highest for those over the age of 50, so it's really interesting when suicide rates increase in the younger age groups. There are a number of explanations for this.