Essay on Causes and Effects of Teen

Suicide
599 Words 3 Pages
An average of 276,000 youngsters between the ages 15-25 years tries to kill themselves every year;
5000 succeed. The most common causes? Stress, bullying, failed relationships, abuse, and failures
at studies. Teenage suicide is wrong, it indicates how ruthless today’s society is, and it proves that
sometimes, teenagers feel like they can’t be understood or accepted, that they don’t have an adult
or close friend to consult to. Teenage suicide is truly sad, to even think that someone feels the
absolute need to end their life because there seems to be no other answer, when in fact, there really
is. More females than males attempt suicide, and most teenagers attempt or seriously think about
suicide in their first two years of high school …show more content… 
An average of 276,000 youngsters between the ages 15-25 years tries to kill themselves every year;
5000 succeed. The most common causes? Stress, bullying, failed relationships, abuse, and failures
at studies. Teenage suicide is wrong, it indicates how ruthless today’s society is, and it proves that
sometimes, teenagers feel like they can’t be understood or accepted, that they don’t have an adult
or close friend to consult to. Teenage suicide is truly sad, to even think that someone feels the
absolute need to end their life because there seems to be no other answer, when in fact, there really
is. More females than males attempt suicide, and most teenagers attempt or seriously think about
suicide in their first two years of high school roughly ages 14 to 16. It decreases once teenagers
reach their senior year. The most common reasons for suicide are bullying and/or cyber bullying.
An average of 157,000 people ages 10-24 receive treatment at hospitals for self-inflicted injuries,
most cause from attempted suicide according to Statistic Brains. Teenage suicide doesn’t just affect
the victim, it also has negative effects the school/college, families, friends, the victim’s
neighborhood, etc. Families easily sink into depression, friends might have regrets, blaming
themselves for not realizing something sooner, and peers might feel as if they were part of the
cause. The school might get stricter to prevent something like that from happening again. Colleges
might get bad reviews