I don’t believe that
those that commit
suicide really wanted
to end their lives
at all. They were only
calling out for
help, and they felt
that no one would
listen, could listen,
and in the
taking of their own
life, is the
ultimate cry for help.
Everyone who
didn’t have time to
listen or were
going about it the wrong
was are
affected. Even people
who didn’t
even like the person.
The problem with people today, and I don’t
mean just youth, because
not just youth commit suicide, is that
people are so lonely,
and if we realised that everyone is alone,
then we could start
to welcome others and all their baggage.
Suicide is a long-term
solution for a short-term problem. I honestly believe this. There are heaps
of people that hate their lives and
wish it would end, but
are still around just because they don’t
want to end it themselves.
It could be cowardice, fear, fear or
hurting loved ones.
But eventually, things get better.
Some people see suicide
as weakness. I feel that this view is
just ignorance.
It takes a lot to take your own life, especially if a
person doesn’t believe
in god, or afterlife. Because then, are
they really escaping
at all? What lies after could be scarier. If
that could be imaginable
to someone contemplating suicide. No,
I see suicide as strength,
but a negative strength. The really
weak ones, are those
who want desperately to be dead or to
commit suicide, but
are too afraid to do it. That’s the weakest of
the lot. But maybe
it does take some strength to be able to see
that you can't do it.
A little resistance to show that maybe you
do value your life after
all. Even if it’s only a tiny bit.
We had a problem in New
Zealand of suicide taking so many
lives, and recently
there has been a nation-wide campaign
directed mainly at the
youth of NZ to help prevent this called the
Yellow Ribbon Programme.
People have been really involved with
getting it together,
and although I don’t think it will really help
those who are seriously
considering suicide, it will help those who
are on the borderline.
Those who are feeling hurt or depressed.
So, it’s preventing
the new lot of depressed young people. It’s so
good to see some effort
to lower the suicide rate. And I really
hope that this works.
The only thing about this is that it’s a bit
cheesy, and the whole
design package is awful really [our
design teacher at school
suggested someone take it over for
their project for the
year]. But hopefully it will help someone.
even if all it does
is save one person, then it’s worth it.