Thursday, December 1, 2011

occupy movement: suicide prevention

the occupy movements have been going on for a long time now. I heard that not one but two young sixteen year olds committed suicide in less than a few weeks apart. I am deeply saddened over the whole thing. Not that I knew them personally, but I went to high school with the girl's older sister.
I found a facebook page in memory of the girl's suicide. It's mission was to promote prevention of suicide, obviously. Now this makes sense that a few of the people on my facebook friend list have said they'd go to the suicide prevention hug day at the local mall. It was probably in their memory. I remember Kelly, she only lived down the street from my house. Whenever I take a walk, I sometimes pass by her garden her friends made for her. I say a prayer for her and her family.
I always thought what could be going through a person's mind if they're contemplating ending their life. Thoughts of loneliness, isolation, revenge. Not only does your life belong to that individual but to everyone surrounding them. So I hope nobody comes to that awful conclusion. No matter how terrible one's life might seem, there's a healthy way out.