2ND 0FFiCiAL T0PiC .. =D

WELL SO0 iGUESS THiS WiLL BE MY SEC0ND OFFiCiAL T0PiC .. AHAh . SO0 YEAHs . THiS WEEK AT SCHO0L iS YELL0W Ribb0N WEEK ; SUiCidE PREVENTi0N WEEK ! & T0DAY iWENT T0 THE ASSEMbLY .. AbOUT SUiCidE PREVENTiON . &iT WAS REALLy GO0D iMUST SAY . KiND Of EMOtiONAL .. bUT itS ALL GO0D NOW . SO0 T0NiGHT MY T0PiC iS

SUiCiDE PREVENtiON .

SUiCiDE iS NOT THE ANSWERR ! AHAh . SERiOUSLY . if YOU KNOW OF ANY0NE WH0 HAS TALKED 0R GAVE HiNTs THAT THEY MiGHT C0MMiT SUiCiDE .. GET THEM hELPPP . ASAPPPP ! THE iNfO ThAT ThEY PRESENtEd TODAY, WAS S0ME HARShfUL STUff . iCOULDNT BELiEVE THE NUMbeR THE STATiSTiCs HAd Of TEENs WHO TRiEd SUiCidE . iLL EVEN SHARE W. YOU S0ME 0F THEMM ;

• SUiCidE iS THE THiRd LEAdiNG CAUSE Of DEATh fOR YOUNG PE0PLE bETWEEN THE AGEs Of 15-24.
• THE fASTESt GROWiNG GR0UP COMPLETiNG SUiCiDE iS CHiLdREN bETWEEN THE AGEs OF 10-14 [A 99% iNCREASE fROM 1980-1997]
• EACh DAY 1,000 AMERiCAN TEENs ATTEMPT SUiCiDE .. 18 Of THEM DiE
• 95% Of ALL YOUTh SUiCiDE iS PREVENtAbLE
• ONE iN fiVE YOUThS HAS SUiCiDAL THOUGhtS, ONE iN TEN HAS ATTEMPtED SUiCidE .

WELL iF THOSE NUMbERS DiDNT fREAK YOU OUT LikE THEY DiD ME . CHECk OUT THESE SUiCiDE MYTHs & fACTS !

• MYTh : SUiCiDE HAPPENs WiThOUT WARNiNG
• FACT : THERE ARE ALMOST ALWAYs WARNiNG SiGNs, bUT OTHERs ARE OfTEN UNAWARE Of THE SiGNiFiCANCE Of THE WARNiNG SiGNs OR ARE UNSURE OF WHAT TO DO .
• MTYh : ASKiNG "ARE YOU THiNkiNG AbOUT COMMiTTiNG SUiCiDE ?" MAY TRiGGER A PERSON TO ACT ON SUiCiDAL ATTEMPt .
• FACT : ASKiNG DiRECT, CARiNG QUESTiONs AbOUT SUiCidE WiLL OfTEN MiNiMiZE A PERSON's ANXiETY AND ACT AS A DETERRENt TO SUiCidAL bEHAViOR .

PAY ATTENTiON TO TALKs AbOUT SUiCiDE . SOME0NE CAN REALLY NEED YOU AT A DESPERATE TiME iN THEiR LiVES . Y0U D0NT NEED T0 BE A THERAPiST .. bUT LiSTEN TO THEM . OPEN UP YOUR HEARTs &LET THEM KNOW THAT YOURE THERE FOR THEM . LET THEM KNOW THAT THEREs HELPP . SiLENCE iS dEAdLY . SO PAY ATTENTi0N T0 THEiR ACTiONs TOO ..

&iF YOURE N0T S0MEbODY WH0 KN0WS OF S0ME0NE WH0S TALKED AbOUT SUiCiDE . MAYbE YOURE THE 0NE WH0s TH0UGHT AbOUT iT . jUST KNOW THAT THERE iS HELP 0UT THERE .. & S0MEb0DY DOES lOVE YOU . TO S0ME0NE YOU MEAN THE WORLd .. &iM SURE YOU DONT WANT TO PUT THEM THROUGh THAT KiND Of PAiN & AG0NY iF YOU WERE G0NE .. SO0 THiNK AbOUT hOW VALUAbLE YOUR LifE iS . LiFES A STRUGGLE .. THEREs NO dOUBT AbOUT THAT . &iKNOW TiMEs GET ROUGh &YOU jUST WANT THE SiMPLE & EASY WAY OUT OF THiNGs . bUT YOU GOTTA KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER OPTiONS .. SO BE WiSE AbOUT THiS SORTA THiNG . iT iS PREVENTAbLE !! iTS UP TO YOUUUUU !

&KNOW THAT HEAVENLY fATHER WiLL hELP YOU iF YOU NEED HiMMM .. <3

WELL THATs iT FOR NOWW .. SEMiNARY iN THE MORNiNGG . GOD iS LOVE ! &LOVE iS GO0D !

__MUCHlOVE !

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