- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Believe it or not, Peck has a deep and emotionally touching topic for once and even a question! imagine that. I know this probably isn't the best place, but bungie forums are the sheezie. Furthermore....
I was talking to a big group of guys and girls during lunch one day and after conversation got a little heavy, we were on the topic of suicide. To my complete surprise about 9 of the 11 of us all said that they had considered it and even had attempts. And online, nearly every teenager i talk to has admitted to considering it.
Now i may be living a sheltered life, or a really good one or something, but this really blew my mind. Do that many people really hate themselves and their own life enough to end it? What series of events could lead up to feeling such a way? Now i have my own demons to face as does everyone, but you make it through you know? life gets better, you find a purpose, a reason, something or someone to live for, to suffer for. Do you honestly believe that there is a future for you by taking your life? I have talked to several of my friends on the subject and even convinced them to rethink what they're doing. I know a girl that was raped multiple times on different occasions, events that occured all within her middle school years, a family that has told her that she was an accident, that they wished she had never been born, and have physically abused her themselves. You think she can even function normally? There is no trust in a person like that, who is so scarred physically and emotionaly that they cannot interact with others without breaking into complete fear. And how do you think others treat her? For those of you on the forums that know me, you know i for one would have sarcastically busted out the insults and jokes. But you gotta know when you go too far, when your not hurting others feelings but destroying them. But the point is she goes on living, she doesn't know why, she just knows that she needs to. I'm pretty sure that she is deeply religious or has a belief of that nature. But the point is she falls back on something even though she suffers more in a day than i will in a lifetime. Anyway, excuse me for going on and on, but my query is, how many of you have actually taken serious thought in considering suicide?
I for one have never had it come to mind as a solution to any problem or even a possible option. But I'd like to hear your thoughts on the matter.