The only good thing about winter is… ummmm… NOTHING!!
These day I am kind of confused with my actions. don’t know what’s right and what’s wrong. after doing something that I really want to do, I feel it wasn’t worth doing. there is a chaos in my head. feels like I am not good at anything. I am nothing but a clumsy pathetic worm….. I was really happy a few days ago but now I feel there is nothing left to be happy at…
I think the most obvious reason for this gloominess and sad feeling is winter. I love every thing in summer from the hot summer days to the cool summer nights, from the blazing sun to mild fragrant evenings, from ice creams to gola gundas. the only thing that is good about winter is….. ummm.. NOTHING!!
I think if we had a mandatory hibernation period which started from the end of october to the beginning of spring, many people including me would appreciate winter in a totally different aspect. so what exactly I can do now is to sit, sit and sit and play video games with my sis and eat junk food.. which really doesn’t sound bad, but obviously I’ll gain almost 150 pounds..
And the grey sky without sun makes me feel sleepy.. and it irritates me because I cant.
I have been living in lahore for eighteen years (which means the whole of my life) but still I havent gotten used to its winter.. I think I cant handle the bizarre temperature changes and the cold breeze and fog and all the yuckie things that winter brings with her. my goal after university is to move to karachi but until then I guess I’ll continue disliking winter as much as possible.
Depression one of the leading causes of adolescence suicides
Suicide is the second or third leading cause of death for youth in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many countries of Western Europe . The rate of suicide among youth based on the data available in the latest year is 7.4/100,000 which is over whelming. There are many troubling and difficult situations that can make a young consider suicide. The same emotional states that make adults vulnerable to considering suicide also apply to adolescents. Those with good support networks (e.g., among family and peers, or extracurricular sport, social, or religious associations) are likely to have an outlet to help them deal with their feelings. Others without such networks are more susceptible during their emotional changes, and may feel that they’re all alone in times of trouble.
Apart from the normal pressures of teen life, specific circumstances can contribute to an adolescent’s consideration of suicide. It’s especially difficult when adolescents are confronted with problems that are out of their control, such as divorce, a new family formation (e.g., step-parents and step-siblings), moving to a different community, physical or sexual abuse, emotional neglect, exposure to domestic violence, alcoholism in the home and substance abuse. These all circumstance can put a youngster in extreme depression which is a without question is the most common reason why people commit suicide.
Suicidal tendencies don’t just appear out of the blue youngsters usually display a number of warning signs when things seem so wrong in their lives that they’ve simply given up hope. These signs mostly include a big fall in academic performance, marked sleep disturbance, changes of appetite and stated or even hinted thoughts of death or suicide. Families should look for these signs of depression, which also include a sudden lack of interest in things teenagers used to do, persistent sadness, anxiousness, constant tiredness, difficulty concentrating and feelings of worthlessness.
As the vast majority of adolescents who commit suicide have depressive symptoms, recognition and evaluation of clinical depression (a treatable medical condition) is essential. Physicians, including psychiatrists, provide both one-on-one counseling and medical treatment for the biochemical causes of depression. Psychological counseling will help a teen develop effective mechanisms for coping with problems. These will be of value long after adolescence has ended, when a person has to face many of the stresses routinely encountered during adulthood.
Apart from this the close ones can help an adolescent to overcome his anxiety and depression. A person should be reassured that there are always solutions to problems or ways other than suicide for coping with them. Giving an adolescent the chance to open up and talk about his or her feelings will help relieve some of the distress of those intense emotions, and make that person feel less alone.
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