Suicide Prevention Week

On Thursday, November 19, I attended the Suicide Prevention Week workshop from 1-2pm. The workshop commenced with a short film on depression and its correlation to suicide. According to the video, suicide was the second highest cause of death among college students. Depression afflicts almost everyone at some point in their lives and at times, when people feel discouraged, they will make the terrible mistake of committing suicide to end their miseries. As I was watching the video, I could not help but recall a gruesome incident that occurred during my senior year in high school: a classmate from my AP Psychology class committed suicide. Nobody saw it coming; everyone was busy worrying about the nerve-racking process of filling and sending out college applications, hoping to get into their dream college. The video not only made me recall a tragedy but also helped me realize that humans are like rubber bands- when we cannot handle stress, we break down just like rubber bands snaps with their limited elasticity. We encounter challenges and problems in our lives on the daily, whether they are final exams or relationship problems. When we become depressed as a result, it can either be concealed or expressed by our physical state. If you know or see someone who seems depressed, say something. Do not let another student become another statistic.