Suicide Prevention

okay so September 6-12th was National Suicide Prevention week, and-being part of the TWLOHA Street Team-I wanted to share with you why Suicide Prevention is important to me.
Here are some statistics that show how our world is impacted by suicide:

Every year, almost one million people die from suicide; a "global" mortality rate of 16 per 100,000, or one death every 40 seconds.
In the last 45 years suicide rates have increased by 60% worldwide. Suicide is among the three leading causes of death among those aged 15-44 years in some countries, and the second leading cause of death in the 10-24 years age group; these figures do not include suicide attempts which are up to 20 times more frequent than completed suicide.
Suicide worldwide is estimated to represent 1.8% of the total global burden of disease in 1998, and 2.4% in countries with market and former socialist economies in 2020.
Although traditionally suicide rates have been highest among the male elderly, rates among young people have been increasing to such an extent that they are now the group at highest risk in a third of countries, in both developed and developing countries.
Mental disorders (particularly depression and alcohol use disorders) are a major risk factor for suicide in Europe and North America; however, in Asian countries impulsiveness plays an important role. Suicide is complex with psychological, social, biological, cultural and environmental factors involved

The statistic that is most shocking to me is the very first one, about the global mortality rate, where it says that one person dies ever 40 seconds. That means that in every minute, one more person has been lost to suicide.

On a more personal level, this is why suicide prevention means so much to me: My cousin a few years back was going through a lot of stuff. Part of it was his fault, but that didnt change the reactions or feelings he had. He was agnostic, and he pretty much hated life. He used to cut his arms, and it was hard to see the scars, and tough to see the discord between him and the rest of our family. I'm happy to say that he is no longer agnostic or a cutter. He now goes to church almost every week, and he's getting along a lot better with his family.
Also there was a girl who was new in our school last year. I dont know her whole story, but i do know she was also a cutter. I also know she was going through a lot. But as before, I can happily say that she is a new Christian, and she's using her beautiful singing voice to praise God =)

Statistics were found at http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/suicideprevent/en/index.html

Mwahahahaha!!!

okay so pay no attention to the title it has nothing to do with this blog...but then again this blog has nothing to do with anything either so i guess its appropriate...im kinda bored, and figured i hadnt posted a blog on here in a while, so i'd type about the past week and what i have to look forward to in the next couple weeks :D
well i dont really remember what happened Monday and Tuesday lol..oh wait..tuesday i had a volleyball game, which we totally owned :D hahaha okay and wednesday i got to meet my friend's (now ex) boyfriend lol when we met them they were together but i guess not now...hahaha anyways, my sister and i pretty much decided that we're doing a costume party for our birthday bash, it's gonna be Friday the 13th themed..kinda..anyways, during the wee hours of Thursday morning my great grandpa was hospitalized because he couldnt keep any food down, was having breathing trouble, and just really weak. and one of my friends cousin's was killed in a motorcylce accident the same night. Friday night was completely amazing at youth group (even if my ride there and my ride home got lost hahahaha)...that was totally fun, and i abosultely loved the music! the message was really good too...and before youth group at school my spanish "familia" totally owned our project..we were the only group that got candy for a job well done :DD ...so that brings us to Saturday...well, after youth group my aunt picked us up cuz my parents were out of town, and we spent the night at her house... and then all day saturday there too..that was fun though cuz i got to go swimming and be used as a human hockey puck..lol it was like air hockey except on water...lol you just had to be there...oh and i started reading Eclipse again (to all the werewolf fans, JACOB'S A JERK!!!!) lol...and that brings us to today...this lady came to our church, her name's Andy, and i havent seen her in probably 5 or 6 years, maybe longer...she used to come to church all the time. it was good to see her back though.

hmmm you know i was thinking when i started typing this, it would be a pointless blog..but as i started going through things, God brought something to my mind..As humans we tend to complain and focus on the negative. and no matter how "bad" our week gets, we always manage to get through it. Just showed me that God is faithful. He always will be faithfull..I'm so glad that i'm in His family. I think Jeremy Camp said it best when he said, "the only THING (God) worth holding onto, is holding onto me."