, and medical illness. Depression is rated to be the highest cause of suicides today followed by those whohave substance abuse problems. It has long been discussed if suicide has a geneticconnection. Many times those who commit suicide have had a family history ofsuicides. Rarely but strangely there have been few families that have been completelydestroyed and brought to death through suicide. But there still continues to beresearch on this. There also seems to be a “significant increase in life events prior tothe onset of both manic and schizophrenic episodes”, although the influence ofpsychosocial stress appears to be less important in later stages of manic-depressiveillness. One explanation that is conveyed is the fact that over recent years, youthsuicide has increased, but through observation the average age of puberty hasdecreased, and also has the age of when depression occurs. Explaining whydepression is such a high mental illness associated to suicide. Because of depressionand other forms of mental illness, there at the root of the heart of many suicidevictims, and to these disorders of terrible despair, confusion, and helplessness that weas a society, now turn to blame.Kay R. Jamison explains that, suicide is an absolute and definiteway out of problems, problems to many, who rather end their life then face. Each andevery way to suicide is its own intensely private and “unknowable terror”. For those wholeave behind messages, just defines the question of “why”, but doesn’t actually answerthis. For example: a young boy wrote on a sheet of paper and pinned it to his shirt, thenwalked toward his family Christmas tree and hung himself from a ceiling beam. Thenote on his shirt had read “Merry Christmas”, leaving behind many questions and aheartbroken family that will always remember his message. This is a complete shame,today we survive and thank our existence to the ...
