Threats of Suicide Are Serious and Should Not Be Ignored by Anyone

The band Good Charlotte had a song called "Hold On," which came out in 2002, about suicide. According to the music video, which I will post a link to, there's a suicide every 18 minutes in the United States. This means that there's at least three per hour. 72 people die from suicide each day in the United States. Here's the video to "Hold On."

One Tree Hill had an episode titled, "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept." It was about a character on the show who felt abandoned by his friends. Each one of them had gone their separate ways once high school began and he was left alone because he became an afterthought to his friends.

This isolations lead him down a dark road where eventually he took his own life. Again, that fear of being alone and isolated was the same with Kazemi. Here's a link to the public service announcement link.

My hope is that people will come to the realization after learning of McNair and Kazemi's death. Kazemi should not be labeled as a "psycho bitch" as some people have commented on other articles, but to look at what lead her to the event and question would I be able to identify if that was my child would I have been able to help her? Would I have been able to see the warning signs?

It is not our position to judge Kazemi as a "psycho bitch." It is time for us to examine what we can learn from this unfortunate loss of lives.

If you feel like a friend or even a family member needs help there are resources out there and here are some:

http://suicidehotlines.com/

http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

http://www.covenanthouse.org/nineline/

http://www.mhsanctuary.com/suicide/hotline.htm

http://www.suicide.org/suicide-hotlines.html

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/suicide_prevention.html

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