Suicide is present in “ Chicago, it usually occurs on Monday, [and] the time of day is 2 to 4 p.m.” This means that the most common time of the week for someone to commit suicide in Chicago is on a Monday and the time they kill themselves is from 2-4 p.m. According to an online article it states that, “The most common method is gunshot,” this shows that suicide is usually done by gunshot. A lot of people are available to firearm in Chicago because of the high amount of gangs. Even a twelve year old can be exposed to a gun because of their family being involved with gangs or their friends. This trauma is due to everything they are exposed to in daily life. In another article it states that, “an increase over last year’s data, the first for suburban Cook County, which showed 13 percent of all students, had considered suicide.” This means that from all the students that attend schools in Cook County, 13% of them have considered to commit suicide.
Students can partner with local organizations to become activist-allies in addressing suicide by going to their events and working with them to call out for action. Students are the best source of motivation, especially those who tried to commit suicide and see it is not worth it. I hope everyone that wants to or thinks about killing themselves experiences something that makes them regret ever thinking about taking their life away. Teenagers and mid adults are the ones who usually commit suicide, they are the ones that need to the most counseling by peers their same age that are suffering similar things. Working with neighborhood organizations to make events to prevent suicide will allow for many of those who have tried to commit suicide to go and seek the help they need to see there are better things in life.
Students can partner with local organizations to become activist-allies in addressing suicide by going to their events and working with them to call out for action. Students are the best source of motivation, especially those who tried to commit suicide and see it is not worth it. I hope everyone that wants to or thinks about killing themselves experiences something that makes them regret ever thinking about taking their life away. Teenagers and mid adults are the ones who usually commit suicide, they are the ones that need to the most counseling by peers their same age that are suffering similar things. Working with neighborhood organizations to make events to prevent suicide will allow for many of those who have tried to commit suicide to go and seek the help they need to see there are better things in life.