Painful To Many People example essay topic

It has come to my attention, that there are quite a few, or need I say many people who have problems with themselves and are in a state of depression. There are many stories that I have read and also dealt with myself about the different causes of this extreme low self esteem. Why does it seem like no one understands us? Why do we have to feel this way? The solution is to simply end everything because then there will be no suffering.

No no, that's no answer to any problem. We as teenagers have to show our strength to fight this confusing and demanding period of our lives. I will elaborate on just one or two of the many reasons depression strikes once again. A big factor that many are quite familiar with is self injury. May it be burning, cutting, or other harmful actions to oneself, it is certainly not healthy.

What exactly is the reason for inflicting injury upon ourselves? Do we even know? Personally, my cutting started all because of something pretty dumb if you ask me. I hurt the best person to me in the world and I messed everything up that I had with them. He told me time and time again how horribly I broke his heart and each time it felt like a knife was being stabbed through my heart deeper and deeper. I couldn't take it anymore; I went mad.

I picked up a knife one day and sliced my arm. What on earth was happening? Well, it seems that I took all the hurt that I have caused him and put it physically on me. If he had to hurt so much, well then I should suffer just as much. It's been over a year now since I have started it and well, as many know it becomes quite addictive... you can't seem to stop. The last time that I have cut myself was about 2 weeks ago, and I'm proud staying away from the blade that long.

I know that if I try really hard I can overcome the temptation of simply hurting myself to take away the stress and tension built up inside. Instead I go for a run or crank my music up really loud and let out all the negative energy that is slowly manifesting inside my body. No matter what the reason is though for hurting yourself, the point that I want to make across is that it's not worth it. Yes it is hard to quit once you start. I am telling you as a concerned... I suppose stranger, (but I know exactly how some of you are feeling) that there is a cure, you can get better.

There is help for you, you just first need to realize that you have a problem and it is out of your control to put an end to it. Talk to a friend, parent, or a professional about what you are doing to yourself, maybe you even know why you do it, and ask them to help you. It will only get worse if you let it go and take no action into stopping. As of right now, I am trying to quit on my own, and if I reach for the knife again (or something else sharp) and start piercing the object through my skin, I know that I can't deal with it on my own and I need to talk to someone. I haven't brought up my problem because... well, how many teens would go up and tell their parents what they are doing to themselves? You have to wear long sleeves to make sure they don't see the scares for Pete's sake.

So I know it's hard to simply go and tell someone... but you can at least start with a close friend or someone you can trust that won't go telling everyone about your situation. It's your life and I strongly urge you to seek help because you only live once and it would be really painful to many people who love you (friends, family, etc) to see you go through your life in misery and possibly dig yourself so low to committing suicide. Yeah, maybe it's an escape, but is it REALLY worth it? You have to realize that you may end YOUR pain and suffering, but what about everyone else around you?

Do you have any idea how it would affect people that care about you? You may think that no one cares about you; they wouldn't even know or care that you " re dead. That's not true. I don't believe that anyone can honestly say that no one in the world cares if they are dead and how it would not affect them negatively in any way whatsoever.

It would cause much pain for others if you kill yourself. So if you don't want to live for yourself, think of how many other people would you be "killing" by taking your life. There would be much grief, and who knows, they as well might decide to kill themselves because they no longer have you in their lives. You have probably all heard this babble about "don't kill yourself it's not worth it" a million times, and I hope you hear it again and again. It's because we people who care about others and know what it's like to go through such difficulties in life (especially the teenage years) have discovered that, you know what... it really isn't worth it. Taking away your life is the end, that's it, no more.

You don't even have a CHANCE to make things better and find out what the rest of your time on earth holds in store. The best thing that anyone can do is simply talk with another. When you have all your emotions and feelings trapped up inside, you feel even more depressed because they are not being released, they feed upon one another until you break and everything becomes worse than ever. I had built this wall up around myself; I never let anyone inside. I wouldn't tell others how I truly felt and I would not let anyone get to the real me. I didn't want to be vulnerable and have others break me down to know the real me.

I couldn't take that chance of being hurt like I was many times before. I thought as long as I don't express myself and get emotionally involved, then I can't get hurt. That was true to some extent. I now have left the wall up for so long it's hard to trust anyone, even myself. I hardly EVER tell anyone (even my best friend who I am quite close with) how I am feeling, what the real me is like.

There is something inside that wants to just let everything out to someone, let everything spill out and be exposed for the first time in ages. I've bottled so much up over a long period of time I can't take it anymore. Yet again, the wall is stronger than my little voice inside telling me to tear it down, let people know the real person. I have been a little more open lately to people, but I still have a long way to go before I act like myself.

It's been so long since I have told the truth about myself and expressed how I feel that, I myself am not even sure who I truly am anymore, and that's sad. Ok, I think I have gotten a little out of hand here, and there is a lot more that I could talk about, but for now this is quite enough. Before I know it I'll end up writing a book. Anyway, I hope through reading this you feel better about yourself and always try to be a good listener to someone else who has problems. Sometimes all a person needs is one to listen to them and they feel better and a little more at ease. Think before you do, and please be safe.

Live your life to its absolute fullest.