The Day of Mourning

      Our school made this "holiday" (if you could even call it that) for us. They thought it would help us talk about Cecilia after she died. It really wasn't any help at all. We all ended up sitting and staring at walls or playing board games. No one talked about nothing. They gave us some papers about suicide, although the teachers didn't go through them with us, they just let us read it on our own time. We did just that. Here's some stuff it said. These people don't know what their talking about.

 

"While the reasons that teens commit suicide vary widely, there are some common situations and circumstances that seem to lead to such extreme measures. These include major disappointment, rejection, failure, or loss such as breaking up with a girlfriend or boyfriend, failing a big exam, or witnessing family turmoil).( < This part is the truest of it all in our minds.) Since the overwhelming majority of those who commit suicide have a mental or substance-related disorder, they often have difficulty coping with such crippling stressors. They are unable to see that their life can turn around, unable to recognize that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Usually, the common reasons for suicide listed above are actually not the "causes" of the suicide, but rather triggers for suicide in a person suffering from a mental illness or substance-related disorder." (National Alliance of Mental Disorder)