Ariel R Castro

4/24/19

English I

Period 3

Some people believe that suicide is too much of a taboo or too difficult to talk about. I

chose this topic because people need to speak up more about the taboo that is suicide. Suicide is

thought of as a taboo topic but people should speak more about it because suicide rates are rising,

it could lead to more suicides, and because so many people take their lives every year. ​I believe

schools should have suicide awareness days where they talk about the signs and what to do if

you or a friend are feeling that way. Some people actually believe we shouldn't talk about this

topic because it is such a heavy and difficult topic to talk about but that's why we should talk

about it and the consequences of it.

Suicide rates have increased over the last few years. To be exact they have gone up by

60% within the last 54 years. That is a large number that no one is talking about. Others believe

that we shouldn’t talk about this because it is such a taboo topic and because of this people are

dying students, children are taking their own lives because of people not speaking up about this

topic. Not only has the rates increased but ​ ​Media outlets are usually more careful about how

suicides are being reported, especially given the very real concern about copycat deaths. This

topic should be ​equally as important to other things happening to the world. Japan may have the

highest suicide rate but it looks like we’re catching up. ​Another thing is that teenage girls think
about suicide twice as much as teenage boys. This shows that girls have a higher chance of

committing it compared to teenage boys but this doesn’t change the fact that they both need this

topic to be spoken about more.

Some students are more likely to commit suicide compared to others. Just about 95% of

people of the people that commit suicide have a mental disorder at the time of death. The most

common ones that have occurred when the student is thinking about this is ​depression​, bipolar

disorder. This shows that if you don’t get help with these things they may get worse and lead to

other things like suicide. Not only does mental health increase the chances but also does

addiction such as alcohol addiction and drug use. This means that there are multiple different

things that can increase the risk of suicide.

Other people may disagree that we shouldn’t talk about suicide because it is such a

difficult topic to talk about. Then again that was before our rates went up by 60%. Furthermore,

We should speak about this more because this topic has become more and, more prevalent. Some

also argue that people believe that if we speak more about it then we will have more deaths

because they thought of more options. Even though they say that speaking more about this

because it will help give more options of where to get help.

Without a doubt, we need to bring this up more and get more help for people feeling this

way. The evidence shows that if we do speak about this more than we do now we will raise

awareness for students and people in need of help. It is urgent that we go and help everyone in
need. By speaking up more about this topic and showing we need to bring light to this topic and

bring all student voices forward.