Comments on: Teen Depression and Suicide Needs Attention http://www.troubledteenblog.com/teen-suicide-needs-attention/ Families Struggling with Troubled Teen Issues Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:16:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://www.troubledteenblog.com/teen-suicide-needs-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-983 admin Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:23:24 +0000 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=2368#comment-983 Here I am commenting on my own blog post. But tonight when I was reading the newspaper (yes the newspaper) there was a devastating continuation to this story that i wanted to share and not that I am into hard luck stories but one thing they mention is that "teen suicides can occur in clusters, with people who are already feeling low are more inclined once they see it done." Read on to learn why this may be true: PASSER-BY, MOM HALT SUICIDE ATTEMPT BY SCHOOL'S 3RD STUDENT "A passing motorist helped the mother of a Palo Alto high school student keep the boy from committing suicide on the Caltrain tracks at the SAME CROSSING where two fellow students killed themselves in the past month. The 17yr. old boy, a student at Gunn High School apparently walked to the East Meadow Drive crossing at about 7:45 pm Thursday and was contemplating suicide when his mother came on the scene... the story continues ... The boy's apparent attempted suicide happened as community leaders, teachers and parents were attending a forum the SAME night in the the wake of two other 17 yr. old students. The article continues with information on the 2 other suicides in the same area. I will never forget one of the parents in a teen family support group I was in commenting that "they all wear the same brain". (Definition teens do not think for themselves and are in the copycat mode). Here I am commenting on my own blog post. But tonight when I was reading the newspaper (yes the newspaper) there was a devastating continuation to this story that i wanted to share and not that I am into hard luck stories but one thing they mention is that “teen suicides can occur in clusters, with people who are already feeling low are more inclined once they see it done.” Read on to learn why this may be true:

PASSER-BY, MOM HALT SUICIDE ATTEMPT BY SCHOOL’S 3RD STUDENT

“A passing motorist helped the mother of a Palo Alto high school student keep the boy from committing suicide on the Caltrain tracks at the SAME CROSSING where two fellow students killed themselves in the past month.

The 17yr. old boy, a student at Gunn High School apparently walked to the East Meadow Drive crossing at about 7:45 pm Thursday and was contemplating suicide when his mother came on the scene… the story continues …
The boy’s apparent attempted suicide happened as community leaders, teachers and parents were attending a forum the SAME night in the the wake of two other 17 yr. old students.

The article continues with information on the 2 other suicides in the same area.

I will never forget one of the parents in a teen family support group I was in commenting that “they all wear the same brain”. (Definition teens do not think for themselves and are in the copycat mode).

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