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- Intoduction!
TASAAS
(TEENS AGINST SEXUAL ABUSE AND SUICIDE)
Mission:
To provide help and support to people who have been abused and/or tried to commit suicide! We know what you're going through!!
Index:
What is TASAAS??
Autobiography
Sexual Abuse
- What is Sexual Abuse??
- Facts
- Fellings
- What to do if you/Child/Friend has been abused??
- Behavioral Patterns
- Questions
Suicide
- Facts
- Signs
- Questions
Links
Help
What Is TASAAS??
TASAAS was founded by Jamie Graham shortly after a stay at Charter, a Bhavioral Hospital, where he recieved help for his Problems. He founded TASAAS because he felt this is his way of giving back to all the Abuse Vicims.
Autobiography
Graham was abused for three years by an uncle(Insect). When he told, his family(Aunts and Uncles)didn't beleive him! That didn't bother him. HE felt his Family (mom. sister, Mom's boyfriend and grandma) were not slowly backing away from him. That is why he tried to kill hjimself which led to his stay at charter.
- Sexual abuse(male Sexual abuse and Incest)
- Sucide
Every 90 minutes; a will die due to suicide!
What to do in a Crisis....
* Check your phone book to see if your community has a sucide hotline!
* Check if your local health center has an emergency for things like sucide
* Call 911 if someone you know has taken overdose of pills or is theatening to hurt themselves
* Contact an adult you trust, such as a teacher, patent, coach ,ect if you fell like hurting your self!
Have you ever felt depressed?sad? useless? well..people who want to kill themselves fell that way;only 10 times as bad!
the frist step is to express your sorrow for the person and there situation: constanly say" I care about you. I'm here for you. You're not alone"
the second step:don't let them be alone! this is not a cry for help!
Facts on Suicide
- Suicides among young people nationwide have incresed dramaticall7y in recent years!!
- Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-to-24 year olds, and the sixth leading cause of deaths for 5-to-14 year olds!!
- Depression and suicidal feelings are treatable mental disorders.
( Suicide is a perment anwser to a tempory problem)
* Signs of Suicide
- Change in eating and sleeping disorders
- Withdrawl from friends,and family and regular activities
- Violent actions, rebellious behavior or running away
- Drug and alcohol use
- Unsual neglect of personal appearance
- Marked personality change
- Persistent boredom, difficulty concentrating, or decline in the the quality of schoolwork.
- Frequent complants about physical symptoms, often related to emotions, such as stomachaches, headaches, fatigue, ect.
- Loss of intrest in pleasurable events
- Not tolerating praise or rewards.
- Complain of being " rotten inside"
- Give verbal hints with statments such as " I won't be a problem for you much longer"" Nothing matters", "It's no use", "I won't see you again"
- Put his or her affairs in order--for example, give away favorite possessions, clean his or her room, throw away important belongings, ect.
- Become suddenly cheerful after a period of deppression.
FAQ
- Why Do people attempt suicide??
People usually attempt suicide to block unbearable emotional pain, which is caused by a wide variety of problems. It is often a cry for help. A person attempting suicide is often soo depressed that they are unable to see that they have other options: we can help pervent a tragedy by endeavoring to understand how they feel and helping them to ,look for better choises that they could make. Suicidal people often feel terribly isolated; because they distress, they may not think of anyone the y can turn to, futhering this isolation.
- So what sort of things can contribute to someone felling suicidal??
- Significant changes in:
- Relationships
- Well being of self or family member
- Body image
- Job, school, university, house, locality
- Finacial situation
- World enviroment
- Significant losses
- Death of a loved one
- Loss of a valued relationship
- Loss of self-esteem or personal expecations
- Loss of employment
- Percieved abuse
- Physical
- Emotional/Psycholical
- Sexual
- Social
- Neglect
Suicide is not a bizarre and incomperhensible act of self destruction.
Rather. suicidal people use particular logic, a style of thinking that brings them
to the conclusion that death is the only solution to their problems!
Instead of looking for a variety of anwsers for their problem, suicidal indivudals think of only 2 alternitives:death or a
total solution.
80% of people who commit sucicde leave a note for their loved ones!
males commit suicide 3 to 4 times as oftern then females
Many suicides are preventable!
Suicide Quiz:
1) T or F: People who talk about suicide don't commit suicide?
2) T or F: Suicide happens without warning
3) Suicie happens as much as among the rich, the middle class, adn the poor?
4) males commit suicide more than females?
5) Once a person is suicideal; they will be sucidal forever?
6) Suicidal person are always fully intent on dying?
7) Suicide tends to run in the family?
8) asking somone if they are thinking about sucide may give them the idea to try it!?
Anwsers:
1-F
2-F
3-T
4-T
5-F
6-F
7-T&F
8-F
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