Katie Couric's Notebook: Teen Suicide (CBS News)

[ueberperson]

there in heaven

[gingi7195]

Sadly depression can start at an early age and go un-noticed for some time due to certain fads out there but I assure you not all who dress in black are depressed so dont base judgement on the color of clothing worn. I can't control my depression it controls me yes im on meds but they dont always work. Ive suffered from sever depression since I was 11 now Im 41 and still have to wrestle with the suicide monster. Dont pitty me Im just saying how it really is with depression

[djkissbird]

my son was only 14 2010

[dragonkeeperjoe81]

no they lable the new phenomenon of children taking their lives bullying suicide and it pisses me off People arent awake enuff to see the god damn truth. Children dont kill them selfs quit pointing the finger in the wrong direction cuz you to afraid to tell it how it is!!! you knew when you had antidepressants prescribed to you kids it could make them suicidal, You fucking new, and your going to help the pill pushers kill more kids buy saying bulling killed the!! you low life scum!!!

[dragonkeeperjoe81]

I bet most of these kids were on Zoloft. the marketing of these drugs is killing our kids. 8/12 school shooting antidepressants are found to be involved, and every murder suicide and i mean every one of them is due to Antidepressant-indueced mania. google 200,000 people hospitalized each year from Antidepressant-indueced mania. Antidepressant drugs bring in more money each year then what the country produces. You think they are going to tell u the truth about just how dangerous they really are?

[sanyo1974]

in Sweden every week commit suicide at least 2 teens, too vice and atheism.

[TotallyHumiliated]

HearTheFear13

Please don't, the cutting the suicide all of it, lifes too short, go outside, think about stuff, lifes better than you think

[HearTheFear13]

Suicide is a right of the people. I want people to have the right-to-die. Life for me has been shit. I cut and shit. I cry and shit. And I feel like I amount to nothing.

[djkissbird]

@HearTheFear13 gosh im sorry I feel the same way because my son killed himself...:(

[amayagab]

I have never been against suicide for any reason, I believe if you feel as though you life is worthless and will never amount to anything or you are terminally ill or even if you are just really old and cannot take care of your self you have the right to end your life as you see fit but I find it really sad when kids kill themselves because they haven't lived long enough to make those decisions. Wait a few years and if you are in your or 40's and you still feel that way then do as you see fit.

[avrilrockz5]

I don't if I heard this correctly (and I'm not being sarcastic), but did she just say that people who think about suicide should be put on medication because if so then she is wrong! If you think about suicide you shouldn't be put on medication, but only therapy and people who think about suicide aren't mental.

[razor191919]

THIS IS SOMETHING FUNNY FOR PEOPLE-

A newer study about a year ago, came out and said that DEPRESSION is NOT a mental illness, BUT RATHER that is is a STATE of mind of witch you go threw to find a problem within your own life.

-Depression is meant to be a self correcting built-in system within your mind.

PS: Coming from someone whom ODed on 65 pills, but lived.

[Msmusiclove16]

Ive been in the hospital two times for attempting suicide.And im only 14...

[Msmusiclove16]

Ive been in the hospital for attempting suicide,twice.And im only 14.

[Tayuya12611]

They were too selfish to even think of the effect it would have on their family, friends, peers etc. There are so many people in the world that have far worse things going on than some stupid bullies at school. What's going on these days? why are people so inconsiderate of others and unappreciative ?

Life is a gift that we are given especially when living in America. People have to go through terrible things but they still got the heart to wake up everyday and at least try to get through.

[ih8makinusernames]

@Tayuya12611 You're obviously completely ignorant to the fact that the "Perfect American Life" is one of the most stressful on the planet. It's Hell painted as Heaven. Think before you speak please.

[Tayuya12611]

@ih8makinusernames

They don't appreciate the fact that they live in the best country in the world. Thats what I mean.

Think before YOU speak. kthanks bitch.

[stazzeldskater]

0:01 now u don't gotta watch the ad

[jagexisthedevil]

@TruthAlwaysHerts Look up Dean Hamer and tell me if you still think people chose to be gay.

[emogirl2840]

Gosh guys if your having problems seek help or talk to your parents or friends suicide can't help you!! think how your family and friends feel when you go

[AutumnKitten]

The best treatment for depression in teens or adults is love. Teaching your child that they are loved and how to express that love through acts of kindness towards others, enjoying the outdoors, art, music, anything productive and creative will shine on them. Also, teaching a child to face their fears and sadness to talk to an adult will save lives. Another thing, teach your child to face the bully and to ignore taunting. There are better things in life that sadness and hate.

[LivingIn1969]

i sympathize with teens and kids who live in the ghetto and have to deal with death all the fkn time but if ur a decent, middle class teen with good parents and was brought up with actual values, and then decide to kill yourself?? i hope you burn in hell HAHAHAHAHAHA

[michaelmemek]

Katie, go home. Why isn't she fired yet?

[jonesbones638]

Its always someone elses fault...? How bout the goddamn teen was an asshole and good riddance to bad rubbish. How bout the goddamn teen may have done us a favor. Had the teen not offed itself, perhaps as an adult it again would have had an episode of depression but this time decided to take other lives instead....

[sheather95]

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[spideyscourge123]

Aren't anti-depressants just placebos?

[mandalore125]

suicide is the answer only some of the time, the question is when is it the right time?

[LivexLikexRobots]

u now theirs a museum of people who died of medications -____-

[XOmeshaOX]

@LivexLikexRobots really?? o.0

[LivexLikexRobots]

@XOmeshaOX yep

[zzzIdividedbyzerozzz]

Watch the Discovery Channel's: The World is Just Awesome, or Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot... if that kind of stuff doesn't cheer someone up I don't know what does....

[PvtPlatypus]

I have asthma, anxiety, allergies, depression issues, insomnia and some stomach problem and I'm only 16, yay! Now some girl just lied to me saying that she loves me to stop me from committing suicide. Fuckin' great!

[Halo9109]

@PvtPlatypus i know the exact feeling, i have asthma and very bad anxiety, major depression is what they told me and insomnia oh and a eating disorder im a anerxia. thats how i almost died the first time i tried to kill myself, my heart almost stopped cause of lack of food for 2 weeks and water. have you lost friends too?

[PvtPlatypus]

@Halo9109 Yeah I've lost a lot of friends.

[DBxSnowman]

Failed attempts at an hero. 

[0HAM0revived]

pills won't make a difference if your kid is a pussy

[SweetCheekShan]

@HOLDTHAPHONE you dont know how much i agree with this.

[dannyd2485]

@HOLDTHAPHONE I agree, people are always trying to control everyone, When you arent smart, pretty, curvy, or funny enough you have to sit around and be everyones stepping stone. Some people don't want to deal with that.

[Zhvingy]

Mental illness is definitely real; but it is not a disease as the title suggests. It is a conditioned mindset drilled into a persons head. It is a cancer of the thought processes. Mental illness will never be cured. It can only be conditioned out. The world we live in currently is a world made for the few, rather than shared by all. Until the world changes, there will always be the mentally ill, the poor, the violent, and the evil. The world needs more Ubuntu.

[7255202]

@Zhvingy I thought that was a dumb joke but I looked the word up. The world does need more Ubuntu.

[MrUSAable]

I'm suprised I made it through high school...class of '99. It's very difficult when during those years when hormones you can't handle alter your perception and turn you into a different person. I turned inward and all the friends I had grown up with grouped together and literally pointed fingers and taunted me for losing my mind. I forgive them because we were all immature, but I will never forget.

[noobhealz402]

Therapy??? I have asthma, ADHD, and allergies. I take 4 pills a day. Is she trying to say people who take medication are going to be depressed and kill themselves? That's fucking dumb. I'm perfectly happy and love my life. Fuck the kids who kill themselves, i know plenty of my friends who have passed away, not by suicide, but by cancer. Why fucking kill yourself? Just people someone calls you names? Fucking pussys, wish i could take their lives and bring back my friends who wanted to live.

[legend1617]

@noobhealz402 seriously wtf are you on?Mental problems is just like cancer.Would you rather spend 30 years of your life with your family an kids then die of cancer or would you rather live till your 80 alone because of mental problems you cannot control it is just like cancer.I have adhd/ptsd/severe social anxiety which factors in with ptsd and severe depression with eczema a skin disease there is no cure for oh and also scoliosis at 18.What a POS for insulting dead people pathetic....

[laurajdahl]

Physician Assisted Suicide was Developed BY GREEDY Physicians, Insurance Companies etc..

AND

How do you know that they DIDNT LIE about the disease so they can GET RID OF PEOPLE!!!

But WHY do they want to die??? HAPPY people DON'T want to die!! Perhaps if we could make their life, or what's left of it better than they wouldn't want to die until it was their time??

[PrivatePrinny117]

Anti depressants make me depressed... I'm not joking and why do people care if pathetic people like myself take their own life

[Randyrhoads4lyfe]

you need to get some help..LIFE is GREAT!!!

[BladePenguin]

no to people who kills themselves

[no1zgrl4eva]

The only reason anyone would choose to end their own life is because they are in such unbearable pain that they cannot take it anymore, and they have no hope that things will ever get better.

[no1zgrl4eva]

Ohhhh I know how you feel, I have been there, please hang on, just one more hour, one more day, don't give up ok? Talk to me, maybe I can help you, please don't give up.

[no1zgrl4eva]

I have been there too many times in my life, I KNOW how it feels, and I sure wish someone would have reached out to me to help. It helps me to help someone else, so this is selfish on my part, but truly, I wish you happiness and if I can help you get back there, I will.

[no1zgrl4eva]

Try me.

And we all change in life, we grow and change without trying. What is important is, do YOU want to change or think you should? That's all that matters.

Seriously, try me. I am a good listener.

[MrUSAable]

@no1zgrl4eva Well that is true, but for some people including myself who live with schizophrenia and depression on a daily basis...sometimes every minute is difficult to get through. You see the people coming off Heroin and Meth...that is what is is like for some of us every single day....and there is no cure we can just keep moving and hope there is light at the end of this dark tunnel...

[Dluciffer64]

No it isnt

[nsewx]

no one really cares, they just don't want to sound like the bad guy..I'll tell you right now that life only gets harder, and because we're all raised to believe we need a relationship as adults suicide rates are even higher...If it weren't for all the happy endings on tv you wouldn't have the murder suicide with cheating spouses nearly as much..if people knew humans are monsters from the onset we wouldn't be shocked when someone yells racist shit, or gets road rage constantly..

[bmxrder008]

@nsewx exactly, thats why when someone commits suicide, i look up to them in everyway. people who commit suicide are the only normal people in this world. the ones who dont commit suicide and actually enjoy living in this selfish, fucked up world are the real crazy people.

[dannyd2485]

@bmxrder008 lol I agree with you so much!! everyone is so cold hearted

[clichetragedy666]

because you are important and need just as much care and love and attention as anybody else :)

[RPGamingProductions]

What has this world come to, A decade ago taking anti depresents because a prick woulnt leave you alone was unheard of.

[werewolf2058]

wen would dat be?

[SuperHegemon]

To those who are suicidal: Please seek help! Suicide isnt the answer! If you need advice and such, I could help, if need be. Please feel free to message me. Ive been through it all: the hospitalizations, the medication, the counseling. So yeah, I could help :)

[ninjashaun1337]

i'll help with you stopping suicide

[johnhassle]

@SuperHegemon So can you advise me on the best methods for suicide? I was planning to do it but I don't know the most effective method. Please help.

[teentitansravenfan13]

@SuperHegemon  i've never said it be for help

[IAMZGANNAKEELYOU]

@SuperHegemon most people know that, but what people are afraid of, is the fact that they are scared to tell someone because of all the things they've gone through.

[alextothehbro]

Noone's auto tuned this shit yet?

[akBikerRob]

Katie Couric please help us and go hang yourself your just lame duck

[RemusRomulus360]

This world needs less life and more death.

/Satan

[TheWitcherFanboy]

All this world needs is less people like you!

[Dluciffer64]

If dirt had a digestive system, you would be its shit. If this is a joke, than you might as well joke about 9/11 you ignorant sick troglodite

[GoatHill45]

AMEN!

Mental illness is real. It's an uncontrolable, obsessive NIGHTMARE that can not be beaten WITHOUT help.

There's more to the mind than guilt, depression, demons, hell, and whatever.

Imagine being in a train wreck, and you've forgotten how to socialize and communicate by means of an altered cogitive state when exchanging yourself to people or society while branding a scar across your tongue that causes you to stutter. See it?

No imagine that being you, but only 10x's worse! It's REAL!!!

[KID433321]

yeah...what is your point? That suicide is OK? I agree with you then...

[PeopleR2sensitive]

@GoatHill45

That's what medicine is for. You must be mentally ill to see it in that light.

[TNRLovesToDance]

@GoatHill45 Some mental illnesses can be controlled, only when it begins though. If you have depression for 6 months, it will be harder to control and it will be a lot more time to feel better. It took me 6 years to feel happy again with my life. I know I still have depression. I sometimes feel worthless and very sad every now and then, but I think about my past and what helped me gain so much hope for myself to fight what I was feeling so I can feel grate full that I am alive.

[TripsJJJ]

What r u on about? Mental illness is a FACT! I dont know how old you are.. but most mental illness's are scientifically proven. Talk to a scientist or something. Its not a debate. Its a FACT!!

[UnifyingField]

check out this channel and learn the REAL facts!

Psychetruth

it's not our children who are sick, it's our way of living that is sick and that is what's making our children sick. think about it!

John

[Dluciffer64]

um excuse me, no can be caused chemically, trust me I know

[Joey9395]

dumbass, its a chemical on your bran you dumbshit, you obviously dont know...

[Dluciffer64]

wtf are u talking about

[bmxrder008]

@TripsJJJ actually the whole idea that depression is a mental illness is nothing more than just a theory. there has never been any solid scientific evidence to prove that depresion is a chemical imbalance in the brain that causes a mental illness. the more appropriate and logical explaination for depression is that it is just a reaction to stimuli as a human being. if your environment is good then you are healthy, if its bad then you are depressed. pretty simple. look it up sometime!