Teen Counseling (Depression and Suicide)

Because teens live so much in the moment, it's important that if your teen is depressed, you look for signs of sucidal ideation. Teens struggle to open up to their parents and may be suffering in silence. If your teen shows depression or thoughts of suicide it's important to get them into counseling. Here are signs to watch for:

• Talking or joking about committing suicide.
• Saying things like, “I’d be better off dead,” “I wish I could disappear forever,” or “There’s no way out.”
• Speaking positively about death or romanticizing dying (“If I died, people might love me more”).
• Writing stories and poems about death, dying, or suicide.
• Engaging in reckless behavior or having a lot of accidents resulting in injury.
• Giving away prized possessions.
• Saying goodbye to friends and family as if for good.
• Seeking out weapons, pills, or other ways to kill themselves.

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