How Social Media Is Affecting the Way We Perceive Suicide
Depression has become a bigger issue in recent years, especially thanks to the widespread use of social media and desensitization to the term “depressed” as well as the concept of suicide becoming a joke among Gen Z. Phrases like "I'm going to kill myself if I don't get an A in this class," or "I'm so tired of this life that I might as well commit," or the typical "kms" so often sent through text are used more than this generation even seems to realize. Things like this take away the importance of being aware of actual mental issues among teenagers. But despite the heavy notion of suicide becoming diminished, suicide rates among 15- to 24-year-olds have been increasing steadily since 2007 becoming the second leading cause of death in this age group, with around 8.6 percent of high schoolers in 2015 reported having attempted suicide, according to the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. This problem with teenagers nowadays becom...