alloutoffucks I agree, suicide is usually caused by many things, there’s usually a history of mental health not just one event/reason. I do feel for teenagers the most as it’s a hard enough age without this in top, many teens do already suffer mental health issues and something like this could tip them over the edge. When your young a few months can feel like a life time, it much easier for us to see that there will be a end to this and “it’s only a few months” but not so easy for teenagers, many have had exams cancelled, not been able to say goodbye to friends, not being able to have a school prom or end of year party, there’s so much uncertainty for them right now (or so it must seem to them).
I worry about how this will effect people who already have mental health conditions. I work in mental health with people that suffer psychosis and schizophrenia, something like this will have a huge effect on those who already believe the world is out to get them.
People need to talk to each other if they are feeling down, people need to talk to their children and teens, let them know it’s ok to be anxious and scared, we need to remind them that this will not be forever and things will eventually return to normal.