Broken Hearts Shouldn't Kill You

Suicide prevention is a topic that has become near and dear to me. Coming from a person who PERSONALLY went through a suicidal time of my life, I am now making it my mission to help others and save people from going through what I went through. I was just 18-years-old. In "love" with my then boyfriend. I thought we were going to be together forever. (Quintessential for teens in high school) Nonetheless I was in love. and thought he was too. Then out of nowhere 7 months in, he up and broke my heart. I thought my world was over. The world still rotated and revolved around the sun, but my world was over. So I thought to take things in my own hands. I wanted to end "my" world. I made many attempts at suicide, and landed myself into the hospital. While I laid there in the bed, hooked up to machines of all sorts, I had a lot of time to think. My constant thought was..."Did I just try to end my life over a broken heart?" It is stupid really, but it does happen every day. Heart break too can just about kill you...if you let it. In 2009 a statistic showed that an average of 444 people took their lives. Suicide is the most common cause of death for 15 to 24-year-olds. A surprising fact is that 80 percent of men kill themselves each year. Granted most suicides are not caused by heartbreak alone, but having a broken heart on top of everything else makes you not want to go on. But take if from me, I sit here 20 years old, I still struggle with heartbreak (a lot) but I am still living. I admit, there are days when I feel like I "can't go on." A feeling of self-loathing, and hatred. Luckily, even with a broken heart, I still have friends and family to stick by my side. Just remember, Love may not last forever, but friendships and family will. Heartbreak hurts yes, but think of the hurt you would cause if you took your life over it. I guarantee, that heartbreak will be twice has painful as what you felt.