Great point. A teenager.. with their entire life ahead of them. Likely with barely any cares or responsibilities at this point in his life chooses to kill themself rather than just open their mouth and get some help. They'd rather enflict the pain on their family.
I've talked down a suicidal person. And before they opened their eyes the thing they said most often was "This will show them. They won't have to worry about me anymore. They'll be sorry". Killing yourself to get back at someone? If that isn't selfish I don't know what is.
I was being extremely sarcastic.
Not all suicides are created equal...Yukio Mishima death was culmination of his art and I am happy for him....A untreatable cancer patient taking his own life to avoid pain and speed up the process for his family? I applaud the courage...Ex-Enron CFO blowing his brains ou on account of his massive crime? I wish I was there to pull the trigger, that wiesel......A 14yo girl jumping to her death? There is nothing sadder in this world than when a biological entity who had no bearing on its creation and has everything to live for is suffering so much that he/she would rather "cancel" their own existence than face another day....whether it be because of impulsivity, anghst, perceptive absoluteness or a serious reason like molestation, incest...profoundly sad indeed.
You can't color all cases based on your personal experience, nor can you gauge the degree of validity of their perception using simple logic--if they don't think they are worth saving/have anything to live for, there is short of nothing you can do about it. Perception is reality.
For the record, I've never had anyone commit suicide either among my friends or immediate family, which is not to say they didn't consider it or didn't the have a reason(s) to do it. They are old school, having come from a different culture I guess. They cope....But I tell you, if my family were to parrish in a plane crash or something like that, and I lost the reason to live, I would be searching for the highest cliff the next day, you can bank on it.
Wow what a guy.