Insecurity linked to suicide

A recent study of students proved that teend concerned with their weight are more likely to commit suicide. Nearly half of the students were believed they were either to fat or too skinny. About 65% of the students were at a normal weight range but only 54% of them believed they were normal. About 19% of the students confessed they had thought about suicide. About 9% of them admitted they have attempted it. The researchers came to the fact that media is one of the causes. In today's media you have to look and be a certain way. This can make young people feel insecure and start to hate their image which eventually can turn into hating themselves. Hating yourself puts you at more of a risk to commit suicide. Because nearly half of the students perceived themselves as too thin or too heavy, "these results suggest that a sizable proportion of students may be at increased risk" for suicide.In another editorial, Dr. Alain Joffe of Johns Hopkins University said widespread media images of perfect bodies might help shape adolescent perceptions of normal.
But he said it is also possible that adolescents who are already concerned with body image pay more attention to media images.
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