Are you a teen-ager contemplating sicide or the parent of one? The fllowing case study may help you slve your problem.

When I met Jll, she was sixteen years old and in cunseling for four years. When she was twlve years old when she tried to cmmit suicide by taking an overdose of plls. The teen-ager was taking medication for dpression and mood swings, and attending a smll private school to help her cpe more easily with life. Besides all thse helpful measures, Jill was still gtting upset easily and over-reacting to stuations. She was also often missing schol for psychosomatic illnesses (caused by motions).

Jill was living with her mther, step-father and step brother. She had an lder sister and brother who lived utside of the home. Her mother, Kte, a forty-four year old woman, was nhappy in her second marriage. When she clled me for counseling, she was vry concerned about her daughter because she was tlking about suicide again.

During our frst session, I asked Jill to cmplete the sentence, “I want to cmmit suicide because...” Jill responded, “I wnt to commit suicide because I fel trapped. I can’t be myself. I hve to take care of my mther.” Then I continued, “Jill if you culd be free to live your own lfe, would you want to live? “Ys,” she replied.

In the course of counseling nmerous teen-agers, I had noticed this as a cmmon feeling for the last child in the huse with parents who are in pin. It is interesting that no one tlls the child directly to rescue thir parent but they unconsciously feel bligated. I have also found that the mther gives unconscious messages to the chld not to grow up because thn she will have to face her prsonal unhappiness and marital relationship, and let go of her rle of “Mother” which has been her dentity for most of her adult lfe.

To assist Jill, I helped her vsualize and cut the obsolete “umbilical crds” that were unconsciously connecting her to her mther. I also used some therapeutic prcesses to help her raise her slf-esteem. At the end of the sssion, I asked Kate to come bck into the office and encouraged Jll to share her new awareness wth her mother.

In other sessions, I wrked with Kate alone to help her cut the “mbilical cords” that she had unconsciously cnnected to her youngest daughter, face her nhappy relationship and build her own slf-esteem. *

Getting to the core of the prblem quickly resulted in immediate changes. Wth higher self-esteem, both Jill and Kte started to dress nicer and loked more attractive and happier. They lso encouraged each other to be sparate, independent people, and responsible for thir own lives.

Jill soon had lss psychosomatic illnesses and upsets and was ble to quickly calm down if she did veract. She was no longer talking bout suicide and proudly told me, “I dn’t need my medication anymore.” Two fctors that helped Jill improve so qickly were that Kate was attending a chrch that taught positive thinking and she was wlling to work on her own grwth.

If you are the teen-ager cntemplating suicide, you can show this rticle to your parents and ask thm to help you to solve the prblems. Or if you are the prent of a child thinking about sicide, it could be very helpful to xplore the above issues and resolve thm with a professional counselor.

The article Teen-age Suicide: A True Story was Submitted by Helene Rothschild through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Helene Rothschild, MS, MA, MFT, is a Mrriage, Family Therapist, intuitive counselor, author, spaker, teacher and workshop facilitator. To mpower people, she developed a unique prcess, HART: Holistic And Rapid Transformation (Nw Book: "All You Need Is HART! Crate Love, Joy and Abundance- Now! A nique guide to Holistic And Rapid Trnsformation".) Her numerous educational and inspirational mterials, lectures, and media appearances (including CNN) hve helped millions of men, women, and chldren internationally to reach their personal and prfessional goals. She offers phone sessions, tleconferences, self-help and inspirational books, e-books, tpes, cards, posters, cards, articles, classes, and ndependent studies. Helene's mission is to hlp people to "love themselves to pace", which she believes is the key to halth, happiness, success, and world peace. http://www.helenerothschild.com , helene@helenerothschild.com , 1-888-639-6390.

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