Suicide in Teens: How Martial Arts can
Help
Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960
Phone: (978) 535-7878
Email:info@brucemccorrys.com
Web: www.brucemccorrys.com
Teenage
is one of the most turbulent of phases in anyone’s life. In the United States
alone, 14.46 percentage of those between the ages of 15 and 24 years committed
suicide in the year 2017 according to the American Foundation for Suicide
Prevention, demonstrating to us the immediate need to pay attention to the
concern of teen suicide in the country.
Teen
Suicide: Reasons and Warning Signs
The
increasing instances of suicide among teens need not really come as a surprise if
we consider the amount of social, cultural and academic pressure that young
ones are subjected to in this society. The institutions of family and parenting
have a great role in making sure that a child’s formative ages are free of
dysfunctional experiences, trauma or abuse, which is not always the case.
Equally responsible is the educational system that puts inordinate amount of
pressure on children in the name of academic and professional success. The
classrooms, where bullying and peer pressure thrives, are not often the child-friendly
spaces that provide children with the sense of security necessary for their
holistic emotional growth. Once it is time for them to step into the adult
world as teens, the consequences become evident as they find it difficult to
cope up with academic pressure, handle relationships or deal with their
emotions. Often this also gets complicated by conditions like depression and
anxiety disorders, thus aggravating the chance of teen suicides all the more.
If
you are the parent of a teenager or a teacher who spends time with teens,
therefore it is important to look out for possible warning signs. Symptoms of
suicidal tendency can vary among teens: it can manifest in the forms of anger,
hostility, depression-like sadness and/or inaction, casual remarks about death,
closing off from the external world, self-harming tendencies, eating disorders,
sudden disinterest in matters that used to engage them once and so on. These
are not exclusive warning signs of suicidal tendency, but it is better to watch
out for other signs and get the advice of experts if you spot the above signs in
the teenager you interact with.
Martial
Arts to Prevent Suicide in Teens
Over
the 40 years it has remained in the field, Bruce McCorry’s Academy of Martial
Arts (Peabody, MA) has realized through its experience to that one healing
mechanism that can considerably help teens with suicidal tendency along with
therapy could be martial arts. Martial arts is one of those activities that can
leave a physical, mental and emotional impact on youngsters in a positive way. As
the martial art program for teens and adults at Bruce McCorry’s shows, martial
arts work in several ways: it boosts confidence and study skills in teens thus
making it easier for them to deal with academic stress. It helps teenagers to
gain the emotional stability and strength necessary in sustaining healthy
relationships. It can also make teens healthy and fit, thus solving body image
issues and the stress emanating from being unhappy with one’s body and self. It
is also a powerful self-defense, helping teens to stay clear from bullying or
peer pressure of any sorts, and get over the trauma and damage instilled by
bullying, abuse or other negative experiences in the past. If you are involved
with a teen who shows symptoms that could lead to suicide, suggest martial arts
to him/her and save a life.
