shift

7 Minutes in Heaven (Avatan Halen) was written by Pete Wentz (bassist of Fall Out Boy) after a suicide attempt in February 2005. Wentz attempted suicide by taking an overdose of the anxiety medication Ativan, a drug he took to curb his bipolar disorder, and as a result, spent a week in the hospital. When commenting on the incident to a magazine, Wentz said, “I was isolating myself further and further, and the more I isolated myself, the more isolated I’d feel. I wasn’t sleeping. I just wanted my head to shut off, like, I just wanted to completely stop thinking about anything at all.” When thinking of this example, I realize suicidal attempts can touch even the most famous people in the world and it can be done for a multitude for reasons-  the stress that presses itself into our lives constantly, the unexpected events that render us helpless. Suicide is an escape from the harsh reality.

In my own experiences, I have wanted to commit suicide twice. The first time was after my mother died in July of 2007. My mother meant everything to me and after she died, I felt like my life was not worth living anymore. She was the person who inspired me to follow my dreams