Difficult to comprehend.....

What would you answer if someone asked you what is the number 1 cause of death in Ireland for young adults? Traffic accidents? Cancer? Drug abuse? None of these answers is correct. In fact the answer is suicide. Unfortunately in Ireland, it is a serious problem. Ireland has the highest rate of suicide in Europe. It is such a huge problem and unfortunately it remains a subject in this country that people don't want to talk about or to address. When people hear about suicide, they think for a moment that its such a shame and then they quickly move on in their lives because the subject is so sensitive and thought provoking that noone wants to dwell on it.

Unfortunately for people who are affected by suicide, they cannot do this, they cannot simply forget about it, its something that will be with them forever, impossible to brush under the carpet.

I found out last night from my emotional father, that my cousins boyfriends little sister killed herself last monday.

I always spend time with my cousins and the boyfriend in question is pretty much apart of that family as he has been going out with my cousin for at least 5 years. I know him very well. I met her little sister a few times from what i can remember, and she was good friends with my youngest cousins in the same family.

She was only 13 years old, she had her whole life ahead of her, her parents found her hanging in her wardrobe one morning when they were calling her for school. What must go through a young girls head that would lead her to this decision. The mind boggles. That family and my cousins' life have been turned upside down. I havent spoken to any of them yet, and when i do i truly do not know what to say, there is nothing i can do to help, nothing anyone can do. At least if it was a death from an illnes it may be easier to handle. But this.....this is going to change thier lives forever, and i cant even begin to comprehend what they must be going through right now. There are going to be so many questions running through that families mind that will never be answered......

I really dont know what to do and I dont think there is much i can do besides to pray to god to take care of that family and to try and prevent this tragedy to fall on any other family.

Thats all i really have to say on that, and i dont think there is much else to say.

RIP.