Comments on: Childhood and Adolescent Suicide Deaths in the Philippines

By: the_bassist

the_bassist — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:28:41 +0000

marijuana has a bad image in our society but I think this is the cure for the depressed people and salvia, salvia makes you enter into another dimension and help you find yourself and it will help you realize that the world needs you and there are many good things in this world.. the good thing is marijuana and salvia are organic..i hope that people will realize that organic drug is not bad but helpful to people like me who is a hikikomori and depress..

By: as†ral_wakoko

as†ral_wakoko — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:40:19 +0000

Hi..
..life in this world is really harsh these days. I can’t really imagine that this thing happens in the Philippines and on top of that to innocent children. I’m a psychology undergraduate in Cebu and somehow I was hoping to find stories on teenager suicidal ideation for my research.I was not expecting such news about these children.. and I guess it was somewhat shocking that kids could do these things..perhaps they have been too much exposed to tv shows depicting suicidal situations. But I guess no one is to blame for his.. we cannot just point our hand to anybody or to the parents of the victim. ..
I think we should really be at watch to everyone especially our realtives.. anybody could become a victim.

By: Ivee Bongosia

Ivee Bongosia — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:16:00 +0000

hello ms Noemi. I’m a senior from Miriam College taking up AB Psychology. My thesis mates and I are currently finishing our study on the suicidal tendencies among Filipino children. Thanks for this website. We have added some of the content to our review of related literature and discussion. Also, do you have other predictors of suicidal tendencies among Filipino children? Ours are the following: Subjective Happpiness, Perceived Family Support, Gender, and Socio Economic status (proxied by Type of school, whether public or private school). Our results revealed that all four are not predictors of suicidal tendencies.
What do you think are other predictors of suicidal tendencies? thank you!

By: Losertodeath

Losertodeath — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:20:23 +0000

Good news, I’m still alive, my family too. I also quit smoking. You people feeling wanna kill yourselves, if you’re a smoker I encourage you to kill that habit instead, you’ll feel better and your mind will function properly. Breath fresh air not carbon monoxide from cigarettes, air is free smoke is not and it will ruin you little by little creating much more stress and anxiety then end up to think commit suicide.

We people here should form ourselves as N.G.O get some funds somewhere and conduct free seminars on schools and baranggays so formally we can help and encourage our fellow countryman how to be brave and not suicidal.

By: Brittany

Brittany — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:24:38 +0000

omg i feel the same way!!!

By: Losertodeath

Losertodeath — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:21:50 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for this website.

I’m a father of 3, my wife is sick, we’re broke. Now, we’re living with my own parents, and I’m pissed. I’m not a drug addict, I don’t drink alcoholic, but I smoke. I decided to mass-suicide in order to end this up. I’ll force every member of my family to drink poison, when I confirm that all of them are dead then I’ll drink too. I know this sounds crazy but I really don’t have a
choice. No anti-psycho doctors can help me, my problem is money, it’s been seven years full of misfortune. Not even religious approach can save me, don’t even mention it because religion caused me terrible bankruptcy! Don’t worry about my name, you people will gonna watch, hear and read it on local news for sure. What a good new year! No more life, end of all problems. I hereby
admit that I’m a responsible for murdering my own family including myself. I’m a loser, don’t imitate me, I’m a failure, and I can’t take it anymore.

losertodeath

By: Brittany

Brittany — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:28:38 +0000

u no wat i felt the same way after my dad died i was only 12 and i did not no how 2 handle it i almost went 4 it then i thought about my mom and she helped me through it so even at the hardest times when u feel like ur not going 2 make it u can and dont ever doubt ur self keep ur head up.

By: Noemi

Noemi — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:25:04 +0000

@chateau- yes right from the start we teach our kids to be open with their feelings. Feelings are not wrong though and we teach them on how to deal with it, move on and do something constructive with it.

@blueangel- if the thought persists to end your life, seek help. Know that there are choices.

@arpee- a lot of factors play in the depression aggravated by family problems, probably even child abuse. I heard the mayor wants Mariannet’s body exhumed to check if there was foul play or child abuse.

@april- um sacrifice? I don’t think so. She didn’t die of suicide to sacrifice her family.

By: april tolosa

april tolosa — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:40:04 +0000

im so sad to hear that news…… she sacrifice for her family…

By: arpeelazaro

arpeelazaro — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:27:11 +0000

i will never understand how children so young ever get depressed. they only cry when they hurt themselves while playing. things like food, clothing, shelter, electric bills, home mortgages, increasing fuel prices were never in my vocabulary when i was a child. parents who cannot afford to feed their children, much less themselves should not have them in the first place. problem is, it is usually the unemployed couples living in squalid environs who just love racking up the numbers, never less than 3 in most cases. i think marinnet had a lot of siblings too, just as neglected and unfed as she was. children are a gift only if you can provide for them. they become victims if you can’t.

my two cents worth lang po.