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There are a lot of things you can learn online. Most of these are good and a few are bad. This brings us to the question whether or not the Internet influences something as bad as suicidal behavior.

Until now, there has been no conclusive evidence which suggests such a claim. If you look online, there are only reports that suggest it is possible.  But why if ever does someone decide to kill themselves? Well to answer that, we have to look into the circumstances into their death.

A classic case could be that of a woman from Missouri who posed as a 16 year old boy and sent hateful messages of a neighbor. Since the girl couldn’t take it anymore, she decided to kill herself.

This case shows that she never wanted to end her life. She was persuaded to do so when the suspect  said in one message, the world will be better off without her and since she felt so hurt by that statement, she actually did it.

But what if someone wanted to end their life? Can you find this information online? The answer is yes. In fact, researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Oxford and Manchester conducted a study and found that by simply typing a keyword like “how to commit suicide”, a number of sites will pop up showing how someone can actually do it.

What should be pointed out is that although it talks about suicide per se, a certain number of sites did not focus on how to do it but how to prevent it. An almost equal number discourages people from trying to do it and are offering counseling to those who feel the urge.

As parents, we can prevent our children by visiting such sites by using filtering software that block such sites from popping up should their children type this in one of the search engines. We should talk to our children and spend more time with them because by knowing what they are going through, such thoughts of ending their lives will not happen.

If they get hateful messages, tell them to ignore it. Should things get worse, tell them to delete their account and make a new one. As for those who sent the hateful messages, report them to the authorities and be sure to bring a copy of the email or a printout of the conversation because this can be used as evidence against the suspect.

The internet does not influence suicidal behavior. How someone would get the idea to do so must have come from someone else because even if there is information about how to do it online, that person was likely encouraged to do so by another individual.

What we can do to stop our children from every considering it is to monitor what sites are children frequent and be open to them. That way, if they are bullied or are affected by something, you will be able to console them rather than making them feel they are all alone and the only way out is to end their life.

If this is something you cannot take on alone, get professional help because it is better to act now rather than regretting not doing anything when your child was still alive.

Everyone strives to find ways to improve their self esteem.  Whether you’re doing this subconsciously or

physically it doesn’t really matter.  But this creates a challenge especially since you’re not particular on what

you would like to improve on.  Chances are you’re improving low self esteem without even thinking about it.

Not many are familiar with the ways of improving their self esteem and here are ten helpful guides you can

easily follow.

• Stock up on your self esteem by creating a check list of things you want to improve on.  Start by how you

communicate with others.  Accomplish one change at a time and put check on it once you’re done and move

on to what’s next on the list.

• Feel good about yourself starting now and show that extra confidence to everyone wherever and whenever

you find yourself in.  Remember it’s the journey that matters most than the destination.

• Create a goal for yourself by knowing what you want.  Find out how the people around you or the ones you

meet can help you get closer to your goals.  This will help you determine how you can approach each person.

Do this always and the results are noticeable.

• Get driven and motivate yourself.  Let everyone know how any of them can help you in your goals.  People

who are very driven end up being successful in their careers.

• Develop the mindset that every person you meet is important.  It’s surprising how effective this is.

• Two things: give a good handshake and look a person in the eye when speaking to them.  Make sure your

handshake is firm and not too hard.  Always try to look for a good character trait you find attractive in every

person you meet.

• Learn to listen.  Give notice to what others are saying.  Try to remember a person’s name and if you forget

ask their name after exchanging a couple of sentences.

• Show a person that you are responding to them by nodding or calling out their name.  Make use of your

listening abilities.  Remember, people can read through your body language.

• Remind yourself that everything is not all about you by paying attention to others around you.  Learn to

accept news whether it is good or bad.  Empathize with other people’s situation and genuinely show that you

care.

• Do not interrupt a person while speaking whether you’re doing this mentally or verbally.  In short, give a

person your full attention when they are speaking because its’ rude if you don’t.

Now that you know how to improve yourself esteem, try to apply this in your everyday interactions with

others.  The more of these tips you apply everyday the brighter your aura gets and you charisma gets a good

boost.  But if you want have a more charismatic personality it’s going to take more than these ten tips to

achieve that.

Having a very positive aura definitely helps in improving low self esteem.  Not only does this benefit you but

it also benefits everyone and everything around you.  Your positivity affects your interactions with your

family, your outlook on your career and it can make people of the opposite sex find you more attractive and

likable.

The influence of media is growing stronger and stronger as time passes.  Because of this, the competition among producers and advertisers gets tougher as they try to come up with new ways to catch people’s attention through their newspapers, magazines, movies, shows, and commercials.  If you have noticed, the speed at which news travels around the world has become faster with the development and advancement in technology.  Everything is evolving depending on the demand of people.  Media indeed can influence people in different ways but the pressing question is this:  how does the media influence the way people behave?

Watching movies and programs on the television as we relax takes us away into this different realm—that is, there are parts in our being that feels we are the ones in the movie and sometimes we even feel what they are feeling as we get caught in the emotional excitement.  The effect of media does not stop when the movie or program ends.  And this lingering effect might just be the cause of behavioral changes in people.

With action films, children tend to emulate the movie hero, engaging him to violent acts thinking that it is acceptable because his hero became successful in the end.  With cartoon programs, not everything is good-natured.  There are those that show subtle acts of violence and deceitful acts against others (some even more vulgar).  In return, children tend to copy the characters and think that deceiving other people is a way to confront their problems.  They learn to transfer these ill behaviors to friends.

There are some television shows and movies that attempt to create an atmosphere to change the view of people towards social issues such as racial discrimination.  These shows provoke criticism and tend to mislead the picture of reality.  In the minds of other people, the effect can be for the better, but some unfortunately for the worse.

There had been instances in the past that teens commit suicide imitating her favorite actress.  There was also a case where somebody set a subway ticket booth on fire just like the way he saw it in his favorite film.  There are rape cases, too, that had been imitated from different movies.  These are just some examples of the disturbing influence of media on people’s behavior.

An explanation to these sinful acts is that these people could not distinguish fantasy from reality.  They get caught up in the realm of what they had been watching and the images and scenes get embedded in their minds.  What makes these people pull these images and scenes from the recesses of their minds and turn them into reality is a psychological case.

So to answer the pressing question earlier, does the media influence the way people behave?  Yes, it does.  If we analyze fully and look at things in a bigger picture, the media is largely responsible for inculcating the minds of people with false notions and morbid imageries.  They feed the minds of innocent young people with violence and other disturbing issues.  They inform people on how to do acts that are deemed controversial to the society.

These lead to misbehavior against other people, which can create a vicious cycle among individuals as they attempt to do the same or even worse things to others.

The problem with anxiety attacks is they can originate from anywhere, at anytime although experts do know they are generally the result of anxiety, but why this affects the individual the way it does remains a mystery. By each individual learning exactly what causes or triggers their particular anxiety attacks, it will be easier to learn control so that when the situation arises again each time the anxiety attack will happen less.

Being aware of a situation or condition that preempts the anxiety will mean that eventually, no matter how many times you are subject to the anxiety attack trigger, the anxiety that is normally felt will no longer be there. It is important to realize that the aim of controlling the anxiety attacks is to stop the feeling of fear, forever.

Anxiety attacks are often caused by emotions such as guilt, depression, self-consciousness, fear, anger and general frustration. As part of a condition called general anxiety disorder, they all originate in the same area of the brain and the symptoms are pretty much the same with anyone who suffers with it.

Most often seen in the work environment, general anxiety disorder can be caused by pressures at work which are also linked to depression so the person should avoid any position where this may be a cause. Anyone that suffers from anxiety will feel under much more pressure in this type of environment and is more likely to succumb to an anxiety attack.

Symptoms are usually very visible as the victim starts to hyperventilate and may exhibit extreme signs of fear and their own impending death. Stopping this escalation of anxiety and fear is easier than you think and the first step in taking control starts with breathing so if you can control your breathing then you can control your brain’s focus.

Breathing exercises can be practiced and once this has been learned it is only a matter of initiating what they have learned to control and then end the anxiety attack. The breathing exercises are quite easy but may require some practice for someone in this position; all that needs to be done is to inhale for a couple of seconds while forcing the stomach out and then let the air out for the same amount of time for as long as necessary.

This is an important step as the person consciously controls their breathing then they begin taking control again which is the one thing that a anxiety attack takes away from the victim. You must actively take control of your physical symptoms (in this case hyperventilation) and by doing this, your body will automatically begin to calm down. If for some reason this method is not working then a doctor’s advice and attention needs to be sought so the condition does not persist.

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There are a lot of things you can learn online. Most of these are good and a few are bad. This brings us to the question whether or not the Internet influences something as bad as suicidal behavior.

Until now, there has been no conclusive evidence which suggests such a claim. If you look online, there are only reports that suggest it is possible.  But why if ever does someone decide to kill themselves? Well to answer that, we have to look into the circumstances into their death.

A classic case could be that of a woman from Missouri who posed as a 16 year old boy and sent hateful messages of a neighbor. Since the girl couldn’t take it anymore, she decided to kill herself.

This case shows that she never wanted to end her life. She was persuaded to do so when the suspect  said in one message, the world will be better off without her and since she felt so hurt by that statement, she actually did it.

But what if someone wanted to end their life? Can you find this information online? The answer is yes. In fact, researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Oxford and Manchester conducted a study and found that by simply typing a keyword like “how to commit suicide”, a number of sites will pop up showing how someone can actually do it.

What should be pointed out is that although it talks about suicide per se, a certain number of sites did not focus on how to do it but how to prevent it. An almost equal number discourages people from trying to do it and are offering counseling to those who feel the urge.

As parents, we can prevent our children by visiting such sites by using filtering software that block such sites from popping up should their children type this in one of the search engines. We should talk to our children and spend more time with them because by knowing what they are going through, such thoughts of ending their lives will not happen.

If they get hateful messages, tell them to ignore it. Should things get worse, tell them to delete their account and make a new one. As for those who sent the hateful messages, report them to the authorities and be sure to bring a copy of the email or a printout of the conversation because this can be used as evidence against the suspect.

The internet does not influence suicidal behavior. How someone would get the idea to do so must have come from someone else because even if there is information about how to do it online, that person was likely encouraged to do so by another individual.

What we can do to stop our children from every considering it is to monitor what sites are children frequent and be open to them. That way, if they are bullied or are affected by something, you will be able to console them rather than making them feel they are all alone and the only way out is to end their life.

If this is something you cannot take on alone, get professional help because it is better to act now rather than regretting not doing anything when your child was still alive.