<story><title>Schools opened, suicide attempts in girls skyrocketed</title><url>https://insidemedicine.bulletin.com/2977384169199489/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bloopernova</author><text>Anecdotally:&lt;p&gt;I was bullied a lot in school. When I became avoidant and just stayed at home, I was a lot happier because I didn&amp;#x27;t have those stressors.</text></item><item><author>hn_throwaway_99</author><text>I have a theory I&amp;#x27;d propose:&lt;p&gt;The biggest cause of teen suicide is essentially feeling rejected in some way by your peers: being bullied, a breakup, &amp;quot;mean girl&amp;quot; switches from former friends, etc. When schools closed, the immediate pressure of any of these negative social interactions went to the background (or at least simmered on social media). When schools reopened, kids tried to figure out where they fit back in the &amp;quot;totem pole&amp;quot; of adolescent social hierarchy, and the rise in suicides is a result of kids not figuring out where they fit in when they went back.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>voisin</author><text>I concur. Perhaps the break from schools opened their eyes to the notion that life didn’t have to be the total hell that it is for a lot of young kids and then being forced back was too much to handle, on top of all of the other stuff everyone has been struggling with this last year.</text></comment>
<story><title>Schools opened, suicide attempts in girls skyrocketed</title><url>https://insidemedicine.bulletin.com/2977384169199489/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bloopernova</author><text>Anecdotally:&lt;p&gt;I was bullied a lot in school. When I became avoidant and just stayed at home, I was a lot happier because I didn&amp;#x27;t have those stressors.</text></item><item><author>hn_throwaway_99</author><text>I have a theory I&amp;#x27;d propose:&lt;p&gt;The biggest cause of teen suicide is essentially feeling rejected in some way by your peers: being bullied, a breakup, &amp;quot;mean girl&amp;quot; switches from former friends, etc. When schools closed, the immediate pressure of any of these negative social interactions went to the background (or at least simmered on social media). When schools reopened, kids tried to figure out where they fit back in the &amp;quot;totem pole&amp;quot; of adolescent social hierarchy, and the rise in suicides is a result of kids not figuring out where they fit in when they went back.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hn_throwaway_99</author><text>Agreed. Honestly, there are &lt;i&gt;many&lt;/i&gt; times I&amp;#x27;ve been very thankful that I grew up in an age before social media. At least when I went home the torment would stop and I could relax somewhat. I think kids who are bullied today have it so much worse with the ever presence of cellphones and the internet.</text></comment>