Helpline volunteers have voiced concerns over a growing number of young teens feeling suicidal as online temptations lure them into a world of anxiety.
Pravasi Guidance Forum (PGF) volunteer and trained counsellor Smitha Leo told the GDN that concerns were growing about children playing addictive computer games.
“Yes, suicide tendency has been on the rise – our counselling sessions reveal that – there is a serious concern among early teens, as they turn to addictive computer games. We have at least two cases in a week,” she said.
The 37-year-old Indian expatriate believes that these children feel lonely and appear to lack physical peer support. They often reveal a suicidal tendency as they open up during counselling sessions.
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