[Week IV] Case Study: Greta

Greta Pearson, 16, has the highest suicide risk because the circumstances revolve her aren`t make her able to get through her condition of getting pregnant before marriage. It is stated that she don`t really have a figure of a good parents to protect her. Considering the situation of her mother that is an alcoholic which spending most of her time sitting in front of the TV and her father that has left her since she was still 4 years old. She get used to not having a foundation of attention from her family since she was still an infant. Though it is a fortunate that she is an intelligent girl, at least she would have a pressure by holding another bigger responsible so sudden such as having a baby while she still has to take care of her drunk mother. Plus, her boyfriend just ignore his responsibility of what he has done to her, and has a new girlfriend instead.

First of all, elaborating that she has no figure of a good parents protecting her. It is stated that her mother has no job and she spends most of her time drunk in front of TV. Her father left her since she was 4, it is obvious that she might be not known him at all. And also it doesn`t also mean that she is able to deal with it, though maybe she hasn't shown any disappointed feeling with her family. There's a possibility that she might be depressed, but since it happens for a very long time ago, she also might be get used to such circumstance. Still, she has dried scar on her heart. She might be feel unsupported internally from her family at all.

Secondly, elaborating that she is an intelligent girl. She has several close friend who could support her 'externally'. She is obviously needs friends to talk about her anxiety. And about her intelligence, she is actually intelligent in academic. Fortunately, she will be able to handle this with her logic. But, that is all. High school is harsh, her other friends would talk about it, and might be said something that is not proper. There will be gossip about her and some of them would developing too much and create another conflict. This kind of situation would make her more under pressure of what she has happend to her.

The last but not the least, elaborating the useless boyfriend she had. She nearly has plenty of people to hold on to. Her past boyfriend just dump her and find another girlfriend. It is obvious that she is moaning in her distress about her irresponsible boyfriend.

Overall, she would feel in her greatest misery where no one is there to help her, at least no one would truly be able to help healing her wound in this kind of circumstance. Maybe it is not stated that she's in such condition above, and she looks like she's able to deal with it, but deep in her heart, I believe, at least, she would feel all the sad thing I`ve mentioned above.