Awareness is rising that suicide is 100% preventable but how we go about doing that is not 100% successful. The meme brought up in this article says, “Suicide doesn’t stop the pain; it passes it on to somebody else.” Read the article for their perspective I’m going to share what I think about this phrase.…
There is no cure for suicide – Prevention is the key. Remember that I share information but if you are in crisis please, call the help line. You know your situation best. Make the call and start down the rode to healing. Someone special to me loss a friend to suicide. She shared this link…
I deleted a comment from a person that was angry with me over a post that did not meet his need to feel validated. I feel sad that he is hurting so much. It is a reminder to myself that not everyone is in the same place when they read my blog. I’ve been writing…
This is from Facebook. The article addresses the problems from a military view point. The information applies to others as well. If you are on Facebook liking their page helps spread helpful information on living with PTSD. PTSD Break The Silence SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING Most suicides and suicide attempts are reactions to intense feelings of:…
To me, everyday is suicide prevention day. Sadly, everyday there are more people taking their own lives. Their internal enemies win. Destroying from within is the most difficult thing to protect. In a car or a plane you can put your seat belt on. Walking you stay on the sidewalk. Everyday people do a thousand…
This isn’t the only article about the number of suicides that are happening. Teenagers, children, soldiers, elderly almost every walk of life are experiencing epidemic increases in suicides. Blaming internet, government, and other entities misses the point. http://www.aol.com/article/2016/07/11/suicide-now-the-leading-cause-of-death-for-children-in-utah/21430058/ My personal study on the subject is the rising wave of hopelessness, feeling they are a…
I pondered on one of the oddities of living a life filled with fear. My counselor called it living a fear based life. What stunned him was my reaction when we were discussing death. As our discussion continued he was puzzled by some of my responses. He finally stated, “You are not afraid of dying.” …
I read this article and it lists 20 symptoms of unresolved trauma. My counselor recognized I was severely messed up, long before I knew I was severely messed up. After each line, I add my comments to Kathy Broady’s MSW. She writes more on each symptom on her blog. She also has videos and other…
Suicide prevention is key to survival. Hard thing is that some people give little or no clue as to what they are thinking and feeling . I do maintain static pages on this blog. One of them is information I learned when taking ‘Suicide prevention and Teens’ class. Whenever I start to think my childhood…
I’ve put off writing this post for several days. I wrote it in my head many times. I am now up at 3 AM unable to sleep with the feeling, God won’t let me sleep until I get it done…FINE (Freaked out, Insecure, Neurotic, Emotional.) I continue to do research on coping with PTSD and…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 