September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and I want to be a part of debunking what are commonly believed myths concerning suicide. I also want to make sure you're safe. If you become triggered, here's the link to all the suicide services that are known in every country that provides them. It helps to reach out – that’s been proven over and over… so please if you need to talk or text someone, click that link.
I've chosen twelve myths that are common to hear and then give the facts. Sometime the experts disagree or issues are more complex, but it's so important to stop saying that suicide is selfish or that only people with mental illness die by suicide.
The listener email for today is from someone who couldn’t find grief on the feeling wheel that I discussed in the suck it up episode – which was really an episode on not sucking it up… She’s overwhelmed by grief and doesn’t know how to get through it…
Important links:
BetterHelp, the #1 online therapy provider, has a special offer for you now!
Article about the pandemic’s effect on suicide worldwide
Shahnaz study 2018
Dr. Kristin Fuller for The NAMI Blog
An article to help you learn and understand the warnings signs
Article on suicide by Magellan Health resource
NPR article about What’s best with teens and kids
193 SelfWork: Conversation with John Moe (The Hilarious World of Depression)
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