Talk to someone who listens. It’s the first step to feeling better.
to feel sad about a breakup, a divorce, a loss
to feel upset sometimes
to feel down about your job
“The ripple effect from one death from suicide,
as I’ve experienced
it in my family…
it’s immeasurable.”
“If I had just reached out to my family or to my friends instead of isolating myself and trying to come up with a solution that really wasn’t a solution...
Thank god I wasn’t successful. Because that would have been devastating to more people than I could have imagined.”
“When my mom told me that my father had died by suicide, I felt like my life had ended.”
“That’s the thing I used to think about all the time, that if I took my own life, it would be better for my family.
But I didn’t see that in reality it would actually hurt them a lot more.”
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But it’s not normal to feel that way all the time, or to want to harm yourself.
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Talk to someone who listens. It’s the first step to feeling better.
“In the aftermath of my brother passing away, it was just dark and filled with questions. You just didn’t know if the answers were in front of you or if there was anything you could have done.”