Category: Suicide Prevention

This post may not be earth-shattering, but it is straight from my heart.   Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, so I thought I’d write a short piece about dying by suicide.   I know first-hand how hard and exhausting working on DID issues are and the depression and...

Since September is suicide awareness month, learning about self-advocacy is the basis of all healing from complex trauma and defeating suicidal ideation in oneself and dealing with it in others. When you stand up for yourself and meet your needs, it is easier to meet life on life’s terms...

This article is written to the family members and friends who love someone with dissociative identity disorder or any mental health issue who are suicidal.   Suicide is a topic most folks would rather not speak about. It is frightening that someone they love could decide they do not...

***Trigger Warning*** The following article contains many references to suicide and death by suicide that may not be suitable for some people. If you are easily disturbed by such a topic, please, do not read any farther.   The month of September was suicide awareness month and I have...

Talking about suicide to save lives ***TRIGGER WARNING*** This piece discusses suicide and suicidal ideation, and some people might find it disturbing. If you or someone you know is suicidal, please, contact your physician, go to your local ER, or call the suicide prevention hotline in your country. For...

Why do people decide they do not want to live anymore? Is it to hurt those who hurt them? Is it to escape life? Is it because they are cowards? The answer is no. People who die by suicide haven’t decided they don’t want to live, nor are they...

If you are depressed or suicidal in rural America, you are in deep trouble. There are only a few mental health providers in your area and those few are less qualified and may not be helpful to you at all. With suicide on the rise among farmers and people...

I wrote and posted this a few years ago. I have updated it and taken out my formatting issues. I hope you don’t mind my repeating my piece, The Danger of the Wave.  There have been a lot of high-profile people dying by suicide in the past year or...

Hi fellow healers! I’m sorry I haven’t been writing these motivational posts very often lately, I’ve been otherwise occupied. Also, I realized that although many of you out there in Internet land enjoyed seeing them, you might have also been getting a bit bored from seeing them. So, I...

Choosing to die by suicide has become an epidemic in the United States. I lost my mother to it in 2012 and have almost become a statistic at least three times. As many of you know already, I recently gave a short speech at a function to raise awareness...