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If I could contribute one thing to the world, it would be to assist with ending the stigma surrounding mental illness. I was not always so passionate about this topic. I haven't always been open about mental illness, nor have I always had the need to bring awareness to the subject. Slowly I have become more passionate, and it became more of a life mission after the loss of my father.
When I was in college, I dreamt of a life in corporate ...
I recently read a Huffington Post article a friend posted on Facebook titled “The Questions That Will Save Your Relationships”. Here is the link and I’d highly recommend reading it. In the article, the author, a stay-at-home mom of three, discusses the struggle to effectively communicate with her working husband on occasion. They realized that asking each other, "How was your day?" after 12 hours apart was quite a loaded question and left both ...
Time Magazine posted today a video on suicide rates among professionals in the U.S. What caught my attention was the headline, “Lawyers are committing suicide at an alarming rate.” This is because my dad was in the field of law. The two-minute video segment explains that lawyers are 3.6 times more likely to suffer from depression than non-lawyers, partially due to the stress that comes with being in a career surrounded by conflict. They deal with ...
My mother-in-law recently sent me this article, "Compassion Needed for the Suicidal," which provides a new perspective on suicide. I wanted to share this article with our readers. What I love most about the article is the perspective it gives on suicide and those who have died by suicide. So often in society we hear that the act of suicide is a choice. Suicide is viewed as a selfish act, as it leaves behind family members and loved ones asking ...
Fall brings with it some of the most wonderful holidays of the year. However, Halloween is one that can be difficult for many survivors to face. We already experience enough insensitive gestures and chatter in everyday life. This holiday is built around potential emotional triggers, making Halloween after a suicide especially hard. On the surface, it’s an innocent day, centered on costumes and candy, but some of the elaborate and gory decorations ...
