Did you know that diet can play a crucial role in mental health? According to Harvard Health, "Like an expensive car, your brain functions best when it gets only premium fuel. Eating high-quality foods that contain lots of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants nourishes the brain and protects it from oxidative stress — the "waste" (free [...]
Social media has changed the way people are bullied, and unfortunately, it's not for the better. Bullying can follow a person home from school or work because of our availability with technology. Read this article to learn about the ABC program to help stop bullying! Click here to read related articles about bullying and suicidal [...]
Working on a new parent brochure I recently called a local high school asking what some of their biggest challenges were with regards to parents and their child's mental health. We are focused on health insurance equality so we knew access to care would be an issue, but one of their biggest issues was dismaying [...]
Suicide is not always a choice made by what appears to be a relatively healthy person. Sometimes it is brought on by side effects of medication, and other times it can be brought on my mental illness. I think a lot of you survivors will be able to relate to my story. I have severe [...]
Suicide awareness month is upon us. During this month we share with others and encourage them to reach out. I have felt compelled to share my story. Perhaps you will read about me and see yourself. Or you will see a friend, a loved one, a co-worker who needs your help. My hope is that [...]
I am saddened by another suicide loss this morning. I am grateful to CNN for not posting the details of his suicide. Thank you for putting the individual and his family above your ratings. Anthony Bourdain and his family are in our thoughts and prayers. As we have lost two great celebrities, we must also [...]
Who Remembers the Lost? Those sad few who were with us only moments before yet now, are as gone as history past Who remembers the lost? Those who left because they felt The absence they’d leave would be noticed by no one Never knowing how in error they were. Who remembers the lost? [...]
I have an army behind me. It’s an invisible army. But it’s there. My army is a community of other suicide loss survivors. They get it. All of it. They personally and intimately understand the emotional energy expended fighting through the grief battle. They too have been wounded by the words and actions of [...]
Losing a loved one to suicide is often confusing and surreal. A great deal of energy is expended churning through a whirlpool of questions - especially the whys. I’ve heard it countless times from other survivors of suicide loss – why did my loved one do this when they were the first in line [...]
*Trigger Warning* A friend tagged me in a post on a private Christian page showing a video in which a student asks Ravi Zacharias a question: "does suicide send you directly to hell?” I am unsure why my friend tagged me; I assume he thought I would want to discuss Mr. Zacharias’ response. I watched [...]
