A note of deep concern and worry

Thanks for posting this. So many people out there are crying out for help and need some where to turn.

This is a great note and it should be posted in every school, bathroom mirror, stores, it has to be visible everywhere! Talking with someone who is positive and a good listener is the best medicine!

You OK, CP? You're starting to worry me a bit.

It has been a rough week. But those come and go and I know they are all a part of the job. Thank you for asking after me, but I assure you, I'm all good. Thankfully I work with wonderful people and when I come home, I have Kid to smother me in adorable, if slobbery, puppy lovin'.

Thank you for posting. We all go through times of despair, and in this economy, I think many of us can identify similar situations with the post. I know of 3 people who took their own lives in 2012. Stay strong, and know that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

Thank you for this timely and important reminder, CheesePotato.I have observed that suicides and suicide attempts seem to peak during the winter months.

Thank you for this CP! It makes me want to print out lots of copies and hang them all around town.

Thanks for brining some awareness to suicide and mental illness.My mother ended her own life at the age of 47 after battling life long mental illness. I wonder if the outcome would have been taken more seriously if certain people stopped brushing it off as her " needing more attention "

Mom, I think your last sentence makes a very valid point. Many serious suicide attempts are brushed off as "attention seeking" behavior.I had a very serious suicide attempt and I think many people looked at it as "being stupid" or "wanting attention". I want to point out when dealing with suicidal people (this is meant in a patient setting or John/Jane Doe out on the street), you need to actively listen to them and what they are saying. Often you can find that one thing that they will live for. I know, in my situation, my one thing was that I wanted to be a public health nurse more than anything. That's what got me to get help when I had done what I did in order to kill myself. That brings me to my next point.I wish people would realize that keeping someone alive goes beyond just talking them out of suicide--after the attempt and them getting help, putting them in a situation in which they cannot find jobs and they essentially are forced to go on disability (believe it or not, many people with mental illness do not just wake up one day and say "I think I'll go on disability". They want to have a productive and meaningful life.) or in a situation where they find themselves hopeless once again and have another suicide attempt, will just cause a repeat in the cycle over and over again.

my 23 yo dtr has lost 4 friends to suicide.one in 2009 and 3 in 2012.two of these people were sister and brother.just last week i was speaking to the dad of the 2 siblings...and he is going to be renting a hall to throw a huge party in celebrating life.we are hoping this will unite all the despairing young people who are losing their friends to suicide.kind of a 'reach out and touch someone' party...we adults are here for you.to me there is nothing more tragic than suicide - attempted or otherwise.thank you cp, for this profound reminder.it seriously gnawed at my core.(((noogies))), since you're not a 'huggy' person. leslie

Quote from buytheshoes11Thank you for this CP! It makes me want to print out lots of copies and hang them all around town.

I don't know where I'd be right now without the support network I have, which includes not only family and RL friends, but my AN buddies and the most awesome psychiatrist alive. All y'all have kept my feet on the ground when I just wanted to disappear, and helped me dig out of depressions so deep that I needed light piped in to me. In fact, I hope someday that I can make everyone understand what their efforts have meant to me.....I'm the suicide that never happened because of the people who cared enough to pull me back from the edge.