04-02-12, 09:01 PM | |
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As a psychologist, I really appreciate the openness about suicide in particular and mental illness in general.
Also, I just read something timely in SHAPE magazine: Facebook now offers a service for those who witness anyone posting suicidal content in their status message on the site--Facebook will send the person an email with information on the National Suicide Prevention Hotline. Here is the link for how you can report the person to Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact...05410456169423 You can also search for "suicide" under Facebook's help for other options.
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04-02-12, 11:05 PM | |
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Lexy, your post said it very well. I tell people it is like being in a black hole that you don't even know you are in. The thoughts that a person has are not their own and there is no control over them. I was diagnoised with clinical depression months after the birth of my second child. To think that I came so close to not being here to raise my kids the last 16 years is heartbreaking - but it almost happened. Anyone who knows me, would never believe it. It was one phone call to a friend who's words clicked for me that made me go in to the doctor and get help. We've had two male friends commit suicide - it is harder for males and harder to see in males. Course, I hid it from my family and friends also - and I'm normally a very emotional person - excpet for that one phone call that literally saved my life.
It does need to be talked about more - it is a chemical imbalance. It is not a character flaw. And finding the right medication is not always easy - a person needs to know there are many out there that might make the symptoms worse so they need to be vocal with their doctor. Sometimes it takes a couple of different kinds to work together. I wish that part was easier - because getting help is hard enough. I haven't read the rest of the posts but those that have suffered and are suffering are in my thoughts and prayers. It is not an easy journey and much harder for some than others. So many young people have been taking their life and that breaks my heart also - one moment that cannot be changed and forever changes your loved ones lives - when if they only knew that their IS light out of that dark, dark hole and a person doesn't have to be in that hole forever. It's just getting to the light. Thank you Lexy for your message. Rachelle |
04-03-12, 12:25 AM | ||
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My mind was really opened about depression when I read about David Foster Wallace (a novelist) and his struggle with depression and his suicide. I thought I understood before reading about all of the things he did to try to become well, including electroshock therapy. But, I really didn't and unfortunately, his disease was incurable. I don't remember where I read the original article, but the New Yorker obit for Foster Wallace does explain it a bit. Perhaps we could honor Coach Sean by learning about the disease that took his life. |
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