CALL or TEXT 988 for our National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline A HOPELESSNESS that things can be better AND HELPLESSNESS to do anything/ to ask anyone to make things better / to relieve the distress Many adults send signals regarding their suicidality: [Very young children will demonstrate almost none of these signs or symptoms.] TALKContinue reading “Recognizing some of the most common pre-suicide thoughts, behaviors, and actions…”
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NOT ALL SUICIDALITY OR SUICIDAL THINKING IS DUE TO (JUST) DEPRESSION.
Charles Tadros, M.D. April 19, 2022 Saint Louis, Missouri
Suicidality…
It is so difficult, but life-saving, to make ourselves available, open and non-judgmental of people so that they are able to speak openly of their painful truths. Erase all of our assumptions about people. Let them tell us about what none of us had suspected. We do not need to correct, reassure or advise (unlessContinue reading “Suicidality…”
ANOTHER SUICIDE…CHESLIE KRYST
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6894379272736178176?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6894379272736178176%2C6895116065764986880%29 There is no emoji adequate for the loss of another one of our sisters (or brothers). Cheslie is us and we are her. 130 suicides/day, completed, in the US. 3,700 suicide attempts, each and every day in the US (https://lnkd.in/gtm7iGnE). Medical and mental health professionals have an array of very effective treatments, not cures,Continue reading “ANOTHER SUICIDE…CHESLIE KRYST”