Suicide Prevention. When then "talk" just isn't the "talk"

[legalboxers]

Hey Folks *comes out from his mounds of paperwork*

The talk of "suicide" has been in the news a lot, as today with Anthony Bourdain, and Kate Spade. The talk and outreach is paramount.

What are the warning signs:

Appearing depressed or sad most of the time.
(Untreated depression is the number one cause for suicide.)

Talking or writing about death or suicide.

Withdrawing from family and friends.

Feeling hopeless.

Feeling helpless.

Feeling strong anger or rage.

Feeling trapped -- like there is no way out of a situation.

Experiencing dramatic mood changes.

Abusing drugs or alcohol.

Exhibiting a change in personality.

Acting impulsively.

Losing interest in most activities.

Experiencing a change in sleeping habits.

Experiencing a change in eating habits.
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How do you prevent suicide?

Talk to someone. Be there for someone. Notice the signs and symptoms.

[Anonymous]

Something I noticed and something everyone should watch for is great anger and rage when a person with suicidal tendencies knows someone who committed suicide.
Like after my brother hung himself 3 different people came to me at the grave site to express what a selfish bastard my brother was for doing what he did to our family, one by one they've all killed themselves in the last few years. One guy my brother's old school friend well we were burying him 2 years later on the same day 6 rows down from my brother. Just something to watch for. My brother was like that when someone he knew killed themself too.

[legalboxers]

may sound like a boxed answer but thoughts and prayers for you and your family. Sad state :(

[monkeynutts]

It's really good that you can share such sensitive and personal info, it could help people in the future.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Thank you @legalboxers for such a great MyTake of yours that is well written and very much appreciated. As a sufferer of Depression no one knows what we go through until they experience it themselves. Right now in the last 20 years the rate of suicide as increased and gotten worst. With MyTakes such as yours lets hope this reaches out to people and enough people will reach out to contact someone should they run into a crisis situation. Thank you so much for your MyTake it's so well detailed and i just can't say enough to how much i appreciate it. God Bless You!!!

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Thank you for Most Helpful Guy :)

[bubble_tea]

Good take. You could have added the hotlines from other countries though, since we are an international community.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

[LegateLanius]

Thank you. I also thought this line was great *comes out from his mounds of paperwork*. It's certainly something that I wish people would be able to be more open about.

[legalboxers]

been dealing with so much crap in rl

[Anonymous]

Depression isn't the only mental health issue with risk of suicide. In fact, Schizophrenia has one of the highest risks of suicide. Nobody is talking about Schizophrenia though because they're considered "psycho". Depression seems to be the only cared about mental illness and apparently EVERYONE has depression.

[legalboxers]

inbox me...

[throsetwarrbeler]

How cool would it be to get an AK47 and did in a shootout with a SEAT team live on CNN, but not without taking 3 or 4 pigs out first? What a cool at to go!

[DiegoO]

Very good job, man. It's important to create awareness.

[Anon-ymous1]

People have their reasons, I suppose...

[Anonymous]

They need to be cared

[captainw0ww]

Nice take

[BOUNTYGUY9]

talk with them

[Anonymous]

Nice take