Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Frances Beck I’ve been doing a lot of thinking over the last week, sometimes a good thing and other times not so much. This rumination was much needed though, after being given much food for thought. Monday saw me being sprawled across The Scottish Sun, as the first interview Continue Reading
By Kristi Horner – Courage to Caregivers On a regular day in June of 2010, I got a call from my little brother. He wanted to end his life. While at that moment I didn’t know how to support someone who was suicidal, I did know enough as a loving Continue Reading
Suicide, a word that turns my stomach when I hear it, it’s of the biggest causes of death. Many of us experience the loss of someone to suicide.
By Ashlyn Reid We can spend every waking moment with a loved one and still not know a single thing about them. The truth of the matter is, the face we present to the world may not always be authentic. Laughs are easy to force. Smiles don’t need a cause. Continue Reading
Fighting to be believed is simply too common when seeking help. Seeking attention is ridiculed, but why, when attention seeking saves lives?
Why is suicide lamented so much while so little is done about depression? We mourn suicide, but let’s speak out to prevent it too.
By Terry M Life continues to teach me that you only get the answers to the questions you ask. I’ve learned that lesson in familiar ways, like raising teens. I’ve learned it as a news reporter and interviewer. And I’ve learned it in a deeply painful way, married a to Continue Reading