Every month brings unexpected triggers. 9 months feels unbearably long. Missing him is absolutely the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life.
Stress Awareness Day and Young Men’s Mental Health
With November 7th being National Stress Awareness Day, it’s a good time to highlight the effect that stress can have on mental health.
Eight Months Since You Left This World
Eight whole months! I’m no longer counting the days or the weeks since that fateful, devastating day when you left this world.
Language Referring to Suicide
We need to reduce the taboo and stigma surrounding suicide. Words such as ‘committed suicide’ or ‘successful suicide’ are damaging.
Keep On Going
We can all help to destigmatise mental health problems and help to tackle the isolation that people so often encounter. Here’s how.
Open Letter to My Facebook Friends
I’ve fought suicidal thoughts and it hurt so bad. Now, two suicides reported in the media worldwide compelled me to write this open letter.
We All Have Mental Health
We should encourage people to talk about suicide. It’s important that disclosure is met with compassion and understanding.
Behind the smile and sunglasses
All logic and any attachment was lost. Behind the smile and the sunglasses, I could barely function and felt in a constant state of screaming.
More Than Just a Number – How many take their own lives?
How many take their own lives each year? These statistics and figures are real people, loved ones. No one should live this devastating nightmare.
Suicide Can Be Prevented
If you are suffering, please reach out. You are not alone, and you will find help. These are only feelings and they will pass. Hang in there…
Everything is not as it seems
People are too scared to put a spanner in their portrayal of their perfect lives to speak up. That is why World Suicide Prevention Day is so damn important.
How to get better?
Feelings aren’t fact. It’s still there, like a whisper some mornings, but I laugh to myself now. Naaaa, you won’t get me again.