World Mental Health Day 2019 edition
Oct. 10th, 2019 09:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
puppetmakerThis year’s theme is Suicide Prevention.
According to the World Health Organization, every 40 seconds someone loses their life to suicide.
Think about that. By the time you finish reading to this point someone has killed himself or herself. Not attempted to but succeeded. Who knows how many attempts are in those 40 seconds.
I know a lot of people who have attempted suicide and a number that have succeeded. I am happy for those who are still here and sad that those who succeeded didn’t find the help they needed to keep them on this planet.
The WHO started this day to bring out of the shadows issues in mental health in hopes to help people and start a conversation. In the past the themes have been mental health in the work place and depression among many others.
This one is a bit more of a hot button because it is a frank discussion of something that seems to be only spoken about in hushed tones in the dark.
I have heard suicide described as a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
When one is suicidal, there doesn’t seem to be an up or an out available. It can be overwhelming.
When I was feeling suicidal, I couldn’t see that what I thought was an insurmountable problem was only a temporary bump in the road. Looking back I can see why I would think that at the time but glad that I got past it and continued on my journey.
When I look at what I would have missed if I had succeeded, I am so grateful that I didn’t. The biggest being that there would be no Caroline in the world and I really think that the world would be a darker place without her.
This past Monday I went to a celebration of Stan Lee’s life and an after party where I caught up with a lot of friends that I would never had made if I had ended my life.
There is so much that I have to look forward in my life. So many adventures that I know I will have. I am in a good place for the most part right now and when things take a dark turn, I hold onto that hope and knowledge that it will get better.
I am grateful I didn’t succeed.
According to the World Health Organization, every 40 seconds someone loses their life to suicide.
Think about that. By the time you finish reading to this point someone has killed himself or herself. Not attempted to but succeeded. Who knows how many attempts are in those 40 seconds.
I know a lot of people who have attempted suicide and a number that have succeeded. I am happy for those who are still here and sad that those who succeeded didn’t find the help they needed to keep them on this planet.
The WHO started this day to bring out of the shadows issues in mental health in hopes to help people and start a conversation. In the past the themes have been mental health in the work place and depression among many others.
This one is a bit more of a hot button because it is a frank discussion of something that seems to be only spoken about in hushed tones in the dark.
I have heard suicide described as a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
When one is suicidal, there doesn’t seem to be an up or an out available. It can be overwhelming.
When I was feeling suicidal, I couldn’t see that what I thought was an insurmountable problem was only a temporary bump in the road. Looking back I can see why I would think that at the time but glad that I got past it and continued on my journey.
When I look at what I would have missed if I had succeeded, I am so grateful that I didn’t. The biggest being that there would be no Caroline in the world and I really think that the world would be a darker place without her.
This past Monday I went to a celebration of Stan Lee’s life and an after party where I caught up with a lot of friends that I would never had made if I had ended my life.
There is so much that I have to look forward in my life. So many adventures that I know I will have. I am in a good place for the most part right now and when things take a dark turn, I hold onto that hope and knowledge that it will get better.
I am grateful I didn’t succeed.
