Suicide Prevention, Intervention, Postvention by Earl A. Grollman, 1988

Provides information on suicide statistics and gives advice on how to recognize the warning signs of a potential suicide attempt, how to intervene when a suicide has been attempted, and how to comfort families and friends who have lost a loved one to suicide. This updated and expanded edition contains a discussion of euthanasia and living wills and a list of crisis centers around the United States.

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"This piece contains graphic descriptions of trauma and suicide. If you are a veteran in crisis, please call or text 988 and press 1 to reach the Veterans Crisis Line. You are not alone.

My name is Kris Goldsmith. I’m a U.S. Army veteran, a suicide attempt survivor, and someone who’s spent the last 18 years fighting for the lives of my fellow veterans. What you’re about to read isn’t an academic article—it’s a warning. I’ve seen firsthand what happens when the federal government abandons those who served. I lived it. And now, I’m watching a new administration recreate the very conditions that nearly killed me."
Veteran lays out the potential for deadly impact as the chucklefucks in the Musk/Trump regime continue to degrade the Veterans Administration.
https://onoffense.substack.com/p/trump-and-musks-war-on-government
#Veterans #USPolitics #VA #Musk #Trump #Suicide #VA

I'm not even sure if the #music industry itself is dangerous - especially as construction and agricultural workers also have high #suicide rates - its more the #precarity of the work and income and that a fun/dream job can just disappear at any moment..

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/07/high-suicide-rates-show-music-industry-profoundly-dangerous-researchers-say

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I realized this thread is gonna be me ranting about how much I love Zoë Straub. Oh well, thread continues whenever I feel like it, I guess!

11-Year-Old Texas Girl Bullied Over Family's Immigration Status Takes Her Own Life

https://www.latintimes.com/11-year-old-texas-girl-bullied-over-familys-immigration-status-takes-her-own-life-575984

For the first time in about 7 years my daughter has had birthday wishes from real life humans she regards as friends. The fact that a few years ago she nearly abandoned this plane because it was unbearable to her gives me chills.
Hope exists kids. If you're out there hating what you are, who and *how* you are matters no matter what. Not all beautiful is life deep. Hold on. You just don't know what could be there waiting to accept you for who you are. And that includes the you who is just waiting for you to find the energy to care just about them.

Suicidal thoughts and behaviors are rising among female high schoolers—mirroring the surge in those identifying as #LGBQ. Education policy researchers explore the link: https://theconversation.com/teen-girls-are-facing-an-increased-risk-of-suicide-and-stress-related-to-sexual-identity-might-be-contributing-to-it-247671 #mentalhealth #suicide

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Remember the veteran found hanged by suicide at a VA hospital? How they wouldn't give a name? How the news reports used "he/him" pronouns? They've been identified finally, and their suicide note has been published. It's a scorching condemnation of America and it's hatred for trans people.

https://zerodoesntsleep.substack.com/p/vet-found-hanging-draped-in-trans

#Authority forms a stair of human beings. You #climb it more or less throughout your #life. A few go down or fall. What's at the top? Does anyone want to get there?

Reference: “Stairway to Heaven” Led Zeppelin

Many climb it with #anxiety, a few reluctantly or commit #suicide

Usually, those at the #bottom are peaceful, those at the #top are angry

Wow, I think this is not funny

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟

The oldest pencil-on-paper drawing I've still got, made in 1990.

Today in Labor History January 16, 1969: Jan Palach committed suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia to protest the Soviet invasion that ended the Prague Spring. Prior to his political suicide, he sent a letter to several public figures demanding an end to censorship and an end to the Soviet propaganda paper, as well as a call for a General Strike to meet these demands. His funeral turned into a major protest against the occupation. Several others also committed self-immolation in the coming months.

#LGBTQ+ #students in #NorthDakota at higher #risk of #suicide, other #harms than #straight #Cisgender #counterparts, #study says.

#Transgender, #gay, #lesbian and #bisexual #students also feel they won't get the #help they need, even if they ask for it, #researcher says.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NorthDakota #Education #MinorityStress #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia

https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/lgbtq-students-in-north-dakota-at-higher-risk-of-suicide-other-harms-than-straight-counterparts-study-says

I don’t post a lot but mental health should not be taboo.

10 years ago today we lost our middle child. As I’m sure all parents feel, not a day passes that I don’t wonder if there was something we could do.

If you love someone who is suffering there are resources. Give them this number: 988. Someone is waiting.