You can openly talk about where you stand in politics and you can talk openly about your ingrown toenail, but to talk about your suicidal thoughts is unprecedented. #YouCanTalk is the newest suicide prevention campaign, conducted by a number of Australian mental health organisations to help get the conversation open about suicide. The organisations operating…
Self-Harm & Suicide
Self-harm is used as a method to cope with everyday stress and suffering, implemented by a range of different approaches, as fatal as it sounds, it is actually a course of action taken in place instead of suicide. Meaning that the individual is using self-harm as a mechanism to stay alive by releasing a build-up of pain and frustration, instead of letting the damaging emotions control one’s…
The Basics of Self-Harm
Self-harm isn’t just cutting; a person can injure themselves through an unlimited amount of methods and practices, most that go unnoticed. Some types of self-harm include: cutting, picking, scratching, tearing, piercing, carving or burning skin areas punching, bruising, hitting, grazing, pulling or puncturing themselves and/or other objects misusing, abusing, or overdosing on alcohol, drugs, or…
How to Save Yourself & Others from Suicide
This post is more focused on distracting an individual’s suicidal thoughts, opposed to emergency medical treatment for suicide. If you’re concerned about your own or someone else’s safety, please call your local emergency response number and/or a mental health helpline. When you’re battling mental illness, especially depression, there is a possibility that the idea of…
Suicide Victims Aren’t Selfish
They say suicide is the easy way out, that it is selfish, self-centred, and doesn’t resolve the issue; only makes it worse. But do the people saying that, been in that situation where they believe that those around them, parents, children, and friends, would be better off without them? Where they believe that all they are…