Today is World Mental Health Day which is focusing on suicide prevention. However, I have written about that for suicide prevention month already: Chronic pain and suicide risk Chronic migraines and suicide awareness All I really have left to say about it is my personal experiences with suicide attempts. And preventing them from occurring again... … Continue reading World Mental Health Day: surviving and mental slumps
Chronic pain and suicide risk
It is Pain Awareness Month and it is Suicide Prevention Month. That makes a lot of sense when you consider chronic pain. Pain itself is a suicide risk if you have no pain management and management is tricky. It differs from person to person and it can take so much time to find what works … Continue reading Chronic pain and suicide risk
Chronic migraines and suicide awareness
September is Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide Awareness is a cause close to my heart as I have had a few attempts due to unmanaged chronic migraines. It is also Pain Awareness Month. And these go hand in hand with chronic migraines. It is a hard topic for me to write about. It brings back echoes … Continue reading Chronic migraines and suicide awareness
Suicide awareness month
When I talk about suicide and suicidal ideation I often talk about chronic pain as well. Because for me depression was saturated with pain. Pain was twisted right through the depression. And suicidal ideation was all about wishing for that pain to just end. Often I would fall into deep depressive stated in high pain … Continue reading Suicide awareness month
Suicide: long-term solution to short-term problems
I saw a comment today that irks me. Someone posted "Suicide doesn't take away the pain, it gives it to someone else." Which, frankly, I do not like as it is because it makes the person who is suicidal feel blame and guilt for a problem that is difficult and complex. When in fact, when … Continue reading Suicide: long-term solution to short-term problems
Suicide Hotlines
WORLDWIDE SUICIDE HOTLINES: Austria 01-713-3374 Australia 1-800-817-569 Barbados 429-9999 Brazil 21-233-9191 Canada  514-723-4000 China 852-2382-0000 Guatemala  502-254-1259 Holland 0900-0767 Honduras  504-237-3623 Hungary 62-420-111 India 91-22-307-3451 Italy 06-7045-4444 Maylaysia 03-756-8144 Mauritius 46-48-889 or 800-93-93 Mexico 525-510-2550 New Zealand 4-473-9739 Nicarague  505-268-6171 Norway 815-33-300 Cyprus 0-777-267 Denmark 70-201-201 Egypt 7621602 Estonia 6-558-088 Finland 040-5032199 Portugal 239-72-10-10 Republic of Ireland 1850-60-90-90 Russia 8-20-222-82-10 Singapore  800-221-4444 or 000-227-0309 South Africa 0861-322-322 South Korea 2-715-8600 Spain 91-459-00-50 Sri Vincent 1-692-909 Sweden 031-711-2400 Switzerland 143 Thailand 02-249-9977 Trinidad and Tobago 868-645-2800 Ukraine 0487-327715 or 0482-226565 United Kingdom 08457-90-90-90 United States  1-800-Suicide (7842433) or 1-800-Talk (8255) or - 1-800-827-757
