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
Cast Away: When I survived the tide that took me away
I watched Cast Away a couple of days ago. I have seen it before but it really hit me at the end when he goes back and talks to his girlfriend who is now married. If you haven't seen it the gist is that his plane crashes and he has to survive until rescue. He … Continue reading Cast Away: When I survived the tide that took me away
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
World Suicide Prevention Day
I am a suicide attempt survivor. Two attempts. One last year in August in fact. The first attempt I didn't ask for help. I thought with chronic pain suicidal ideation was normal. When it got worse and more intense. And the depression worse and more intense I just kept it to myself due to the … Continue reading World Suicide Prevention Day
Suicide: Selfish
This is a reprint of a post I made for Migraine Checked about suicide. Since this is the anniversary of my second suicide attempt. Unmanaged pain is a very dangerous thing. I want to talk about the very serious topic of suicidal ideation and suicide. The stigma with suicide though still runs rampant though … Continue reading Suicide: Selfish
Migraines, Fibromyalgia, and suicide research
A recent study in Neurology has shown that people with comorbid fibromyalgia and migraines are at higher risk of suicide. Both conditions alone come with a higher risk of suicide as is. They found that people with comorbid FM and migraines experienced poorer sleep quality... which is hardly a surprise since one of the major … Continue reading Migraines, Fibromyalgia, and suicide research
