Suicide-World Mental Health Day

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SUICIDE- LET’S TALK ABOUT IT.

IF YOU FEEL THAT THIS CAN’T BE ALL THERE IS IN LIFE, AND IF IT IS, THERE IS NO POINT IN LIVING. THAT THERE IS NO MORE REASON TO LIVE. THAT THOSE YOU LOVE WILL BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU. PLEASE GET HELP NOW.

I AM GOING TO ASK YOU NOW TO REACH OUT FOR HELP BEFORE YOU ACT. TO MAKE A PROMISE TO YOURSELF NOT TO DO ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL YOU HAVE FOUND HELP.

I KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET HELP TO FIND JOY IN LIFE, AGAIN, AND NEED YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR LIFE AGAIN. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE DEVASTATED IF YOU TAKE YOUR LIFE.

THE SAMARITANS HELP 24 HOURS A DAY - CALL 116 123

ONCE YOU ARE OUT OF DANGER CALL ME FOR COUNSELLING ON 079 44 89 7678, OR FIND HELP THROUGH YOUR GP, OR ELSEWHERE.

SUICIDE IS IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK. BECAUSE WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY WAS THIS WEDNESDAY, 10TH OCTOBER 2018.

THIS YEAR THE EMPHASIS WAS UPON YOUNG PEOPLE AND SUICIDE. AS THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS STATISTICS INDICATE THE OCCURRENCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS IS EVIDENT IN APPROXIMATELY 50% OF CASES BY THE AGE OF 14 YEARS OLD.

THE STRESSES OF ADOLESCENCE, COUPLED WITH THE STRESSES OF MODERN LIFE AND SPECIFIC PROBLEMS, SUCH AS YOUNG PEOPLE GROWING UP IN A WAR ZONE, EXACERBATE ISSUES SUCH AS DEPRESSION. APPARENTLY, SUICIDE RANKS SECOND IN MAJOR CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE 15-29 AGE GROUP.SO THERE IS AN EMPHASIS UPON BUILDING RESILIENCE IN YOUNG PEOPLE TO AVOID POTENTIAL SUICIDE ATTEMPTS.

THE EMPHASIS UPON PREVENTION HAS BEGUN A CAMPAIGN OF AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING. FROM RECOGNITION OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS TO BUILDING LIFE SKILLS, AND A CALL FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL SUPPORT PROVISION IN SCHOOLS.

IN ENGLAND A MINISTER, JACKIE DOYLE-PRICE HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER. THIS MINISTER IS TO WORK TO PREVENT SUICIDE AT A TIME WHEN THE 1ST GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT HAS BEEN HOSTED IN ENGLAND. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THIS WILL REDUCE STIGMA, AND SERVICES FOR THE YOUNG WILL BE INCREASED.

PERSONALLY, I AM PLEASED THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT SUICIDE. IT IS GOOD THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO RECOGNISE THAT WHEN YOU FEEL SUICIDAL YOU ARE NOT BEING SELFISH, BUT YOU DO NEED HELP.

CHILDLINE HELP CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 19 - CALL 0800 1111

THE SAMARITANS HELP 24 HOURS A DAY - CALL 116 123

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