WARNING Signs of Suicide

By: Dr Mike Shery
Suicide is among the scariest words in our language; it inspires an immediate horror among the family and friends of the victim. People frequently experience a gut-wrenching dread, denial, shock, fear … and even guilt.
It is a word so charged with universal dread, guilt and burning emotion that people will avoid [...]

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Most Suicidal People are Not Mentally Ill

Because suicidal behavior isn’t seen as normal or healthy, many people mistakenly believe that suicidal people must be “crazy.” They lump suicidal people together with those who are severely mentally ill. Some even think that suicidal people are dangerous to others as well as to themselves.
Suicidal people can behave in a “crazy” or [...]

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Some Secrets Should NOT be Kept

The radio station I listen to has a thing called “Moral Dilemma”. Each morning they read out a listener’s problem and then briefly discuss it before taking calls from other listeners to hear other opinions.
This morning’s dilemma was written by a mother of an 18 year old boy who had broken up with his [...]

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Reasons for Suicide and Attempted Suicide

Reasons for taking overdoses in high and hopelessness groups.
Each person was allowed to endorse as many as they felt fitted their case, so the numbers do not add up to 100.
The situation was so unbearable that I had to do something and I didn’t know what else to do – 67%
I wanted to die – [...]

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A Parent’s Forgiveness

I’ve had several people ask me if I feel angry with my son for taking his own life. When I say no, they can’t seem to understand why. Some even try to argue the point, obviously thinking I’m not in my right mind, saying it would be normal to feel anger towards someone [...]

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Crumbling Walls – The Book

On a couple of occasions I’ve mentioned that I am a writer. I normally write children’s fiction. I’m unpublished, but that won’t be the case forever. I’m working on that constantly.
My councillor keeps telling me to write, write, and write some more. She tells me it’s a way of relieving anger, [...]

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Changes to Suicide Language

I have something I want to say about this issue, but I’ll let you read the article first. My comments can be found afterwards.
The Board of Directors of Compassionate Friends, a nationwide, self-help support organization for families who have experienced the death by suicide, encouraged by members and staff, have officially adopted the terms [...]

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More on Sibling Grief

I found myself surfing from one website to another. There is so much information shared that I thought it would be a good idea to provide links to the site I find on sibling grief. Not all the sites are related to suicide, but grief is grief and I know sibling loss must [...]

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Sibling Grief

Recently, I was asked if I knew of any blogs written by siblings. Unfortunately, I don’t, but when I looked for other websites that might be helpful, I came up with these and thought I’d link to them here too.
The Sibling Connection – Michelle Linn-Gust is the author of Do They Have Good Days [...]

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The Bleakness of Depression

The bleakness of the landscape is unimaginable. It is as friendless and alien as a Dali painting. Ordinary concerns, such as work or friends, have no place here. Futility muffles thought; time elongates cruelly. Who is to blame for this situation? Those with depression think it must be them. Pointlessness and self-loathing govern them. So [...]

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