Suicide – let’s have a little chat…
As a mental health warrior, advocate and survivor, I get it.
I GET IT!!!
You may be suicidal now, but it doesn’t mean you will stay suicidal.
You matter, and you, yes you, were put on this earth, for a reason and a purpose (even if you are not sure what that is right now).
I beg you to call one of the below numbers before you make a final decision. Calls remain confidential.
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 46 36 24hr/7 days a week
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Suicide, that word is a tuff one to swallow, but not impossible.
For immediate support, please call the above numbers. There are people that care, and can help you.
I’ve often heard people say that suicide is selfish. I disagree.
Selfish as defined in the dictionary:
“ lacking consideration for other people; concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure”
The people that suicide, or attempt suicide, are not selfish. They feel that they have no other option. They also believe that their friends and families would be better off without them.
Let that sink in for a moment.
“No other option”
“Never going to be any better”
“Not wanting to put others through any more pain”
“No hope”
Mental wellness, and the lack thereof, is beyond hideous, and the decay it causes to people is incomprehensible.
It irritates me to hear people say that word “selfish”.
Desperate people sometimes take desperate measures, and these measures sadly, are sometimes suicides.
This is heartbreaking to me as I too have battled suicide ideation. Suicide doesn’t take away the pain, it transfers that pain to those left behind.
This in turn, more often than not, has such a devastating impact on those that are left to pick up the pieces. They often feel tremendous guilt and live the remainder of their lives blaming themselves, or wondering if they could have done anything different or seen any warning signs.
I can’t stress this enough, it is not your fault, and your loved one would not want you to carry that burden.
Countless people that have attempted suicide, and survived, have said that the minute they decided, and subsequently attempt, regret it the moment it is too late.
In a society that has lost respect, manners and any liability or accountability for their actions and/or words need to be called to account.
I pray for peace through pain and healing where there is guilt and blame.
If you can’t say anything nice, then shut the *blank* up. And to those that don’t shut up, we need to show support to those caught in the thick of it.
I think, as many of us as possible, should stand up and be a voice to those that feel voiceless, and be a safety net for souls, and reach out to sufferers.
Our voice needs to be so loud that it drowns out the cyber-attacks by cruel and heartless individuals that live to cause pain (and enjoy it) to others. I know it’s a big ask but big, does not mean impossible. The more of us that step up and be that voice, may just be what is needed to turn the statistics around.
If we save one life, just one, then we’ve been fruitful. A life lost to suicide, is one to many.
Haters will always be there and it’s sad, painful and very lonely when you’ve come under unfair attack, I’ve been there too.
However, all it takes is one voice to encourage another and then maybe we can bravely join together and cause a snowball effect.
I’m starting this snowball, and would appreciate all of you to roll the “ball” on. If it saves one life, or gets a sufferer to seek help, we are already having a positive influence and starting “to get ahead of the game”.
Go on; even if all you do is share this post.
Megan