Choosing Life: Suicide Prevention

Humanity Healing is proud to present this video to work towards aiding Suicide Prevention actions being taken throughout the world by well-trained and caring individuals at crisis centers. We are attaching information here for your review regarding phone numbers and lists of resources available for both US and International Citizens who may wish to seek help to avoid committing suicide. We also gladly include a list of signs and/or symptoms with suggestions (they are neither diagnoses nor prescriptions) as to how to cope with this most challenging time in either your own life or that of a loved one. We thank you. Here is the information as cited above: List of Phone Numbers and/or Helpful Websites for US and Internationally: * American Association of Suicidology: http://www.suicidology.org * National Suicide Prevention Website: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org * International Association of Suicide Prevention: http://www.iasp.info * Worldwide Suicide Crisis Hotlines: http://suicideandmentalhealthassociationinternational.org/Crisis.html * Mental Health National Resources (US only): http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/databases * To locate a psychologist (The American Psychological Association): http://locator.apa.org * To locate a psychiatrist (American Psychiatric Association): http://www.healthyminds.org/locateapsychiatrist.cfm If you or someone you love is feeling suicidal and wants to talk to someone, please call 1.800.273.TALK (8255) or 1.800.SUICIDE You can also call an emergency room or mental health facility nearest you or contact your primary care provider or that of the one who is feeling suicidal. For more information on suicide prevention, please visit Humanity Healing at: http://www.humanityhealing.ning.com/group/suicidepreventionteam Some Current Facts about Suicide in the US Today: * More people die from suicide than homicide * An estimated 750,000 people attempt suicide a year * Approximately 30,000 people successfully commit suicide a year * Roughly 1 in 25 suicide attempts are successful per year * There are an estimated 50,000 calls per month placed to prevention hotlines and crisis centers * The fewest calls are made to hotlines or crisis centers during the holiday season * The greatest number of calls made to prevention hotlines occurs at the onset of Spring * Over 70% of those who commit suicide gave someone close to them a warning of their intention * More people will seek help if someone goes with them * Over 90% of people who attempt suicide suffer from undiagnosed and, therefore, untreated depression and/or accompanying anxiety Key Signs and Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety with Potential Suicidal Behavior: * Changes in patterns of sleep, eating, hygiene, or sexual behavior * Mood fluctuations * Exhibiting signs of extreme withdrawal, quietude or being removed or anti-social * Feeling like there is no hope (despair) * Not thinking clearly - loss of reason/rationale/logic * Increased paranoia - feeling like someone is out to get you * Crying for no apparent reason * Very low self-esteem * Excessive drug or alcohol ingestion * Secretiveness * Feelings of shame or guilt * Acute loneliness, being lost or a sense of not belonging anywhere * Difficulty making decisions or, conversely, making wildly irrational decisions * Giving away cherished possessions * Loss of the ability to focus or concentrate memory impairment ...and the list continues. ***All resources are listed merely as a means to help guide people who are in need to potential resources for their individual research and consideration. We always advocate personally researching your options before acting. Please, find which option/s suit/s you best and follow through. It is worth it! YOU are worth it! Namaste. Metta. Humanity Healing Foundation and Network

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[fagora9]

i must say that i am impressed that your also fighting the fight against suicide.my brother commited suicide when he was 16 i was 11 at the time since then i have been pushing suicide prevention me and my dad have travled the country talking to people about suicide prevention and Q.P.R and this is a huge passion of mine i just wanted to say thanx for also fighting for suicide prvention. it is a fight that will sadly always need fought please email me or contact me at HarveyHMM@aol.com

[Humanityhealing]

@fagora9 Bless you for your Compassion! SUICIDE IS NOT CHOSEN; IT HAPPENS WHEN PAIN EXCEEDS RESOURCES FOR COPING WITH PAIN.  Individuals who are in pain often forget that they are not alone - they forget they are connected not only with the, but with all Life. Our Gratitude to you and your father for helping to bring Healing to those in need.

Much Metta,

HH Team

[superstriker00]

There's nobody I can turn to in my life. They all hate me.

[Humanityhealing]

@superstriker00 Do you need to talk to someone?

[MdP2]

What if the person in question isn't supposed to exist, wants to stop existing and indeed deserves to cease existence? Should we help the subject live or die? And should we provide any help at all?

[Humanityhealing]

Nobody deserves to cease existence. Do you need help?

[EyalSpirit]

Let me guess, the person who created this presentation was not in a place of deep depression; because when a person is REALLY depressed - you can't tell him "look at the good side in your life" or "in the future it will be better". It is NOT comforting! When a person comes to think about suicide - he feels there is no reason to fight, there is no "good tomorrow" and no hope. NOT AT ALL!

{Hugs to those who need it}

[koalastephanie]

I lost a friend from suicide. She was only 21. She took her life at Mar.27:(. RIP Alissa.

[SWATknife]

My older bro is suicidal, he told me to grab his .38 special revolver and shoot him, and he was serious...... I said to him u better not even think of that. I love my older brother but he is a fuckin idiot when he talks about killing him self, I can't stand that kind of talk

[love2flip916]

My friend won't call these numbers and stopped answering my texts . He's suicidal . I don't know what to do now . D:

[kazimann]

@EyalSpirit I was about to say the exact same thing. I'm going through a VERY rough period of my life right now, and I've been doing my research into long and short drop hanging. It doesn't help I'm suffering from manic depression and a very best case of OCD. I'm on fairly strong anti-depressants, but alas, they can only do so much. For me, I see no real reasons to live. Constantly endure this crap i'm going through every day for the rest of my life? Hardly a good option.

[MoralNihilism]

People think that by committing suicide they would be happier than they are now. But after they commited suicide, unless there is some sort of afterlife, they would just cease to exist. It makes no sense to say that something non-existent is better off than something else. By definition, non-existent things cannot BE anything at all, let alone happier than existent things.

So suicide wouldn't be an end to your pain - there would be no 'you' to experience the end of that pain.

[MRCHAPOGUZMANLOERA]

@superstriker00 -SAME HERE ..I GOT NO ONE

[ItsKierstinKiiid]

vv Are you okay?

[wawa3000000]

What if there is nothing posative? Just nothing. No sign of good ever. What if you have no one...nothing.... What if you don't want the only thing you have, Your life?

[Jack9653]

:(

[WileyHouseProject]

Any suicide prevention vids that dont have sad songs. it doesnt help every case.

[fagora9]

@koalastephanie i think i have commented on your stuff before. but i am deeply sorry about your friend i know the pain and sting of suicide tkes a lot out of your emotions and physical energy. me i lost my brother to suicide he was 16 and i just 11. i have a open heart and mind for anyone who needs to or just wants to talk i am going to be a suicide prevention trainer and counseler after college.