If you’ve listened to Ep. 005: What Does Treatment for Suicide Look Like?, you know what a suicide safety plan is. A suicide safety plan is a set of instructions for what to do if you begin to consider suicide. We’ve created some ideas and suggestions to give you inspiration for things that you may want to include on your suicide safety plan. Know your Early Warning Signs Early warning signs are the first indications …
In Episode 4: Suicide and Global Crisis we discuss the link between these phenomena, give some strategies for coping, and provide targeted info for groups that are the most vulnerable to suicide. All the way back to the middle ages there are accounts of suicide increasing during a time of widespread crisis. Ovid, in his book, The Metamorphoses, described people taking their lives at the time of the Great Plague. We witnessed this again in …
Good mental health is a key component to managing the stress of the COVID-19 epidemic. It’s frankly okay if you are feeling overwhelmed, unmotivated, or scared. We all are. That is a very normal reaction to what is going on. We will not be able to change these circumstances overnight, but we can learn skills that will serve us in this stressful time and the next. If you’ve listened to Episode 3 : COVID-19 & …
As we’ve discussed in previous posts on “The Ramp”, the descent into the “Valley of Suicide” can move slowly for some and very quickly for others from passive suicidal thoughts, to starting to form a plan, and finally to implementing a suicide plan. Regardless of the time frame, if you or someone you care about is beginning to put in motion a plan to end your/their life, the time for action is NOW. Do not …
Stage 3 of “The Ramp”: Implementing a Suicide Plan Read More »
In a previous blog post we described what we refer to as the “The Ramp” to the “Valley of Suicide”. In this post we’ll discuss what happens and what to do when a person moves from “passive thoughts of suicide” to making plans to end their life. If you’ve asked, “Have you ever thought about suicide?” to a troubled friend or family member, and the answer was something like, “Sometimes…”, “Yes” , or “Maybe…Kinda” . …
