...maybe suicide prevention should include how to express negative emotions without self-destructive behaviour.
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My best friend in high school routinely cut up her arms. She told me it was her way of 'letting the pain out.' We were 14.
It was not something she showed anyone and her parents didn't know.
Her mother has severe Huntingtons Corea (dimentia) and her dad was always distant.
What she needed was love and guidance. She lived in several foster homes and finally ended up in a government program for teen moms.
The point is that finding an outlet for ourselves and our students and our children and maintaining strong support structures is how to prevent suicide.
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Christmas Blues…Dec 22, 2006.
The best way to kill yourself is
to overdose.
For a few brief seconds you can escape
The pain of life before everything
That plagues you is finally gone forever.
The best way to kill yourself is
to drown
in a river.
You put your body back
To nature and the running waters
Purify your corrupted soul, wash away the stains.
The best way to kill yourself is
To jump
From a very tall building.
Don’t look down
Look to the sky
Doesn’t everyone want to fly?
But just like how you blink when you try to
Poke yourself in the eye
It’s not that easy to decide
How and when to die
okay, that was heavy.
So, you ever look into publishing any of your stuff?
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