Suicide Prevention

[Luddly Neddite]

If you are depressed and feel like suicide, please call one of the numbers or check out these websites:

United States
National Suicide Prevention Hotline (also for Canada)
1-800-273-8255
http://www.nationalsuicideprev...

Trevor Project (Gay/lesbian/bi/questioning youth and people)
1-866-488-7386
http://www.thetrevorproject.or...

Suicide Org
List of lines by state:
http://www.suicide.org/suicide...

This site also has international lines listed under separate link

United Kingdom

Papyrus prevention of young suicide
0800 068 41 41
PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide - PAPYRUS UK

CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)
0800 58 58 58
https://www.thecalmzone.net/

Samaritans
08457 90 90 90
http://www.samaritans.org/how-...

Canada

See National Suicide Prevention Hotline for the US

KidsHelpPhone
1-800-668-6868
Kids Help Phone Org | 1-800-668-6868

Canadian Society for Suicide Prevention
Web site offers Provence by Provence information here: Suicide Prevention ? The CASP National Suicide Strategy...

Suicide Action Montreal (French language)
514 723-4000
http://suicideactionmontreal.o...

If you need help please call or visit or call for help.

You don't have to be alone.

 

[WinterBorn]

Good post.

I hope more people reach out instead of ending their life.

 

[Wolfsister77]

Good info. Luddly, thanks for posting it.

 

[DriftingSand]

Drug & and alcohol rehab is also a good, first avenue. I was a very heavy drug user and boozer. I can't tell you how many times I felt like pulling the trigger on my life during that nightmarish time of life. I finally got sober and remained so for 15 years then went back to drinking and drugging. This was about 14 years ago. I got super suicidal when I started shooting crystal meth. I've known a number of folks who took the short cut instead of walking the long road to recovery.

AA and NA were big helps.

 

[Noomi]

Thanks for posting that, Luddly.

 

[RosieS]

Drug & and alcohol rehab is also a good, first avenue. I was a very heavy drug user and boozer. I can't tell you how many times I felt like pulling the trigger on my life during that nightmarish time of life. I finally got sober and remained so for 15 years then went back to drinking and drugging. This was about 14 years ago. I got super suicidal when I started shooting crystal meth. I've known a number of folks who took the short cut instead of walking the long road to recovery.

AA and NA were big helps.

Congrats on your sobriety.

Regards from Rosie

 

[Mad Scientist]

I got super suicidal when I started shooting crystal meth. I've known a number of folks who took the short cut instead of walking the long road to recovery.

AA and NA were big helps.

How you kicked the habit would make a VERY interesting thread if you wanna' share that kind of information.

Great post Luddy!

 

[waltky]

Media can play important role in stopping people from taking their own lives...

WHO: Media Should Not Sensationalize Suicide
Sunday 10th September, 2017 - The World Health Organization reports about 800,000 people commit suicide every year. To mark this year's World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), WHO is stressing the important role the media can play in stopping people from taking their own lives.

Worldwide, every 40 seconds, someone commits suicide. The World Health Organization reports for every suicide, 20 others, mainly young people, attempt to take their own lives. WHO says suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15 to 29 year olds. It finds most suicides, more than 78 percent, occur in low-and middle-income countries and risk factors include mental disorders, particularly depression and anxiety resulting from alcohol use. WHO cites growing evidence that the media can play a significant role in preventing suicide by reporting responsibly on these tragedies.

Scientist in WHO's department of mental health and substance abuse, Alexandra Fleischmann tells VOA people are often reluctant to talk about suicide because of the stigma attached. She says journalists can help to overcome this taboo by encouraging people to seek help and to speak openly about their distress. "It is also important to stress that the encouragement to work with the media and not just to talk about the don'ts. Don't put it in the headlines,' she said. 'Don't put the picture of the person who died. Don't sensationalize it. Don't glamorize it."

WHO warns irresponsible reporting of this sort often can trigger copycat suicides or increase the risk. The UN health agency reports the most common methods of suicide are self-poisoning with pesticide and firearms. It says many of these deaths could be prevented by restricting access to these means.

WHO Media Should Not Sensationalize Suicide

 

[Luddly Neddite]

I got super suicidal when I started shooting crystal meth. I've known a number of folks who took the short cut instead of walking the long road to recovery.

AA and NA were big helps.

How you kicked the habit would make a VERY interesting thread if you wanna' share that kind of information.

Great post Luddy!

I don't remember why I posted the list in the OP buts its always worth repeating.

I had a friend who got into meth and we had a cleaning woman who didn't have a tooth in her head - because of meth. What a horror. I've always been grateful that I stopped with weed and that I don't have a problem with booze. My heart goes out to those who do.

Looking at this thread, most of these people are not posting here any longer. I now post elsewhere with some but I remember that Md Scientist had some problems and hop he was able to get the better of them.

 

[anotherlife]

Not a good idea. I heard from a social worker that such a phone call will put you into a mental surveillance hospital for a period of time which goes on your record permanently, after which you can whistle for your job or any job forever. Wanna be unemployable? And live like a homeless bam forever? Then do it, but why is that better than suicide?