Showing posts with label suicide prevention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label suicide prevention. Show all posts

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Adding positive thoughts through your day.

I always thought twitter was really stupid but in recent months I've found that it's a great place to learn about new and upcoming things and get support! If you look up different hash tags you can find people who constantly tweet positive things, progress they've seen with suicide prevention or just letting people know they're support.
My twitter is lessthanpedds, is anyone wants to know of any good people to follow just look me up!

Saturday, January 28, 2012

The thought that people are actually reading this is mind blowing.

While I don't always have the motivation to get out and help people. I'm always down to write. Writing has gotten me through a lot, whether it's been poetry, short stories or just ranting like I'm doing right now. Maybe with more practice I might actually get somewhere with it. I'm so pleased to sign in and see how many people have read my posts alreadly. I don't mind if anyone thinks it's stupid, I just want someone, anyone to read this and think 'Hey, I'm really not alone.' I know through my darkest times reading about other peoples struggles and success stories really gave me motivation almost!
 Remember, we can't afford to lose anymore awesome people to suicide.

Suicide never has to be an option.

With more and more people struggling with day to day life, me being one of those people. I've been there and I'm sure a lot of people who end up reading this have too.
I just want to kind of to write a small post on how many other options there are. Seriously!
A few years ago I would of probably believed suicide was the only option. There are so many things you can do whilst feeling suicidal. For starters there are a lot of good help lines and sites!

Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 (For younger kids and teens)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Any Emergency Number in your Area. (991 etc.)
Check your Local Phone Book. (The front should usually have a list of crisis numbers)

http://www.itgetsbetter.org/ is an awesome site for LGBT youth or anyone who'd like to support those youth!
http://www.suicideprevention.ca/ a great Canadian association!
http://www.allianceofhope.org/ for anyone dealing with the loss of someone from suicide, check this out!
http://www.suicide.org/suicide-hotlines.html a list of hotlines all through America!

These are just a few I know of and have heard great things about, I'll update it someday when I get more infortmation :)
Remember to smile!