Suicide: It Doesn't Have to Happen

Before you finish reading this page, someone in the United States will try to kill themselves. One person every 17 minutes takes their own life. More than 30,000 persons in the United States killed themselves last year, and nine times that many attempted suicide. Many of those who

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Overcoming Depression and Preventing Suicide

commit suicide are unable to see is that the pain does go away and the quality of one's life does improve, with time.

 

I listed this site because I feel that raising awareness is the single most important act one can do to help in the fight against depression and suicide. I am currently serving as a peer educator for the second time with The Blues Project.

If YOU are interested in helping others in this capacity, email them directly at the link below, or email me and I will direct you to the proper person.

attempted will try again. A large number will be successful on a subsequent attempt. Here's the irony- except for a very few, all of the people who commit suicide want desperately to live.

Suicidal thoughts occur when a feeling of hopelessness sets in that one is alone and that pressures and problems are more than one can bear and will never go away. The reality that people who