Saving Ourselves From Suicide - Before and After - How to Ask for Help Recognize Warning Signs and Navigate Grief

LInda Pacha

Summary

HELP, HOPE, AND HEALING - 125 FIVE STAR AMAZON REVIEWS 
An up-close look at Suicide Prevention and Grief in one best-selling book. Why? They relate more than you realize. Considering how loved ones would grieve might be what keeps someone here. Likewise, grief can become so intense that prevention tools are needed to keep safe those left behind. 
Pacha, an attorney with a degree and post graduate studies in psychology, public speaks about prevention and grief through her nonprofit, Nick's Network of Hope. She lost her teen son and holds nothing back to help others. 
SELF-HELP: Reasons to stay; make a safety plan; yell for help and allow it; you're not a burden; people care more than you think; how to reach out when hope is lost; and risk factors and warning signs with real-life examples 
HOW TO HELP PEOPLE STRUGGLING: Okay to ask if suicidal; listen and ask open-ended questions; don't be a cheerleader if more is needed; believe behavior more than words; and seek professional help 
GRIEF: Why push on; release guilt and anger; emotions of the first year; second year and beyond; grieving individually and together; new family dynamics; getting back into society; answering difficult questions; parenting surviving kids; keeping your marriage intact; what to avoid; siblings of suicide 
HOW TO HELP THOSE GRIEVING: Don't avoid; listen but don't try to fix; talk about loved ones; and birthdays and anniversaries 
STIGMA: Why it exists; ways to reduce it, complexities of mental health; misconceptions of suicide; and how mental health stigma morphs and attaches to survivors 
HOW TO REDUCE PRESSURE: What is the pressure and ways to reduce it; and recommendations for parents and schools 
A BETTER TOMORROW: Ways for kinder world; how to reduce bullying and teach kids to live with more compassion

Duration: about 8 hours (08:27:55)
Publishing date: 2022-11-28; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —