It seems that when I have a blog post with a controversial title and/or subject matter I get more views.
Well I have to say, There is NO Social issue closer to my heart, no more important an issue, no more relevant to the lives of thousands every day then the issue of 'Suicide', and especially how to prevent more and more suicides.
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You may be reading this, and someone you know has lost their lives to suicide.
You may be comforting a friend, associate or another member of your family, who may be dealing with a recent suicide.
Or, like me you have nobody immediately close to you who has died in this way, but you are passionate enough, and have enough compassion to care and do something about this.
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If you are contemplating this as an option LISTEN TO ME.
The good that you do.. DOES MATTER. Honestly, it may seem small to you, but it is NOTICED.
You DO Matter. I Truly know it doesn't seem like that, but you do matter. It's so hard to see, hear and know, but those around you in the main, DO CARE.
Ohhh and here's the smile you want to see :)
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If you have lost somebody to suicide, I extend my love and care for you.
I don't pretend to know what it's like, but know that I am here.
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I do have to say that if you are one of the people who Just want to do something about suicide in your community... PLEASE Keep reading.
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If you have done anything in any capacity to try prevent suicide.. I greatly commend you and your intention.. and ask you to keep reading on order to make sure that from now on you'll do the BEST job possible to truly help the most people.
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You need to know, especially if you are in New Zealand, that in the main, the current 'Mental Health' based model of suicide prevention is... INHERENTLY FLAWED.
It is unworkable. Suicides are not reducing. Any statistics to suggest that they are have been skewed.
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The idea that one needs to medicate his thoughts and feelings, especially with Psychiatric medication... is not based in ANY Scientific fact.
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A person contemplating suicide IS NOT Mentally Ill, Is not disordered, is not sick.
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But your question may be, 'If they are not sick, then what are they?'.
The simple answer.. is they are a person. A beautiful person in need of your love, in need of your care.
They are in need of the basic human touch.
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A person who wants to die, may have lost their fear of death.
The solution is not take away everything that can be used to bring about that death.
The solution is to help them see the Greatness of life.
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A person who no longer believes in themselves and their contribution, has not been told enough that they are worth it.
It is that simple. YOU Need to tell them. You need to show them that they are.
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A person who believes that their problems are too much and need to escape from them....
That person needs YOU... You need to be there for them and show them that yes,, they CAN face what is happening and can go on.
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The simple act of smiling at a sad stranger, taking a cuppa to your Nan, making your friend a sandwich, going with your cousin to the mall, going fishing with your brother, taking your sister out to town to sing at kareoke, high-fiving your dad, kissing your mum...
These are all simple but POWERFUL examples of how you can reaffirm life.
These are all ways to prevent suicide.
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Know that when you just be there for the ones you love [or even the one's that you dont] you are doing something to strengthen life.
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That is the BEST Way to reaffirm life.
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You can also email me terata@hotmail.com for more information
Love your post Te Rata! It is so true that medication isnt going to prevent suicide. Most people wanting to commit suicide are usually going through a bad time in their lives. One that they dont think they are going to bounce back from. Or are feeling lonely, like they have no one to turn to. In this case these people need a reminder that life always has bad times, its just all about the way that we react to them. Lifes a roller coaster, you gotta take the highs with the lows. Everyone has bad days, but things will get better. And aslong as you surround yourself with positive loving people things will always be okay. :)We also have to take time out of our busy schedules to spend time with our loved ones, and reassure them that we are always there for them.
ReplyDeleteSO VERY TRUE!!
DeleteGood move Te...keep up the great bloggs...
ReplyDeleteTe Rata, as someone who first displayed signs of biochemical chronic repetitive depression at 13 your way of doing things would have been a risk to my life. The medical model says that people who develop mental illnesses in their teens, which is when some major conditions show up, are more at risk of committing suicide, nowhere in current thought does anyone state that suicidal thoughts are in themselves a condition. And as for medication, 30 years and with very light monitoring I've only "been medicated", or took antidepressants, once and that was by my request when all the other wellness tools I've been encouraged to use weren't working. You have no idea of the suffering having a condition causes but your hugs aren't going to "fix" me. As for youth suicide apart from having a mental health condition the major factors are poverty, unemployment, intergenerational abuse, personal drug and alcohol issues and the very complex issues surrounding self esteem and identity. And the mental health industry isn't just your imagined view of doctors handing out drugs (and by the way what you write above is really stigmatising and derogatory to people like me) it works from the community level up and includes helping whanau. You think you've solved a lot of problems but you're just making things worse. I can't emphasise enough that views like yours get people like me killed. We can't be friends any more Te Rata.
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