Our mission is to raise funds to assist in the SUICIDE AWARENESS & PREVENTION in our area. Although we focus on everyone, our goal is to support those that fought for our freedoms. There are 17+ per day VETERANS loosing their battle of hope.
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Suicide is associated with several risk and protective factors. Like other human behaviors, suicide has no single determining cause, instead occurring in response to multiple biological, psychological, interpersonal, environmental, and societal influences that coincide, often over time. A combination of situations could lead someone to consider suicide. Risk factors increase the possibility of suicide but may not be direct causes.
Known Risk Factors
There are individual characteristics and steps communities can take that may help protect people from suicidal thoughts and behavior. More research is needed identifying and understanding protective factors that help lessen risk factors.
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MANY PEOPLE WHO DIE BY SUICIDE SUFFER FROM ONE OR MORE DIAGNOSABLE AND TREATABLE MENTAL ILLNESSES. HOWEVER, IT'S ESTIMATED THAT 70% OF THOSE WHO DIE BY SUICIDE HAVE NOT RECEIVED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE YEAR BEFORE THEIR DEATH. THIS MEANS THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO DIE BY SUIDICE ARE INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. THE MORE PEOPLE IN A COMMUNITY WHO KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN SOMEONE THEY KNOW IS THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT SOMEONE THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE CAN GET CONNECTED TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND SURVIVE.
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SUICIDE AWARENESS
MOST PEOPLE SHOW WARNING SIGNS, BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR, YOU MIGHT MISS THE SIGNS. EVEN IF YOU THINK SOMEONE IS JOKING, YOU SHOULD TAKE EVERY COMMUNICATION ABOUT SUICIDE SERIOUSLY. SOMETIMES PEOPLE USE HUMOR TO BROACH DIFFICULT TOPICS. IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. IF YOU ASSUME THAT SOMEONE ELSE WILL TALK TO A PERSON SHOWING SUICIDE WARNING SIGNS, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT THE ONLY ONE WAITING FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO DO SOMETHING. IF EVERYONE WAITS FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO TAKE ACTION, NOBODY STEPS UP. INSTEAD, ASSUME THAT NOBODY IS GOING TO ANYTHING, AND TAKE ACTION YOURSELF.
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JUST LIKE YOU CAN'T MAKE A DOG PERSON INTO A CAT PERSON BY ASKING THEM HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT CATS, YOU CAN'T MAKE SOMEONE WHO ISN'T THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE SUDDENLY THINK THAT SUICIDE IS A GOOD IDEA BY ASKING THEM ABOUT SUICIDE.
WHAT ASKING ABOUT SUICIDE CAN DO IS GIVE SOMEONE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE PERMISSION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL PAIN THEY ARE EXPERIENCING. VERY RARELY WILL SOMEONE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE INITIATE A CONVERSATION ABOUT SUICIDE. INSTEAD, THEY WILL HINT AT THEIR SUICIDAL THOUGHTS THROUGH WARNING SIGNS, WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SHOW ENOUGH INTEREST, COURAGE AND CONCERN TO BRING UP THE TOPIC OF SUICIDE. IF YOU THINK SOMEONE IS THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE, YOU MUST ASK THEM ABOUT SUICIDE. DO NOT WAIT FOR THEM TO BRING IT UP FIRST, BECAUSE THAT MAY NEVER HAPPEN.
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SUICIDE AWARENESS
SUICIDAL THOUGHTS TAKE TIME TO DEVELOP. IT ALSO TAKES WORK AND TIME, USUALLY WITH HELP FROM A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, FOR THOSE THOUGHTS TO DIMINISH. YOUR GOAL IN A CONVERSATION SHOULD NEVER BE TO END THE SUICIDAL THOUGHTS IN THE OTHER PERSON. YOUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO GIVE ENOUGH HOPE TO THE PERSON SO THAT THEY CAN CONSIDER OTHER SOLUTIONS BESIDES SUICIDE, AND TO GET THEM CONNECTED TO A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WHO CAN CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM OVER THE LONG-TERM. WHILE SOMETIMES A PERSON WHO IS THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE MAY SEEM LIKE THEY ARE FEELING BETTER AFTER YOU TALK TO THEM, DON'T ALLOW THAT TO DISTRACT YOU. JUST LIKE YOU MIGHT FEEL BETTER AFTER VENTING TO A FREIND AFTER A BAD DAY, SOMENE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE MAY ALSO FEEL BETTER, IN THAT MOMENT, AFTER TALKING ABOUT THEIR EMOTIONAL PAIN. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THINGS ARE FIXED, AND YOU STILL NEED TO GET THEM CONNECTED TO PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES. Help us with our fundraising efforts through our Charity Events
SUICIDE AWARENESS
MOST PEOPLE EXPERIENCE SUICIDAL THOUGHTS WHEN THEY ARE EXPERIENCING A CRISIS, AND IF THEY GET HELP DURING THAT TIME, THOSE SUICIDAL THOUGHTS CAN RECEDE. MOST PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE SUICIDAL THOUGHTS DO NOT EXPERIENCE THEM FOREVER, AND MANY GO ON TO NEVER THINK ABOUT SUICIDE AGAIN. EVEN IF SUICIDAL THOUGHTS SOMETIMES RETURN, IT IS FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME, AND TREATMENT CAN HELP. MOST PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE SUICIDAL THOUGHT ARE ABLE TO OVERCOME THAT DIFFICULT TIME IN THEIR LIVES, AND GO ON TO LEAD FULL LIVES.
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SUICIDE AWARENESS
PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, AGES, GENDERS, SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, RELIGIONS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY SUICIDE.
SUICIDE DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE.
THERE ARE CERTAIN RISK FACTORS THAT CAN PUT INDIVIDUALS AT HIGHER RISK THAN THOSE WHO DON'T EXPERIENCE THOSE RISK FACTORS, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS THAT CAN SERVE AS PROTECTIVE FACTORS, BUT SUICIDE HAS IMPACTED PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
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SUICIDE AWARENESS
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