Suicide Prevention
Oct. 18th, 2010 11:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bryantOn September 28th, 2008, my life changed. That was the day Wyatt killed himself; that was the evening ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
michele_blue and I found Wyatt's body on the third floor of our communal house. It's two years later now, and yeah, life moves on. I'm more or less doing OK. But I still and will always want to help people not do that.
In 2006, 33,000 people killed themselves in the United States. Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death for adults between the ages of 18 and 65 years in this country. (15 to 24 year olds? Third leading.) Military suicides are still a huge problem. More than half of all violent deaths are suicides.
Two hotlines, if you are concerned about yourself or others:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Samaritans Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-877-870-HOPE (4673)
On November 6th, we will be walking to raise money for suicide prevention. I'm sorry we're not walking in Boston this year; I feel like I kind of let people down, in an odd way, even though I know I didn't. Next year, hopefully: this year some work stuff looked like it'd get in the way. And then it didn't. So that happened. Instead, we're walking in Frederick, Maryland. If you're a friend in the area and you want to walk with us, you are more than welcome.
I'm asking for donations. AFSP is a good, solid organization that does a huge amount of work to raise awareness. Anything you can give is wonderful. Little-known fact: my mother spent a lot of time in the 80s as a fundraiser for hunger causes, so I've seen how much difference the small donations make first hand. It adds up!
Also, if you're moved to spread the word on this, that'd be completely wonderful.
Thank you.
michele_blue and I found Wyatt's body on the third floor of our communal house. It's two years later now, and yeah, life moves on. I'm more or less doing OK. But I still and will always want to help people not do that.In 2006, 33,000 people killed themselves in the United States. Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death for adults between the ages of 18 and 65 years in this country. (15 to 24 year olds? Third leading.) Military suicides are still a huge problem. More than half of all violent deaths are suicides.
Two hotlines, if you are concerned about yourself or others:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Samaritans Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-877-870-HOPE (4673)
On November 6th, we will be walking to raise money for suicide prevention. I'm sorry we're not walking in Boston this year; I feel like I kind of let people down, in an odd way, even though I know I didn't. Next year, hopefully: this year some work stuff looked like it'd get in the way. And then it didn't. So that happened. Instead, we're walking in Frederick, Maryland. If you're a friend in the area and you want to walk with us, you are more than welcome.
I'm asking for donations. AFSP is a good, solid organization that does a huge amount of work to raise awareness. Anything you can give is wonderful. Little-known fact: my mother spent a lot of time in the 80s as a fundraiser for hunger causes, so I've seen how much difference the small donations make first hand. It adds up!
Also, if you're moved to spread the word on this, that'd be completely wonderful.
Thank you.
