I want to help raise awareness of mental health and suicide prevention but afraid I'll expose my issues..?
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02-19-2014, 08:42 PM
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I want to help raise awareness of mental health and suicide prevention but afraid I'll expose my issues..?
I'm 24, struggled with depression/anxiety since 14 and suicidal thoughts since 18. I've come close to committing suicide, a few times. The last time I almost went through with it, sends chills down my spine to think I could be gone now if I hadn't found the strength to stop myself.
Every now and then, rarely, I'll see something on Facebook trying to spread awareness of mental health and suicide prevention. I really want to "share" these type of posts on my page to help spread awareness, but afraid it will make obvious to everyone my own personal issues. I'm not ashamed, but it's still a touchy subject for me. I feel like I need to help others still struggling though and should re-post these things anyway in-case I help someone suffering in silence. What would you do? Would you repost these things on your Facebook wall or let it slide? thank you guys for all your helpful answers the guy who posted the photo about it, i shared on my page, didn't show as sharing from him, showed as sharing from the facebook page he got it from....but i also messaged him asking how he was and that i hope he's ok, never got back to me, but anyway, i hope i helped somebody out today if not him. thank you guys oh and, no...."found the strength to stop myself" is not code for "changed my mind for now". it was july 2013 i almost did it. i've been working on recovery since august. finally able to say i'm truly excited about life again. i was also bulimic and since starting medication and doing more therapy i'm proud to say i now haven't purged since september.....and haven't had a suicidal thought since july. amazed at my progress. Ads |
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02-19-2014, 08:53 PM
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Re-post them! No one is going to suspect anything unless you told them. And there's nothing wrong with sharing posts you feel you should share.
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02-19-2014, 09:00 PM
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Is "found the strength to stop myself" code for "changed my mind for now"?
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION Dhamma claims that all there is of good and evil arises from mind, and that there are three strong roots of evil: greed, hatred, and delusion. Dhamma claims that there are two kinds of health, namely, physical health and mental health. Many people enjoy good physical health even into old age. But relatively few people enjoy good mental health unless they are vigilant and relentless in rooting out delusional thinking, alleviating ignorance via insight and rational inquiry. Your perceptions and desires are products of conditioning and other sentient experience you have acquired up to this point in life. You can change the contents of your mind, and you can shape your mind to be pro-social, rational, and smarter, too. That task is part of what is called mental development and, in my opinion, requires a long-term commitment to high quality education about the real world including the evolution of our species and how the human mind has evolved along with evolution of our brain. Some kinds of suffering are self-imposed although we do not always recognize this to be the case. Instead we are on a sort of automatic behavior method of coping with reality. We can change our sentient experience however by a sort of deconstruction into component parts; from that point it is ultimately a matter of adopting new, rational, wholesome paradigms. Unless you have brain damage, as in dementia, you will never lose certain mental schemas and memories. Your inner life is largely based on those schemas. The perceptions and sentient experience you have can be moderated and shaped purposefully as long as you are still functioning. Such an approach requires vigilance and practice. It can be enhanced with greater knowledge of the real world and acquisition of critical thinking skills. Consciousness is a function of a cognitive neural network processing both sensory data and memory. Sentient experience can be subjectively deconstructed into four foundations of mindfulness: 1. Mindfulness of body. 2. Mindfulness of sensation as pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral (physical sensation). 3. Mindfulness of state of mind (attitude, emotion). 4. Mindfulness of content of mind (ideas, learned skills, memory, mental images, beliefs). As you consider this paradigm, there will be the usual background of a continuous stream of thoughts, random or specific ideas, and images, feelings that come and go. Any of these can distract you, but you can just ignore them or attempt to deconstruct them via the schema above. The brain will do this sort of thing as long as you live. There is no need to suppress any of it; your brain normally processes information via random association or cognitive models you have acquired either on purpose or by random experience. These are the things that usually drive your perceptions and behavior, even your dreams. See comments by Denim at this site: http://debateunlimited.com/Debate/viewto...43f935e52f A simple, pro-social approach to mind shaping (your mind, not the minds of others): "How to Enjoy Your Life in Spite of It All" by Ken Keyes, Jr. http://livinglovesystem.info/Living_Love...e_Page.php |
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02-19-2014, 09:08 PM
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Helping others can be one of the best ways to heal your own depression and anxiety. When you help others it makes you come out of your own feelings and care for someone else. Depression and anxiety can become very consuming and if you can go outward to share and have compassion toward someone else can be an incredibe experience to cope with depression. Sharing and teaching others is fine because you are enriching someone else that may be struggling and that is a winning situation for you and the person recieving your wisdom.
If you ever need someone to speak with you can call our hotline at 1-800-448-3000 Boys Town Hotline that help with any issue. You can call and speak with a counselor 24 hours/day. Take care, AM |
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02-19-2014, 09:16 PM
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Don't worry about what people will think of you....I'm bipolar, have depression, been baker acted 4 times, and been to prison among other things! You're just a caring person who wants ro comfort and assist other people. That is a very noble thing to do. I treat people with kindness...it is a cruel world...you have no idea what a few words can help change a person
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02-19-2014, 09:18 PM
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why not get help though you seem like something was troubling you don't be afraid to speak out get help and talk with a therapist we all struggle but we have to be strong and not let things get to us be thankful you're alive and healthy im glad you are still here on this earth you deserve to be no one should ever go through with suicide and its good to see you are aware of how awful it is maybe be an advocate for those who are suicidal you've came a long way be strong and talk with someone don't give up on yourself ever there's people out there dying and suffering and they don't give up neither should you should the thought of suicide or any other crisis come up here are some suicide hotlines to call and other ones
National Adolescent Suicide Hotline 800-621-4000 United States: 1-800-273-TALK 1-800-309-2131 1-800-SUICIDE United Kingdom: Hotline: +44 (0) 8457 90 90 90 (UK - local rate) Hotline: +44 (0) 8457 90 91 92 (UK minicom) Hotline: 1850 60 90 90 (ROI - local rate) Hotline: 1850 60 90 91 (ROI minicom) Canada:Hotline: +1 (905) 688 3711 +1 (905) 459 7777 +1 800 465 4442 +1 (905) 433-1121 +1 (905) 877-1211 Australia Hotline: •Lifeline 24 hour crisis support -13 11 14 •Suicide Prevention Foundation (24/7) - 1800 HOLDON (1800 465 366) •Suicide Callback - 1300 659 467 in every State (available 24 hours a day) Hotlines for America: Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696 Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433 Self Harm Hotline: 1-800-DONT CUT (1-800-366-8288) LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255 Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386 Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438 Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673 Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272 Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000 Hotlines for other Countries: Argentina: 800 5555 5522 Australia: 1800 799 338 Austria: 800 5555 5522 Belgium: 800 5555 5522 Brazil: 0800 891 7391 Canada: 866 246 9224 China: 800 5555 5522 Colombia: 800 5555 5522 Costa Rica: 00 800 5555 5522 Denmark: 00 800 5555 5522 Finland: 800 5555 5522 Germany: 800 5555 5522 Hong Kong: 800 5555 5522 Hungary: 800 5555 5522 India: 000 800 1006 614 Ireland (Republic of): 800 5555 5522 Israel: 800 5555 5522 Italy: 800 5555 5522 Japan: 800 5555 5522 Luxembourg: 800 5555 5522 Malaysia: 800 5555 5522 Mexico: 001 800 514 3716 Netherlands: 800 5555 5522 New Zealand: 800 5555 5522 Norway: 800 5555 5522 Philippines: 800 5555 5522 Portugal: 800 5555 5522 Russia: 810 800 2643 1012 Singapore: 800 5555 5522 South Africa: 800 5555 5522 South Korea: 800 5555 5522 Spain: 800 5555 5522 Sweden: 800 5555 5522 Switzerland: 800 5555 5522 (143) Taiwan: 800 5555 5522 Thailand: 800 5555 5522 UK: 08457 90 90 90 Other Hotlines: National Youth Crisis Support: 1-800-448-4663 Youth America Hotline: 1-877-YOUTHLINE ( 1-877-968-8454) Covenant House Nine-Line (Teens): 1-800-999-9999 Boys Town National: 1-800-448-3000 Teen Helpline: 1-800-400-0900 TeenLine: 1-800-522-8336 Youth Crisis Support: 1-800-448-4663 or 1-800-422-0009 Runaway Support (All Calls are Confidential): 800-231-6946 Child Helpline: (UK Only) 0800 1111 Kids Helpline (Australia): 1800 55 1800 |
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02-19-2014, 09:20 PM
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I asked myself the same question for a long time because i was terrified of being judged if some of the people i knew found out that i was recovering from anorexia, self-harm, and being suicidal... but in the end i looked at it and asked myself what was more important: what people think about me, or what i could do to help someone. So... i started sharing those posts, i even made a facebook page and a youtube channel specifically geared toward that... and... just know that you'll be surprised how many people will support you in the that You don't need to be afraid of people knowing. Because thats part of your story, its part of who you are and what made you who you are now. Dont be afraid to share because you never know who you could touch
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