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“If You Take Meds for Mental Illness, Do Not Feel Ashamed or Weak”

June 3, 2017

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I feel compelled to say this. If you take meds for mental illness to help you stay alive, or just as importantly, to move from surviving to thriving, do not feel ashamed or weak. You did not choose to have a mental…

Why I Came Out of the (Suicide) Closet

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

May 16, 2017

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What will people think of you? What will people say about you? Some people asked me these questions when I told them I was publishing an essay in the New York Times (“A Suicide Therapist’s Secret Past”) about a very dark time…

Suicide Contagion and “13 Reasons Why”

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

April 30, 2017

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I don’t really want to read one more thing about suicide in 13 Reasons Why, let alone add to the mix. But I think it’s necessary. Many articles and essays I read about the show are based on emotion, without acknowledging the…

When a Suicide Prevention Hero Dies by Suicide

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

March 30, 2017

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Untold thousands, maybe even millions, of people embraced Amy Bleuel’s symbol of passionate resistance against suicide: a simple semicolon. Tattoos, jewelry, and art feature the period floating above a comma, not for punctuation, but for an expression of hope. That delicate punctuation mark,…

“When Hope is Gone Just Hang On”: More Songs Against Suicide

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

March 24, 2017

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“Sad songs,” the line goes, “say so much.” And there are thousands of them. Many sad songs intensify a melancholy mood; some even extol suicide as a solution. Fewer and farther between are the songs that, while acknowledging the intense pain that…

If You Are Suicidal, Envision Your Future Selves

by Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW

March 8, 2017

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Suicide lies. It tells you that the way you feel now is the way you will feel forever. Hope itself can seem like a toxic lie, a set-up for disappointment. The present feels permanent, and the future feels foretold. Don’t fall for…

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“If You Take Meds for Mental Illness, Do Not Feel Ashamed or Weak”

Why I Came Out of the (Suicide) Closet

Suicide Contagion and “13 Reasons Why”

When a Suicide Prevention Hero Dies by Suicide

“When Hope is Gone Just Hang On”: More Songs Against Suicide

If You Are Suicidal, Envision Your Future Selves

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