 The American Foundation for suicide Prevention has a great resource website and you can find that at https://afsp.org/ One of the great pages on their site is this one https://talkawaythedark.afsp.org/thinkingaboutsuicide/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGnaeNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRhoeOPs8d-YTbZLtRSPb0YpEzMK2ICBxCKizQPPk-BZEN5LWC5KSA8bEA_aem_2m4V8tTa4b-2ml3_DAi0uA It's a great page to keep on your desktop, or on your phone as a short cut. What they have done is shared some ideas about what a conversation with someone who is suicidal could look like. It really helps to remove the stigma that you have to have all of the right words, instead of being present in a conversation. Please remember that if you think they may be considering suicide, ask that question directly. Are you thinking about suicide? Do not ask are you thinking about hurting yourself? or doing something big, or permanent or any other dodging about the ask. Ask directly, you will not put the idea in their head or drive them to it. That is a myth. And hurting yourself, and taking your life can be two very different things, something big and suicide can be two different things, permanent and suicide, can be two different things. Ask the question directly. Are you thinking about suicide, or killing yourself, or ending your life? A direct ask. And have a conversation, ask follow up questions, really listen.. Have you made a plan? Do you have a safety plan? Go read through their guide, they have done a really good job of what a conversation can look like - and what you can do to listen and help. Stay calm, don't be in judgement, be in care, and empathy. Remember too if someone is in immediate danger, 911 And if you need tips on what to say, you can call or text 988, and they will help you through it. And you can also share that 988 resource with them, because they can call or text 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, free and confidential. That is the 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline and they also have a great resource website that you can find here: https://988lifeline.org/ As a reminder 911 and 988 are available in the United States.
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(0:00) Okay, so if you saw the quick stat list that I did earlier, a couple of things, (0:08) a couple of follow-ups from that, and equally fast, faster even. So some people see that list (0:15) and they say, oh my gosh, thank you, because I realized I maybe could benefit from getting food (0:22) from my local food pantry or my Meals on Wheels or my local senior center would give me a community (0:29) where I could go and be with other people. Whatever it is, a reminder about libraries, (0:35) fantastic, awesome, I love that for you.
Please, yes, always use the community resources that (0:42) are available to you. Yes, please, yes, please. And how do you amplify your quick stat choices? (0:48) Become the coordinator. You can, let's say you're saving your grocery bags, you could do it for (0:54) the folks at work and then you're the person that takes it to the local food pantry. (0:58) You could be the person who helps coordinate in your family, cleaning out the closets and (1:05) getting the clothes donated to the right places. You could be the person at work who coordinates (1:10) everybody putting together bags for foster families, whatever it is, right? So if you (1:15) wanted to boost it up, fantastic. Become a coordinator in a small or bigger level. Become (1:22) a volunteer at the organization and do even more. And if you have the opportunity to join a union, (1:28) do join a union. That gives you different levels of safety standards and community at work. (1:36) So there's a couple ways to amplify your choices. Hang in this, hang in there.We've got this. (1:41) We're going to make this through and it's going to be a success one way or another. We fight. (0:00) Okay, this is going to be a quick, fast run through some ideas of how you can help in (0:05) your community, how you can be an ally, how you can make a difference, how you can help. (0:10) So we're going to do this quick and fast. (0:13)
Foster families, can you be a foster family? (0:17) If not, there are still often many ways that you can help, whether that is doing donations (0:24) of clothing or toys or bags to be able to move the kids from point A to point B to point C to point D. (0:33) A lot of times there's a lot of moving and they only have trash bags.(0:36) Your local library, usually they have some sort of fundraising where maybe they have a bookstore (0:43) that they do year round or maybe a book sale once a year, once every six months. (0:50) Being able to read to other kids, to help in the computer lab, to help dust. (0:55) Ask, ask, ask, see what you can do.(0:58) Clothing drive, you can donate to your local domestic violence shelter. (1:03) You can donate clothes to your local homeless shelter. (1:07) You can donate clothes to your local shower program.(1:12) There's also in many communities a get somebody back to work level up kind of program (1:18) where they teach you how to do an interview. (1:22) They teach you how to dress appropriately and they even have clothes that are available. (1:27) Things are going to be more expensive.(1:29) Many towns have an opportunity for you to donate clothes for the prom, for example. (1:37) Get involved with your local food pantry. (1:39) You can donate your grocery bags so that they have bags for the people that are leaving (1:44) with groceries from the food pantry.(1:47) You can donate food. (1:48) You can volunteer. (1:50) You can volunteer at your local senior center.(1:54) Visiting with seniors or helping play on game day, Meals on Wheels, excellent program. (2:01) Are you a midwife? (2:02) Are you thinking about being a midwife or do you need a midwife? (2:06) Find your lane, right? (2:07) Can you teach self-defense or do you need to learn self-defense? (2:12) Do you understand how budgeting works? (2:14) Tariffs bring prices way up, right? (2:17) So maybe you're the person who needs to help teach other people how to do budgeting (2:22) in their family. (2:23) Environmental, you can document what you're seeing.(2:28) What are the birds in the area, especially if you live near anything of environmental concern? (2:34) What does the water look like? (2:36) What is the air? (2:37) These are all simple things where you can find what you actually enjoy and do more of that. (2:44) Not only are you going to be able to find your own tribe to give you support, but you're (2:49) going to be able to support that tribe too. (2:51) These are just a couple of quick stat things.(2:54) There are a million more ways to get involved. (2:56) Please, please do. (0:00) Good morning. (0:03) I want to make sure everyone has two resources (0:06) and that they know that they can use them and how to use them.
(0:11) 9-1-1, if you or someone is in danger of hurting themself (0:19) or someone else, if it is an emergency, (0:24) if someone is in danger of hurting themself (0:27) or hurting someone else, even if you're not sure, (0:31) you just have that itchy feeling, you're concerned, (0:36) you're worried, 9-1-1 is a perfectly acceptable phone call.(0:43) Let a professional help you assess the situation. (0:46) You could save your life or someone else's. (0:52) The second resource is 9-8-8.(0:56) That is a suicide crisis lifeline. (0:59) And that is available for phone, texting, or calling 24 hours (1:05) a day, seven days a week. (1:07) It is confidential and it is free.(1:11) If you are feeling overwhelmed, if you are feeling in crisis, (1:17) if you've been having some suicidal thoughts (1:21) or even considered making a plan or you (1:25) know someone else who has, 9-8-8 is an excellent resource (1:32) to help you talk through what are the next steps, what (1:37) are the tools that are available. (1:40) Please stay safe and healthy. (1:45) Do what you need to do for you this election season.(1:50) And I wish, too, that we had answers immediately, (1:55) but that doesn't happen. (1:58) So turn off the news, take care of yourself, have a good meal, (2:03) have a shower, drink your water. ( 2:06) But importantly, reach out if you need help.(2:10) Know the difference of 9-1-1 and 9-8-8. (2:13) But most importantly, remember those tools are there for you. (2:21) For you.(2:22) It's perfectly acceptable for you to call and use them. (2:28) Thank you. |
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