Suicide Prevention - My Story
Today is World Suicide Prevention day (10th September). Suicide prevention remains a universal challenge. Every year, suicide is among the top 20 leading causes of death globally for people of all ages. It is responsible for over 800,000 deaths, which equates to one suicide every 40 seconds. Every life lost represents someone’s partner, child, parent, friend or colleague. For each suicide approximately 135 people suffer intense grief or are otherwise affected. This amounts to 108 million people per year who are profoundly impacted by suicidal behaviour. Suicidal behaviour includes suicide, and also encompasses suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. For every suicide, 25 people make a suicide attempt and many more have serious thoughts of suicide. I am part of that statistic, I’m not proud of that in fact I’m ashamed; and in order to relieve my shame, I am trying to LIVE my life in order to prevent me and others becoming part of the ongoing statistic. ...