Suicide

Someone somewhere is thinking of suicide and people around him or her can’t tell, they think s/he is “not that kind of person” — because she is laughing with them as usual, discussing the future and just behaving like everyday while in the inner s/he is an utter mess.
They know s/he has gone through a lot but hey “s/he is coping”, “she is strong”, “s/he is too clever to take her own life”, “she can’t be that irresponsible”, “s/he is a prayer warrior” etc all the presumed person that has been crafted in their minds except ‘s/he is human and s/he can break down.’

The scary thing about human beings is the ability to mask emotional pain, they will have you think all is well until the last day. So I am suggesting, do sometimes engage in uncomfortable conversations about suicide. Have the other person realise we do understand it happens and we can help prevent it by all costs.
Let’s create an environment accommodative enough for someone to ask for help. Let’s be careful about our comments that carry stigma, stereotyping and discrimination regarding mental health issues: these push the overwhelmed into a corner & silence them.

If you are emotionally overwhelmed please do ask for help. Asking for help is not a weakness, it’s not burdening anyone, you are well within your course as a human being. No one makes it on their own-absolutely none, from the moment we are conceived we co-depend to survive, that is our nature. On our own, we wilt.
Thinking about death all the time, desire to die, any previous attempt single/multiple shows something is not right, seek help please.

💚 Kelly