For a very long time I have been wanting to speak up about
suicide. For a very long time I have
been worried about the danger of our population keeping quiet.
Too many people are dying….
Too many families are suffering…
Too many links are being broken….
I do not profess to know, understand or even begin to
totally feel what it is like to lose someone to suicide but I do know that it
is far too often we are left wondering, grieving, crying, screaming and
suffering.
Last week on TV I was inspired by the hairdressers talking
of the Caspar programme which is empowering hairdressers with possible
communication tools to cope with a client who expresses suicidal thoughts.
This week on TV I was inspired by a passionate caring
volunteer who is running the ‘chat buses’ out of Dunedin enabling youth to talk
to someone.
I certainly don’t believe there is ever an easy answer but NZ our statistics are shocking. We are
losing precious fragile human beings and we need to start thinking of ways to
help.
Is it time to go more public and visible with suicide
discussions?
What can we do?
What can we do as individuals?
What can we do as educators?
What can we do?
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