Today I am going to talk about something rather serious. It maybe a topic that some people might not want to read about so I am giving the opt out option by putting it behind a cut. <\/p>\n
Last night I saw a picture someone put up on Facebook and it resonated with me a lot. I have been thinking and debating about talking about this but I want to put this out there just in case I can help one person.<\/p>\n
Here is what I saw on Facebook yesterday<\/p>\n Suicide does not end the chances of life getting worse, it eliminated the Possibility of it ever getting better<\/i> words on a sign held by man in a photo I saw on Namaste Caf\u00e9 on Face Book<\/p>\n In graduate school I tried to commit suicide. Since you are reading this, I didn\u2019t succeed. I got the help that I needed and worked my way through some stuff I need to work through. There was a chemical component that helped me level out and see that what I had thought was a hopeless situation was not so hopeless.<\/p>\n If I had succeeded, there are a lot of people I wouldn\u2019t have met. <\/p>\n A lot of friends that would never know I existed. <\/p>\n A lot of experiences I would not have had. <\/p>\n A lot of places I wouldn\u2019t have visited.<\/p>\n A lot of puppets and other objects I wouldn\u2019t have created.<\/p>\n I wouldn\u2019t have married my wonderful husband.<\/p>\n Caroline would not exist. <\/p>\n At the time I wasn\u2019t thinking about anything that might happen, I was wrapped up in how hopeless I felt and that nothing was going to get better. <\/p>\n But it did. Not all the time and I won\u2019t say there haven\u2019t been challenges along the way. Over all things did get better. <\/p>\n I got through graduate school and survived. I went onto a career in theater. I built puppets. I performed. I wrote. I got published. I went onto a career in the publishing industry and worked on Star Wars books. I have done so many things that I would not have done if I had succeeded that dark and damp day.<\/p>\n My life got better, not perfect but it did get better. And now I am in a pretty good place with who I am and what I do.<\/p>\n Depression does hurt. And we, as a nation, need to get rid of the stigma that goes with seeking help for mental health. Mental health and physical health go hand in hand. A more holistic approach to the problem rather than a continuous treating of individual symptoms.<\/p>\n But I am here to tell y\u2019all that suicide in not the answer. It is a fatal solution to a short term problem.<\/p>\n So if you are feeling suicidal there are all kinds of help out there including suicide hotlines that you don\u2019t have to give your name but you can get help. <\/p>\n So get help, live, see the possibilities even though it does look hopeless at the time.<\/p>\n I did and I am so grateful that I did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today I am going to talk about something rather serious. It maybe a topic that some people might not want to read about so I am giving the opt out option by putting it behind a cut. Last night I saw a picture someone put up on Facebook and it resonated with me a lot. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t