Tag: depression
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My Personal Strategies for Moving Through Sadness, Change, and Hard Life Places
My post today from my personal Facebook page… In the last few days I’ve had multiple conversations about depression and grief, and I thought I would share some of my “wisdom” here, too. First, when my husband moved out, mom died, husband died, stepfather blamed me for Mom’s death, brother went into a deep depression,…
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Being the Prevention for Suicide
We know the number one predictor of suicide is isolation. That could be physical isolation such as someone is alone most of the time due to physical limits, due to mental or emotional limits, or due to choice. It could be mental emotional isolation such as feeling like no one cares about you, that the…
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Suicide: Why Don’t “Strong” People Talk?
In my previous post I made reference to strong people still facing incredibly hard things and needing a place to talk and be safe. In several conversations I have had over the years the topic of strong people not asking for help has been tossed in, and usually there is a tone of criticism and…
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988 — National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
I have been debating whether to write about this or not, but I think there needs to be some honest conversation, and y’all know I am not one to hide from those. Having said that, this is a hard topic, and I am going to take a few posts and talk about it. I am…
Jerri Kelley 