Banish My Sadness!
/In a strange twist of fate, and after a great amount of therapy, I now greatly appreciate my travels deep into the valleys of sadness and depression.
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In a strange twist of fate, and after a great amount of therapy, I now greatly appreciate my travels deep into the valleys of sadness and depression.
Read MorePrevious suicide attempts are one of the strongest indicators of a future attempt.
Read MoreOne of my passions is finding more efficient ways to do things. Human beings need leisure time. I am a human. Therefore, I need leisure time.
Read MoreAll you have are your thoughts - how long do you think you would last before you wanted this experience to end? How would you feel if you knew, to your innermost core, that the rest of your life would be this dark, silent, and unfeeling moment stretched to infinity?
Read MoreA semicolon is used when an author could’ve chosen to end their sentence but chose not to. The author is me and the sentence is my life.
Read MoreIt takes a great deal of work to go from: “I suffer under the weight of my illness,” to: “I live with my illness”.
Read MoreI operated with the incorrect assumption that my life was worth living only if I accomplished certain things, at certain times, in certain ways.
Read MoreI feel deeply content sleeping just a few feet from where I tried to hang myself.
1-800-273-8255 - Suicide Prevention Lifeline (24/7)
Read MoreWhy does looking at Momo, really a sculpture titled “Mother Bird,” convey such fear? Simple, we evolved to be intensely disturbed by features that indicate physical sickness and starvation.
Read MoreLife will drag you backward, forward, and sideways but you always have the option of lessening the tension on yourself.
Read MoreLife on the 7th Shelf is my way of sharing how a person can live well with depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation.
The 7th Shelf was written by Dante in The Inferno, as the Wood of the Suicides.
For me, living on the 7th shelf is challenging but I have found my means for winning the daily battle against the worst my mind can throw at me.
We aim to create a space of hope, filled with resources, information, tools, and more for mental health awareness and suicide prevention. We’re committed to Gordon’s vision of sharing different methods of thinking to help those with and without mental illness live more fulfilling lives.
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Call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for help. In an emergency, please call 911.
If you or someone you know is seeking help for mental health concerns, visit the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) website, or call 1-800-950-NAMI(6264).
For confidential treatment referrals, visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) website, or call the National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP(4357).