Today is World Suicide Prevention Day.
Suicide leaves so many questions.
Was I a reason they wanted to leave? Could I have done something to ease the pain? Why did they choose for this to be the end?
We could keep going, but we need to stop. Asking endless questions about the meaning behind a suicide will only add excessive guilt to already hurting people. Instead of focusing on the questions and the past, I want to focus on the future, and the actions that we can control. This is a great post that talks about how suicides that we know can help us to change the things to come.
Some things I want you to know:
1. People who struggle with mental illnesses are normal.
2. You never know what people are going through unless you take the time to ask them.
3. Sometimes it hurts too much to share what is going on.
https://twloha.com/blog/more-than-the-pain/
4. Tomorrow can surprise you.
5. You have the power to influence others towards hope by giving them resources for change.
6. The thought of tomorrow has the promise of holding hope.
I want others to know hope. No one should have to feel like they are alone. We are made to live life together and that is why isolation holds so. much. pain.
I just read this blog post and my heart is currently bleeding. If you do not read any of the other links in my post, please read “Promise Me Tomorrow”.
If you ever feel too much, if you know anyone who feels too much, or you think it might ever be a possibility of feeling just too much, you have to read this post.
I’m so sorry things are hard. I wish I could take the bad days away and make everything better for you.
But I do know this (best illustrated in this tumblr post):
Don’t you dare tell me it (suicide) won’t change things
There may be stars in the sky and wind in the air and sun in the clouds
But without you we do not want them
Please promise me tomorrow. Ask for help. Don’t give up, even when the night laughs in your face and tells you that tomorrow isn’t coming. Because it is. I promise. And there is still time for tomorrow to surprise you.
You are loved. You are precious. You are needed.
-Moriah
P.S. If you feel the desire to reach out to people, especially those who are struggling with thoughts of suicide, please donate to this page. I have set a goal to raise $100 today to continue to offer hope, and I need you to come alongside and help. You are not alone. Please pass that message on to others.
