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Suicide runs in my family, and I’ve met many strangers on the day that they decided it was their last.
Somehow (I think there was divine intervention) we were guided to each other and my interaction with them was enough to tip the scales towards the good. In every case I didn’t know they were actively suicidal until after the encounter.
Even if you yourself are not suicidal, your presence can make the difference to someone who is – perhaps without you even knowing.
Just enduring is hard. It is living, but not being alive. It wears us out. The more we endure, the more we get closer to the edge.
You don’t have to be suicidal to get help. You don’t have to be standing on the ledge. Just being in the room with the open window is enough.
It might help to call and talk to someone who knows how to hear what you are going through in a way that can help. You can’t lose anything by calling – and you might gain a lot – like a new perspective. The person on the other end of the line might know of something that you could do or some resource that will open things up.
Here is the number to the National Suicide Prevention Hotline in the United States: 1-800-273-8255. There is someone available to listen all the time. It is free and confidential. Please call. You are important.
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