National Survivors of Suicide Day
Monday November 16, 2009
On Saturday, November 21, 2009, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) will be sponsoring its 11th annual National Survivors of Suicide Day. This event, designed to reach out to those who have lost a loved one to suicide, offers participants a chance to connect with other survivors for support and healing.
Conferences will be offered in cities nationwide, with those conferences being linked by a live national broadcast by satellite/webcast from 1-2:30 p.m. EST. The conference will be broadcast live on the AFSP website at the same time, followed by an online chat. Many of the conference sites will also hold panel discussions, workshops and other activities both for survivors and for professionals.
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Don’t you consider those of us who have tried to commit suicide (in my case numerous times and over many years)and who have overcome the urge/need SURVIVORS? I am a SURVIVOR with help from my loved ones, a few good friends – I include my 2 therapists – and a small flicker of life somewhere so deep I did not know that it existed. I still struggle with depression, anxiety, bipolar, etc. Sometimes I think about it, but I have learned how to reach out. I am a SURVIVOR. I hope to remain a SURVIVOR for many long years to come. It is a day-to-day thing.
I would agree with Lynn. I too am a survivor. One of the best books I have ever read is “How I stayed Alive when my brain was trying to kill me” by Susan Rose Blaunder.
My depression cost me my family,employment and friends. I can get those back in time. If I would have killed me I would not. I have rapid cycling bipolar.
Yes I am a survivor too! Glad you are here Lynn!!
I have tried to commit several times acctually, and i was very depressed. note that im only 15!
I too thought the suicide survivor would be me! Can anything be about me! : )
I’m trying to get past a dark tunnel now. I am convincing myself that I will be a Survivor. I will be looking back on this time now as a survivor.
Have to take deep breaths, chest pain, loss of income through forced retirement, feel very bad. Lost wife and sister to drunk driver, wounded several times in the army, feel like if I wasn’t here no one would notice or care. feel bad.