Happy 26th Birthday to our Guardian Angel Dane
Today, "Team Freebird" walked at the community Out of the Darkness walk at City Island in Harrisburg in honor of Dane, because it just so happened to fall on his birthday. It was a wonderful way to honor his beautiful life, while at the same time helping raise funds to promote suicide awareness and prevention through the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Thank you to everyone who spent the day with us. There were a total of 600 walkers there who raised over $60,000
Our Candle Lit in Memory of Cpl Dane Freedman
Forever loved...Forever missed. #suicide #awareness #photo #veteran #ptsd
World Suicide Prevention Day: September 10, 2014
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World Suicide Prevention Day 2014
"Mom, relax. Take it easy." That was my son's mantra. He was always telling me to "chill" or "live in the moment." Five years later Daniel's words still resonate, especially on the harder days. We lost our son to suicide in 2009. He had left our home in the morning to go up to our cottage and was expected back for dinner. He never made it home. Daniel had spent his last day talking to friends. Talking to his dad. And talking to me about what we'd have for dinner. He was in th
Raise Awareness Not Stigma!
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A Therapist's Words On Suicide Will Change Everything You Knew About Depression
When someone asks for help with their depression, the last thing this therapist sees is helplessness. Here's a stunning statement on how depression hurts...and why seeking help is so a profound sign of strength. #suicide #depression #awareness
Because When You CARE, You Can Help Save A Life!
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Signs of depression and seeking help for emotional distress in aftermath of Robin Williams' death
August 11, 2014 The apparent suicide death on Monday of Academy Award winning actor Robin Williams sheds light on depression and other mental health disorders. Williams, who was 63, had been battling severe depression. He was pronounced dead at his San Francisco Bay Area home Monday. The preliminary investigation shows the cause of death as asphyxia, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. Below is a list contacts to resources and hotlines that provide suicide pr
Did You Know? Worldwide, One Person Dies From Suicide Every 40 Seconds
9/4/14 One person commits suicide every 40 seconds and more than 800,000 people commit suicide every year, according to the first report on suicide prevention by the World Health Organization (WHO). But more countries need to have a national suicide prevention program in place to help reduce the stigma surrounding suicides, the report says. Only 28 countries have a national strategy in place, and a further 13 have programs in development. Seventy-five percent of suicides occu
It shouldn't take a celebrity death to talk about depression, suicide: John L. Micek
August 14, 2014 Robin Williams is dead. And America is talking about depression and suicide. But it shouldn't take a celebrity death to call attention to what is, in fact, an all-too-common problem. And it's a conversation we should be having all the time. The numbers tell the story. Some 30,000 Americans will commit suicide by year's end, according to data compiled by Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, which operates the National Suicide Prevention Hotline (1-800-273-825
