I spent years believing that most people, at the point where they would attempt to take their own lives, if they were stopped but not offered more than that, would continue trying. I'd bet many of you thought that was common knowledge.

But what if it's not true? What if an act that prevented it- a disruption- would turn out to also be a turning point? 

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It doesn't have to be that way, though. We can accept that we can't change the situation and remind someone that they're not alone.

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For many survivors, routine keeps us safe. That same familiarity means you never have to deal with the unexpected, but it can also leave you stuck. It's hard to develop resilience without occasionally doing something new. There's also the reality of missing the mental health benefits of new experiences. That's a real thing. Luckily, the something new doesn't have to be anything big. The article above has some ideas: small, everyday things you can do to practice doing something new. 

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I'm not a parent, but I can imagine how much I would want to help my kids if I had any. The urge to fix the problem would be strong, as would the urge to assume my kids are okay because we're raising them right.

The truth is that both of those urges are doing more harm than good, and may be the reason kids are comfortable talking to their peers and online about mental health, but not their own parents.

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We know these facts. This is only the most recent research showing the negative impacts of loneliness and social isolation on mental and physical health. And yet, we live in a world that keeps making it harder and harder to connect with other human beings. In fact, we increasingly live in a world designed to dehumanize vast numbers of other people and determine our own value solely on the amount of time we spend working. That won't create community.

We’re only harming ourselves.

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We are failing to protect kids from trauma, and them failing to provide proper resources to assist them after that trauma. There's no nice way to put this failure.

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The point, however, is that having intrusive thoughts, anxious thoughts, is something we can talk about, even make jokes about. It happens. We can't always control what messages our brains want to send us about what we should be afraid of. We control which ones we react to. We control knowing the difference between a realistic fear and an intrusive one. 

Mostly, I feel like if we all admitted to having them, maybe it wouldn't be something to freak out about when someone else has one. 

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I don't always recognize myself as a survivor of emotional abuse, because the physical and sexual abuse was more obvious and memorable, but this description sounds familiar, and the reality of shame because of our abuse is something I think any of us who grew up with abuse as a kid feels.

That shame can lead to brooding and constantly trying to fix ourselves. That, I understand. The frustration of trying to fix ourselves because of something that wasn't even our fault to begin with can be immense. If anything, I'd like to see resources that help all of us give ourselves a break and understand that this was someone else's personal failing, not ours. 

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