Suicide Warning Signs

Is someone you know at risk of suicide? Here are the signs to look for.

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The following suicide warning signs have been compiled from leecountycares.org. Visit their website for suicide prevention information and resources.

Warning Signs to Look For

  • Depression
  • Dramatic Mood Changes
  • Withdrawing from friends, family and society
  • Self destructive behavior, rage and anger
  • Changes in behavior
  • Talking about feeling worthless or helpless
  • School, work, family crisis
  • Giving away prized possessions

 

What To Do Next

  • Familiarize yourself with the warning signs
  • Get involved
  • Listen, be direct, have open communication
  • Offer hope and alternatives, ways to get help
  • Take action

Take a step, stretch or leap towards suicide prevention with the ideas and tips below.


Help Prevent Suicide—Keep Your Eyes Open

Step:
People who are thinking about suicide often give warning signs. Visit Stop A Suicide and print out a checklist to understand the warning signs. Share what you’ve learned with your family, friends and neighbors. 

Stretch:
Walk for suicide prevention. Join your local chapter or start your own.

Leap:
Start a local suicide prevention network in your community. Work with area leaders, clergy and schools to save another life.

For more information, visit these websites:


 

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I was glad to read that Readers Digest made a large donation to AFSP! I lost my son to suicide Oct. 1, 2000. I now faciitate a support group for suicide survivors after training with AFSP. We also just had our second annual community walk, which I organized with a friend, and it was a wonderful event to raise funds and honor the lost lives of our loved ones. As for signs, I think it is important to note that there aren't always signs. There weren't with my son. Signs? - Hindsigt is always 20/20.

By suetbs, on 11/10/2008
I just read "A Death and a Life", & I understand it too well, but from the reverse side of Virginia Cervasio. I have been diagnosed with many things, from depression to biopolar disorder, been on so many medications, yet suicidal thoughts and attempts have been with me since I was 13. At 33, I'm still incredibly sad, tense, numb. Yet, reading that, I realize I'm not only just myself; I am Mom, sister & daughter. My kids have kept me alive, literally. I feel her pain as well as her son's.

By mom2two, on 10/16/2008

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