- But in 2012 she was asked by county officials to look at suicide. The request introduced her to the world of death investigations and also appears to have led to something remarkable: in this suburban county of 600,000, just west of Portland, the suicide rate now is going down. That result is remarkable because national suicide rates have risen, despite decades-long efforts to reverse the deadly trend.
While many factors contribute to suicide, officials here believe they have chipped away at this problem through Repp’s initiative to use data—very localized data that any jurisdiction could collect. Now her mission is to help others learn how to gather and use them.
Fact: You don’t give a suicidal person morbid ideas by talking about suicide. The opposite is true—bringing up the subject of suicide and discussing it openly is one of the most helpful things you can do. Source: SAVE – Suicide Awareness Voices of Education This is the most counter intuitive stuff I read about suicide prevention. So I wanted to share You HAVE to use the word "suicide" .. "are you thinking about suicide?".. instead of belittling their pain with "you dont think about doing something silly?"Myth: Talking about suicide may give someone the idea.
I think it's possible when you consider the notion of copycat suicides. Still, it's always better to keep talking. When you're suicidal, you think it's never going to change. But in reality life always changes. I can't even remember what drove me to the brink in the past.