tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035669916158271391.post8226899226155977535..comments2014-08-11T16:50:43.331+10:00Comments on LindaMadHatter: So how SHOULD we talk about suicide?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035669916158271391.post-31487968809836943272011-12-04T20:47:18.330+10:002011-12-04T20:47:18.330+10:00Thank you all, for contributing to my blog with su...Thank you all, for contributing to my blog with such great comments. I do apologise for taking so long to reply to you.<br /><br />I hope that you all find some peace and hope of some sort soon. And please know that if ever you need to talk to someone, you are free to e-mail me at lindamadhatter@gmail.comLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03126413590609186894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035669916158271391.post-13018697110489095392011-11-05T21:55:20.405+10:002011-11-05T21:55:20.405+10:00I have lived with the threat of suicide since i wa...I have lived with the threat of suicide since i was 16, thirty years later for whatever reasons beyond my comprehension i am still here. 'Get over It", if I could I would. During the last thirty years i have lived with undiagnosed PTSD chronic which means that when i get upset or triggered i get phenomenal pain throughout my body and can't eat or sleep for days not to mention the emotional flash backs and still trying to live a 'normal' life. PTSD has the same impact on a persons life as becoming a paraplegic (Mental Health first aid book). I did not asked to be sexually abused by an adult male when i was four and continuing! I did not ask to be beaten most days of my life until i was old enough to escape! i did not ask for mental health issues. I can only deal with the impact that this horrendous treatment has had on my life. During this time i have donated my services to my community as a volunteer, continued studying and following my interests and helped many other people in my community, some less fortunate and some more fortunate and raised two beautiful boys with love, patience and respect. To these people who are ignorant enough to say 'get over it' i say this to you when you can contribute to life and the lives of others and deal with a severe mental health issue then and only then will i listen to their advice on how to deal with my life and its very complex issues. Until then i suggest that you keep your ignorant and uninformed opinions to yourself and for your own well being keep the hell away from decent people. Thank you Linda for your guts and straight forwardness, your a good read and a great advocate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035669916158271391.post-48555908245716370532011-11-04T23:39:16.033+10:002011-11-04T23:39:16.033+10:00Thank you for writing this. I am 1 of the 65000. I...Thank you for writing this. I am 1 of the 65000. I live with heavy, long term, mental health problems but oh, I hide it so well. I don't have the guts to tell the people closest to me that I would rather be dead - and I certainly don't have the guts to write what you have written here.<br /><br />I feel that I have been represented in your story.<br /><br />There is absolutely no doubt in my mind - the cuts to Better Access is going to cause people to KILL themselves.<br /><br />Read that again people. People like me will not be able to cope and they will suicide. Going from 18 sessions to 10 and having choices and services reduced is going to cause many suicides in this country. <br /><br />The new laws are so wrong, so vile, so opposite to what the community needs and wants. This is like leading lambs to a slaughter. The old working system needed expanding not contracting and being screwed around with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035669916158271391.post-85651351727690993802011-11-04T23:35:20.883+10:002011-11-04T23:35:20.883+10:00But I will add this: And then people wonder why we...But I will add this: And then people wonder why we don't want to talk about suicide. Doesn't take a genius to figure it out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035669916158271391.post-64974112183793323262011-11-04T23:31:03.213+10:002011-11-04T23:31:03.213+10:00You're right about triggers. They're every...You're right about triggers. They're everywhere. Hearing about suicide is far less likely to trigger me than a billion and one things the media is happy to talk about.<br /><br />One great big fat trigger for me is hearing about rape. I'm guessing I'm not alone in that. But the media seems more than happy to talk about that one. Hollywood films sure don't mind putting it in every second film. And it's certainly never followed with any kind of disclaimer (like with suicide) such as 'if you've been raped you WILL be ok'. Instead the message is you'll never recover. Thanks world. So if I'm raped, like a lot of women are, I'll never recover. Men have the power to damage me forever. Since I'm so damn powerless I guess I might as well kill myself then... Hmmm... Yet no one gets blamed for being sensationalist when they talk about rape.<br /><br />As for talking about suicide, everyone is talking about how the media should be talking suicide, but what about talking about suicide attempts? There are a lot more of those than there are completed suicides, yet no one suggests we should talk about that. Yet the person who went through it is still actually alive and able to talk about it, and most importantly provide a lot more insight into why it happened and what to do about it. So why no campaign to start treating suicide attempters as normal? Even in suicidology people who have attempted suicide are not considered to be truly suicidal, but rather attention seekers etc etc. When I first read that I almost lost my shit. So those people who are crippled from jumping off bridges weren't really serious about suicide. Yeah, right!<br /><br />So instead there is A LOT of shame associated with a failed suicide attempt. For starters, you feel like a failure. I mean, you have, after all, failed. And then the judgements start (why would anyone want to do that? Or, you're just being manipulative...). Or the guilt trips (how could you have done this to me? Umm... I was doing it to me actually... maybe if everything wasn't always about you I wouldn't have such a problem...). I could go on. But I won't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com