Yellow for National Suicide Prevention Day

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  • _Wits_
    _Wits_ Posts: 1,286 Member
    I did not realize that was today....damn I wish I wore yellow.

    Just lost my cousin 3 weeks ago to suicide. :brokenheart:

    Lost a few friends in the last several years as well...heart breaking.
  • JackieMac979
    JackieMac979 Posts: 189 Member
    Thank you so much for the info about the Out of the Darkness different ribbon colors! I'll have to check if there is a sibling color too.
  • sz8soon
    sz8soon Posts: 816 Member
    Wearing yellow and raising awareness!
  • flutist44
    flutist44 Posts: 6
    I've got my yellow shirt!
  • deanna_bond
    deanna_bond Posts: 104 Member
    RIP: Teddy, Keith, Will, Charlie my cousin, and Nick, I will ALWAYS love you I wish you knew that miss you forever.
  • med2017
    med2017 Posts: 192 Member
    the guy i was seeing/dating committed suicide out of no where almost three years ago now.
    it was heart breaking. there are no words to describe the pain. and there is still an empty space in my heart

    rest in peace gregory bono.
  • autumnk921
    autumnk921 Posts: 1,374 Member
    Thank you for making others aware of the importance of this day!! I lost my fiance (my 3yr old sons father) to suicide a little over a year ago...You just think it will never happen in your family until it does. I will be wearing yellow this year and every year on this day.
  • Pronoiac
    Pronoiac Posts: 304
    Christy. Roger. Scott. Dalton. Terri.

    Thank you for the reminder and the lesson. Tonight I light candles and pour a shot of very good whiskey for the fallen. I've lost people many ways but suicide is by far the hardest of all.

    So many brave survivors here...carrying on legacies of loved ones and spreading awareness for the chance that others can be spared both in life and the life devastation. Keep fighting the good fight, and spreading the good love. Blessings to all of you.
  • painauxraisin
    painauxraisin Posts: 299 Member
    I lost my husband to this on May 11th of last year.
    I don't have any yellow...... BUT I do have a rather striking HUMUNGOUS pile of bright yellow courgettes!
    :flowerforyou:
  • ElicitDreams
    ElicitDreams Posts: 73 Member
    .learn to recognize the signs and intervene before its too late. Sometimes, there is nothing we can do...but sometimes there may be. If you wonder, take action....what have you got to lose.


    I know you offered this phrase from a place of love.

    But, sadly, even if you see the signs, even if you know it's coming like a fu(king freight train, even if you reason with them and point out all the reasons why this is a terrible path, even if you get them hospitalized and beg the staff to keep them longer than the 72 hours...............

    you still can't stop it.


    believing I could have is the most painful untruth I tell myself.


    :cry: :cry:

    While this may be true in some situations, most signs are hiding in plain sight.

    And for the love of whatever diety you believe in, when someone is finally able to state the truth of what has been going on with them and their thoughts and attempts of suicide, DO NOT brush it aside claiming how "you can't deal with something like that" or "you're not strong enough to lose them as a person"

    ...everytime I heard that it brought me closer and closer to the edge. If YOU can't deal with hear about it, what do you think it's like living with the thoughts you do not want???
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    Christy. Roger. Scott. Dalton. Terri.

    Thank you for the reminder and the lesson. Tonight I light candles and pour a shot of very good whiskey for the fallen. I've lost people many ways but suicide is by far the hardest of all.

    So many brave survivors here...carrying on legacies of loved ones and spreading awareness for the chance that others can be spared both in life and the life devastation. Keep fighting the good fight, and spreading the good love. Blessings to all of you.

    (((hugs)))

    love you too Pro...
  • arcticfox04
    arcticfox04 Posts: 1,011 Member
    Didn't know today was NSPD. Maybe thats why I got so many nods today when I had my yellow tshirt on.

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