“Almost always in human experience, the urge toward suicide signals an edge of a new level of consciousness. If you can kill the right thing — the old way of adaptation — and not injure yourself, a new energy-filled era will begin.” ~ Robert A Johnson in “She — Understanding Feminine Psychology”
Here you will find clickable links (hover to view them) to resources mentioned by members of the former Suicide Without Judgment Meetup group. (Suicide Without Judgment was a Meetup that ran monthly in-person rap sessions for people who think about suicide from 2017 until 2019). It’s bare-bones on purpose — follow the links for more. (Hover over the individual listings and click for more)
Call
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Compassion and Choices: 1-800-247-7421
California Youth Crisis Line: 1-800-843-5200
Txt
CrisisTextLine: Text TWT to 741471 or @CrisisTextLine
Tools for Self Care
How Death, Trauma, and Disasters Effect Mental Health (Tips to Cope)
Everything is Awful and I’m Not OK Questions to Ask Before Giving Up
A Clever Musical Tool to Help You Cope with Trauma and PTSD
Overwhelmed? Dial Back Your Crazy with this 5-Step Plan
The Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions Today
Three Powerful Self-Care Modalities
Browse
Mental Health Education for Teenagers (don’t be put off b/c it looks like an advertisement – the info links are great)
VA Webinar re Suicide and Peer Support based on Interpersonal Theory of Suicide
San Diego County resources, including a crisis line phone number and live chat
Alcohol and suicidal thoughts
Col Bart P Billings, Ret: Feeling the Sound Can Be Dangerous To Your Health – how high-intensity low-frequency sound is dangerous to your health (skip forward to page 24 for Dr Billings’ article)
For neuro-diverse people
Read
The Ethics of Suicide
The Time Keeper
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
The Alchemist
Ten Things You’re Taught as an Emotionally Neglected Child That Aren’t True
She
He
Transformation
Owning Your Own Shadow (Bill’s notes here)
VAD article: “Feeling the Sound Can Be Dangerous to Your Health” by Col Bart Billings, USN (Ret), shared here with permission from the author
Sometimes I Think About Suicide, by Stephen Elliott, from The Sun, November 2016
Listen
Tropical Sweets Classical Music Adventure
Rachmaninoff – Etude-tableau Op.39 No.2 in A minor (Bill’s “suicide music”)
Adam Pfeffer – Self Creep
Bill Protzmann plays Amazing Grace
Watch
Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
Find Support
Ketamine
Suicide Prevention Allies Facebook Group
Veterans
The Mendleton Foundation website Facebook
Veterans OutReach Facebook
Veteran peer support for PTS, MST, TBI, and suicide: Courage to Call
Invisible wounds: HeadStrong
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