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| Suicide is Painless? - http://www.bipolarworld.net/Suicide/suicide_painless.htm Graham Brown writes about how he changed his mind about killing himself. |
| Suicide Anonymous - Tina's Story - http://www.suicideanonymous.org/Tinas_Story.html Offers an article by a registered nurse who has gained some sanity in her recovery. |
| Puppet - http://www.mindspring.com/~scottr/nde/puppet.html Read this account of someone who tried to commit suicide and lived. |
| Suicide Anonymous - Rachel's Story - http://www.suicideanonymous.org/Raquels_Story.html Read this account who talks about learning how to deal with suicidal impulses. |
| Suicide? The Story of a Survivor - http://www.whitewreath.com/id50.htm#8 Desiree Alan shares her experiences with suicide that led to her writing the book "My Life in the Dark?" |
| He Invites - http://www.heinvites.org/topic.php3/0124.html Christian resource offers stories by people who have contemplated and attempted suicide. |
| CyberPsych Pen Pals - Suicide Stories - http://cyberpsych.org/cgi-bin/penpals.pl?read=10775 "m" shares her struggles with suicidal thoughts and feelings. |
| Suicide Prevention Help - The Friendship Letter - http://www.suicidepreventionhelp.com/friendship.html Kenneth shares how he came to see suicidal thoughts and feelings realistically. Read his personal account. |
| Better Health Channel - Trevor's Story - http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pspages/ps_suicide_attempt?OpenDocument Read how this father survived a suicide attempt when he was 26 years of age. |
| About - Dear World: A Suicide Letter - http://depression.about.com/od/truestorie1/a/dearworld.htm Read an interview with Paul Jones and Electroboy discussing Jones's book about suicide. |
| How To Commit Suicide - Could I Really Hurt Myself? - http://www.allaboutlifechallenges.org/how-to-commit-suicide.htm Offers an account of someone's struggle with depressing and suicidal thoughts from a Christian perspective. |
| He Invites - Story #1 - http://www.heinvites.org/story.php3/0236.html Read this story about a woman who came from a dysfunctional family and attempted suicide, but now has three children and a loving husband. |
| Suicide Anonymous - Remington's Story - http://www.suicideanonymous.org/Remingtons_Story.html Read this account by a physician wno struggled with suicide, and is now grateful for being alive. |
| TomRobinson.com - Surviving Suicide - http://www.tomrobinson.com/radio/surv.htm Read a transcript of this one-hour documentary for the BBC that was written and presented by Tom Robinson and produced by Cathy Drysdale. |
| Whitewreath.com - My Story - http://www.whitewreath.com/id50.htm#12 A young woman shares her experiences with depression and suicidal ideation. Read about her success in enjoying life again. |
| Mercurynews.com - Mike Wallace acknowledges suicide attempt - http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/14613997.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp Read about the former host of 60 Minutes, who notes after surviving his suicide attempt, "that the 20 years since have been the best in my life.'' |
| Lilly - Local Woman Honored for Fighting Stigma of Depression - http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=916306&TICK=LLY&STORY=/www/story/05-16-2005/0003631335&EDATE=May+16,+2005 Read the story about Terry L. Wise who attempted suicide and became a crusader for people suffering from depression. |
| Self-Harming & Suicide Talk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DslZwP_1J5s PunkFACE345 offers this moving talk on suicide. Browse to watch this video published on YouTube. |
| Healthy Place - Gay Teen Suicide Survivor Stories - http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Gender/gayisok/i_lived.html Resource invites young people to write about their suicidal experiences. |
| Windows Live Spaces - Jeff Basinger - http://jeffbasinger.spaces.live.com/ Offers a blog that shares the author's personal experiences with depression, suicidal thoughts and desires. |
| Salon.com - Health & Body: Books - http://www.salon.com/health/books/1999/11/04/suicide/index.html David Bowman reviews "Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide." by Kay Redfield Jamison, professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins, offering insight into suicide accounts. |
| Mental Health Foundation - Alan Davies's Personal Story about Work Life Balance - http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/page.cfm?pagecode=IZTSDA Read this story about a man and father who decided not to commit suicide. |
| Whitewreath.com - Hard to Believe it was Me - http://www.whitewreath.com/id50.htm#14 Law student, now graduated, talks about his or her experiences with depressing and suicidal thoughts and feelings. |
| Whitewreath.com - Tony's Feelings - http://www.whitewreath.com/id50.htm#11 Offers an account of a man who was depressed and suicidal, but found a support group and help from taking Prozac. |
| Many Languages of Suicide, The - http://www.jungcircle.com/DWebb.html Read this paper presented at the Suicide Prevention Australia Conference, held in 2002, by David Webb, suicide attempter and Suicidologist at Victoria University. |
| Seacoastonline.com - Living with bipolar disorder - http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/04302006/accent/100417.htm Rachel Forrest writes about people who suffer with the disease and have found ways to avoid suicide. |
| Guardian Weekly - Turning lives around - http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=121&catID=3 World Suicide Prevention Day, co-sponsored by the World Health Organization, takes place on September 10. Kenneth Hemmerick describes his experiences in this difficult area and explains why he set up a website devoted to helping those in need. |
| He Invites - Story #3 - http://www.heinvites.org/story.php3/0044.html Raised in an orphange, writer describes how her faith helped her to overcome suicidal feelings. |