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In the United States, someone takes their own life every 17 minutes. There are approximately 750,000 suicide attempts each year, and it is estimated that more than five million living Americans have attempted suicide. I have personally known five people who took their own life. I am also friends with three others who attempted suicide on at least one occasion. Two of the people who killed themselves were close friends--one ended his life two blocks from my home.

How to Prevent a Suicide 2 years 33 weeks ago

Working for s suicide hotline is a important service to people. You are trained how to handle different types of suicide cases and how to approach each of them. It is very gratifying to go home know that your have stopped someone from committing suicide.

Suicide: Contimplating Suicide Please read first 2 years 32 weeks ago

It is estimated that suicide takes the lives of over 33,000 people per year. I am writing this article for everybody, for those who have lost a loved ones from suicide, for those who do are dealing with someone who is suicidal and want to help, and for those who are contemplating this.

I’m not going to go into all the facts regarding suicide, what I want to do is to educate people on how to understand the reasoning behind the contemplation of suicide.

The first thing I want to explain is that no one wants to die! What they want is for the pain to go away.