This is something I usually don't do. If you ask how I am, I'll say I'm fine or something like that. But let me be honest with you now. I am not fine. I'm a total wreck. My thoughts are blurred, my dreams are dead. I'm seriously considering taking a certain way out....

OKAY STOP RIGHT THERE!

"Suicide is not chosen; it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain."

That’s all it’s about. You are not a bad person, or crazy, or weak, or flawed, because you feel suicidal. It doesn’t even mean that you really want to die - it only means that you have more pain than you can cope with right now. If I start piling weights on your shoulders, you will eventually collapse if I add enough weights... no matter how much you want to remain standing. Willpower has nothing to do with it. Of course you would cheer yourself up, if you could.

Suicide is the act or an instance of intentionally killing oneself. It's the third leading cause of death in teens and overall in youths ages 10 to 19 years old. It is becoming more common every year in the United States. Suicide attempts are usually made when a person is seriously depressed or upset. A teen who is feeling suicidal may see no other way out of problems, no other escape from emotional pain, or no other way to communicate their desperate unhappiness.

If you or someone you know is suicidal, help is needed! Below are some helpful links to additional information. Check them out!!!

National Mental Health Association

TeensHealth

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education

AACAP

AAP

Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program

http://www.rochford.org/suicide/

National Strategy for Suicide Prevention

The Acadia Hospital

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Family of New Paltz
Ulster County
51 N. Chestnut St.
New Paltz (845) 225-8801
Woodstock (845) 679-2485
Ellenville (845) 647-2443

They specialize in helping people who
are feeling suicidal. Provides a 24-hour
hotline and 9-4 Monday-Friday walk-in.

Samaritans Suicide Prevention
and Crisis Hotline
(518) 689-HOPE
911-Emergency Services

Specializing in all aspects
of suicide from prevention
& warning signs to how to cope.
CLICK FOR SITE

Greene County Mental Health
622-9163

The closest way to get help in our area.

Hudson Psychiatric Center
71 Prospect Ave.
Hudson, NY
828-8136

Providing service for people in mental crisis.

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Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
P.O. Box 644 Westminster, CO 80036-0644 USA
(303) 429-3530 Fax: (303) 426-4496
LFLI/YRSPP is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.
ask4help@yellowribbon.org

AACAP
3615 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016-3007
phone: (202) 966-7300
fax: (202) 966-2891
meetings@aacap.org

AAP National Headquarters
The American Academy of Pediatrics
141 Northwest Point Boulevard
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1098
USA
847/434-4000
847/4340-8000 (Fax)

American Association of Suiciodology (AAS)
4201 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 310
Washington, D.C. 20008
Phone (202) 237-2280
Fax (202) 237-2282

Suicide Information and
Education Centre (SIEC)
#201, 1615 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T3 0J7
Phone (403) 245-3900
Fax (403) 245-0299

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