#SuicidePrevention #800-273-TALK-(8255) #NationalSuicidePreventionLifeline #Suicide On average, there are 123 suicides each day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And for every person who dies, about 29 more attempt it. It’s now the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. We all know someone touched by suicide. Myself included. I lived with my grandparents until I was 2. I stayed close to my grandfather; he never stopped looking out for me, even as I started college, work, a family. Then, in 2001, he killed himself. It wasn’t a secret, but no one ever talked about it. That was 17 years ago. And still today, we just don’t talk about suicide. The media rarely share stories of suicide, in part because we don’t want to make things worse. The practice in newspapers for decades was not to write about suicide at all unless it was done in public or was a public figure. When the media cover high-profile suicides, especially when they inclu...
