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Hello.
This might not me for people who get upset and triggered easily. So my apologies, I have been told I can post this though.
Let’s talk about suicide? Eh.
I talked slightly about the things that help me when I’m feeling low and about a message to my friend Megan who in April lost her life to suicide.
I recently became a Homeless and mental health support worker where every day I deal with people who have mental health disorders and feel really low to the point they want to take their own life. I recently gave a talk in front of 500 people about suicide. It was one of the hardest things I ever did and I ended up crying and so did everyone else. I want to help others.
Last week two of my friends Ella and Alice lost their lives to suicide. It was devastating; I just couldn’t believe it how could that actually happen?
So when I went to the venue where 500 people where sat waiting for me I stood on the stage with a microphone in my hand shaking I said a short sentence “I’m not here to lecture you, If you’re going to laugh at me and snigger then please leave now, I’m here to share my story my experience and I’m here to help you”. A few people left. But stood outside. I then went on to say about how bullying affects some people really badly to the point they don’t see a point in living anymore. I was shaking really badly with nerves and also the fact I was about to cry. Someone passed me a chair and a glass of juice.
I looked down a teenager sat smiling at me, She looked like someone I’d seen before, She gave me a look that to me was suggesting she knew I could do this. I realised who she was, and asked her to come take a seat on the stage. You see, I’ve prevented 2,000 people from committing suicide. Her mum was someone I once saved. Her mum emailed me to say how she was feeling and about her daughter she even sent me a photo of her daughter with her permission this is what the email said. “I’m so scared I don’t know what I’m doing anymore. I have the most amazing daughter ever she’s clever she’s smart she’s perfect she’s beautiful. I have depression though and I can’t cope on my own so my little girl is looking after me. I guess that
What you call being a young carer. I don’t want to ruin her life anymore. I think she’d be better off without me. I can’t live on this life anymore”. Sending her back a message of support and advice. I mentioned how I’m a young carer myself and I really don’t mind it. I said “I’m a young carer, because I care. If I didn’t I wouldn’t do it therefore your daughter taking care of you is showing she needs you here” I didn’t hear back from here for a few days. We often shared messages back and forward to each other. I knew her daughter came to the youth centre I set up which also has a counsellor in every time the centre is open who specialises in mental health. So when she finally sent me a message back to say she’s getting better and has been to visit the doctor who has put her on new medication and has started to feel all happy about herself now and left the house to go and take herself shopping for the first time I was really made up for her. I was even more proud when she said without my help she wouldn’t have been able to do it.
So with her daughter on the stage I smiled, I held her hand and I started to talk, I talked about Megan I talked about Alice and I talked about Ella. I cried I shared stories of the happy times with them and the sad times. We all laughed and we all hugged each other and cried. It was a really touching time. Then I thought I’d end it on a positive note, I said there is help out there people can help I imagine people in this room are dealing with horrible thoughts or know somebody who is. I gave some crisis numbers and websites.
I mentioned they can always Email me or text me or pop into the youth centre to come and see me. For safety reasons I can’t share those details on here. But there is always
Samaritans http://www.samaritans.org 08457 90 90 90* (UK) jo@samaritans.org
Childline 0800 1111 www.childline.org.uk they offer a one-to-one session.
Beatbullying: Cybermentor & thefutureyou.
There is always someone you can talk to. I started my first day of going to visit people’s houses too, there’s someone with BPD she thinks she’s voldemort, it was really scary at first but then I thought she’s just a human her brain just isn’t functioning as normally as someone else without BPD would. I enjoyed it even if my supervisor is a complete twatface.
Thanks for reading.
Take care now
This might not me for people who get upset and triggered easily. So my apologies, I have been told I can post this though.
Let’s talk about suicide? Eh.
I talked slightly about the things that help me when I’m feeling low and about a message to my friend Megan who in April lost her life to suicide.
I recently became a Homeless and mental health support worker where every day I deal with people who have mental health disorders and feel really low to the point they want to take their own life. I recently gave a talk in front of 500 people about suicide. It was one of the hardest things I ever did and I ended up crying and so did everyone else. I want to help others.
Last week two of my friends Ella and Alice lost their lives to suicide. It was devastating; I just couldn’t believe it how could that actually happen?
So when I went to the venue where 500 people where sat waiting for me I stood on the stage with a microphone in my hand shaking I said a short sentence “I’m not here to lecture you, If you’re going to laugh at me and snigger then please leave now, I’m here to share my story my experience and I’m here to help you”. A few people left. But stood outside. I then went on to say about how bullying affects some people really badly to the point they don’t see a point in living anymore. I was shaking really badly with nerves and also the fact I was about to cry. Someone passed me a chair and a glass of juice.
I looked down a teenager sat smiling at me, She looked like someone I’d seen before, She gave me a look that to me was suggesting she knew I could do this. I realised who she was, and asked her to come take a seat on the stage. You see, I’ve prevented 2,000 people from committing suicide. Her mum was someone I once saved. Her mum emailed me to say how she was feeling and about her daughter she even sent me a photo of her daughter with her permission this is what the email said. “I’m so scared I don’t know what I’m doing anymore. I have the most amazing daughter ever she’s clever she’s smart she’s perfect she’s beautiful. I have depression though and I can’t cope on my own so my little girl is looking after me. I guess that
What you call being a young carer. I don’t want to ruin her life anymore. I think she’d be better off without me. I can’t live on this life anymore”. Sending her back a message of support and advice. I mentioned how I’m a young carer myself and I really don’t mind it. I said “I’m a young carer, because I care. If I didn’t I wouldn’t do it therefore your daughter taking care of you is showing she needs you here” I didn’t hear back from here for a few days. We often shared messages back and forward to each other. I knew her daughter came to the youth centre I set up which also has a counsellor in every time the centre is open who specialises in mental health. So when she finally sent me a message back to say she’s getting better and has been to visit the doctor who has put her on new medication and has started to feel all happy about herself now and left the house to go and take herself shopping for the first time I was really made up for her. I was even more proud when she said without my help she wouldn’t have been able to do it.
So with her daughter on the stage I smiled, I held her hand and I started to talk, I talked about Megan I talked about Alice and I talked about Ella. I cried I shared stories of the happy times with them and the sad times. We all laughed and we all hugged each other and cried. It was a really touching time. Then I thought I’d end it on a positive note, I said there is help out there people can help I imagine people in this room are dealing with horrible thoughts or know somebody who is. I gave some crisis numbers and websites.
I mentioned they can always Email me or text me or pop into the youth centre to come and see me. For safety reasons I can’t share those details on here. But there is always
Samaritans http://www.samaritans.org 08457 90 90 90* (UK) jo@samaritans.org
Childline 0800 1111 www.childline.org.uk they offer a one-to-one session.
Beatbullying: Cybermentor & thefutureyou.
There is always someone you can talk to. I started my first day of going to visit people’s houses too, there’s someone with BPD she thinks she’s voldemort, it was really scary at first but then I thought she’s just a human her brain just isn’t functioning as normally as someone else without BPD would. I enjoyed it even if my supervisor is a complete twatface.
Thanks for reading.
Take care now
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