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September is Suicide Prevention month 💙💜 Throughout this month, we will be sharing tips and helpful resources. Help raise suicide awareness by sharing this post.

If you or anyone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts, know that YOU ARE NOT ALONE and that YOU HAVE SO MUCH WORTH 💙

Visit the link for more resources, support and treatment: adaa.org/understanding-anxi...

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kainasar

I need information abt Boston SP events this month.

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ADAATeamRachelPartner in reply to kainasar

There are a few different events happening in Boston.

This one is in September: support.samaritanshope.org/...

These ones are in October: mcleanhospital.org/events/a...

supporting.afsp.org/index.c...

Hopefully this was what you were looking for.

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Shnookie

Thank you 🙏 so much for posting this info. I have known a number of people who have committed suicide. It is so important to have this info. There is a saying. To save one life is like saving the world.

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ADAATeamRachelPartner in reply to Shnookie

I'm so sorry for your losses 💙 I love that saying. I hope that these resources we post can help at least one person.

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Shnookie in reply to ADAATeamRachel

My sentiments exactly. Thank you 🙏 for your support. Tho my friend took her life in 2001, the pain is always there but fortunately for me, my meds and supportive places like HU and hotlines help me to a great extent.

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Nothing_but_books in reply to Shnookie

I'm so sorry Shnookie. Now I understand.

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Shnookie in reply to Nothing_but_books

Thank you 🙏 so much. Hope you have a peaceful weekend hugs S

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Singingmoose

I’m curious why just in Sept do you share tips. Shouldn’t that be year round? It’s great to draw awareness even though it’s just for a month, but I’m just wondering what people do the rest of the 11 months for tips?

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GoodbyeAugust in reply to Singingmoose

Touche. Good point

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ADAATeamRachelPartner in reply to Singingmoose

We share tips and resources all year. And we have dedicated pages to suicide prevention on our website, adaa.org. But we do highlight it even more during September.

It is good to hear that it seems we aren't posting enough on the subject though. I will take this to our content team. We will do better.

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Singingmoose in reply to ADAATeamRachel

That’s great to know, thank you!

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Dolphin14

Thank you for the post

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i’m getting help right now I’m going into a rehab

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Dolphin14 in reply to

I'm so glad you are getting help. Please let us know how you are doing

Wishing you the best

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CLB1125

thank you. How do you share your post?

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ADAATeamRachelPartner in reply to CLB1125

If you go to the bottom of the post, there should be a spot that says "reply, like, report, and more". Click on the word "More" and a drop down list will appear. Click on "Copy post link" and then you can paste that link into a post or share it in a message via any social media platform. Hope this helped!

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catsrock

Thank you for this post. I have one comment and it's a problem lots of suicide survivors struggle with (I've lost 2 uncles and a brother to suicide) is that it shouldn't be called Suicide Prevention Month, but Suicide Awareness Month. Many survivors are racked with guilt about if they could have done something to prevent the suicide and calling it Suicide Prevention Month only adds to that. This is not a criticism, just hoping to increase awareness of what survivors deal with.

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ADAATeamRachelPartner in reply to catsrock

Thank you for sharing this comment— it's good to hear feedback, especially because this content we create is for everyone's use. We will do better to mention raising awareness and not just prevention 💙

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Shnookie

Thank you so much for your good wishes. Have a great weekend.

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