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If you are thinking about Suicide...Read this first.

If you are feeling suicidal now, please stop long enough to read this. It will only take about five minutes. I do not want to talk you out of your bad feelings. I am not a therapist or other mental health professional - only someone who knows what it is like to be in pain.

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Suicide helpline 0808 808 8000 -New 24hour helpline for those at risk from suicide.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A TRAINING WEBSITE WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED VERY SOON.

Suicide is one of the main causes of death among young people today. Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy - whatever the person's age. One suicide represents lost life, lost talent, lost creativity, a lost mother or father, brother, sister, son or daughter and a wound that does not easily heal in those who are left behind.

Suicide is still a hidden or taboo topic. Denial, secrecy and avoidance remain common.

A major obstacle to effective suicidal prevention is the stigma associated with and surrounding suicide here in Ireland. Taboos prevent us from speaking openly and freely about the problem and discussing what we can do, stigma leads to misunderstandings and intolerance which are a barrier to change. There is a great need to change public attitudes, and increase awareness and understanding about suicide as a major public health problem that is largely preventable.

Serious talk about suicide does not create or increase risk, it reduces it. The best way to identify the possibility of suicide is to ask directly. Open talk and genuine concern about someone's thoughts of suicide are a source of relief for them and are often the key elements in preventing the immediate danger of suicide.

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