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Originally Posted by Alffe
A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND BELIEF
After my brothers death I realized that suicide was talked about in hushed voices if anyone talked about it at all.
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So we will continue to educate, advocate and believe that together we can make a difference. We will continue to recruit others to educate, advocate and believe that together we can make a difference. Why? Because so many peoples lives depend on it!
Susan Conlin Opheim, President of HOPES (Helping Others Prevent and Educate about Suicide) Hopes Wi
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Alpho,
I wonder if the world(society) will ever not feel HUSHED to talk about suicide...just like we can openly talk about cancer.
it makes me wonder how the advocates of breast cancer awareness make it to the cereal boxes and what an accomplishment that is!
But I wonder if we'll be able to have an ad on TV about suicide or have an awareness of it on a cereal box?
Would we ever be able to see "Frosted Flakes" and then, "suicide awareness month" on the same box? Of course, it's a sensitive subject matter and I don't expect it to be in people's faces and I am not advocating to have it on the cereal boxes...but I do wonder at how the subject can be brought out in a more NONE conventional way...and that we don't have to be hushed or felt like we've said something wrong....
until then, I guess it'll be the last paragraph that will have to do...keep talking about it and educating about it....
and until even then, thank goodness there is an SOS forum for us to talk about IT...
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