smonster, I am with you 100%.
I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.
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Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
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Steph L. - Feb 21, 2016 8:28:23 am PST #23347 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
smonster - Feb 21, 2016 8:33:30 am PST #23348 of 30002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I know, Steph. I'm so sorry about your situation.
sj - Feb 21, 2016 8:35:30 am PST #23349 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Smonster, I'm so sorry.
Askye, that's a fabulous idea. Feel better.
Just now at a bookstore
Guy1: There are aliens out there.
Guy2: Trump wants to send them all home.
Guy1: We're talking about different types of aliens. I'm talking about the kind with three heads and green skin.
Liese S. - Feb 21, 2016 9:26:37 am PST #23350 of 30002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Was there a local ASIST training anytime soon in that list, smonster?
smonster - Feb 21, 2016 9:28:55 am PST #23351 of 30002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
There's a half day SafeTalk training in April, I believe.
edit - no real info on that one yet. The one I was thinking of is in May.
Zenkitty - Feb 21, 2016 9:33:08 am PST #23352 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
smonster, that's really upsetting and scary about your sister. I hope she can get the help she needs and get out of the black hole.
Burrell - Feb 21, 2016 9:35:48 am PST #23353 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Sending support to both of you, smonster and Steph
Liese S. - Feb 21, 2016 9:50:46 am PST #23354 of 30002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I would suggest contacting them directly and seeing if you can help facilitate bringing a full ASIST training in. There are often local groups you could partner with that might help bring it in for free. You may need to be an active advocate to get this training, but I really recommend it in your situation. It is intended exactly for you, for first line folks who are already in people's lives with the potential to intervene.
You might check with local police, anti drug coalitions, community mental health clinics, and other religious, social, and community groups to see who might be able to help bring it in. It can be a real benefit to your whole community; there are many others out there who are adjacent to sufferers just like you are.
There are other suicide prevention resources out there, I just speak to this one because I know it. I've been through it, I've put students through it, and those students have successfully intervened in their family and friends' lives, preventing them from completing suicide attempts. Like I have said before, the training is very difficult, intense, but it is literally lifesaving. For myself, it also helps with my anxiety levels to know that, should a situation arise, I am more equipped to deal with it than I was previously.
amyth - Feb 21, 2016 10:01:38 am PST #23355 of 30002
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
smonster, I'm so sorry. If you can think of anything I can do, please let me know.
Hil R. - Feb 21, 2016 10:18:39 am PST #23356 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm so sorry, smonster.