Tag: Suicide

"It remains the elephant in the room, perhaps because it's so obvious that we've become blind to it."

A clinical psychologist talks about the warning signs of suicide in teens, and how to help them cope with today's pressures.

"Last night was too much. I couldn't bear another night of crying myself to sleep, of screaming into my pillow and praying for the pain to stop. I was tired. Tired of being sad. Tired of not being able to get out of bed. Tired of nobody caring."

The staggering statistics come from a new CDC study, which surveyed 5,470 people between June 24 and June 30.

"I asked God ‘Why my son?’ and God said to me ‘I gave you my son,’ I can stand here with little tears and little sadness, no stigma about how our son went to God."

“We are heartbroken beyond belief, terribly confused, and missing Darrin in ways that feel unbearable,” said his wife Amie.

"We know we’re not supposed to have these thoughts, so we don’t tell."

“I said, ‘If you’re real, you need to show me who you are, because I have lost hope and I have no will to live.'"