NAMI and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) applaud today’s creation of the bipartisan Senate Mental Health Caucus in the U.S. Senate. Founded by Senators Alex Padilla (CA), Thom Tillis (NC), Joni Ernst (IA) and Tina Smith (MN), the caucus will work to find bipartisan, common-sense solutions to address our nation’s ongoing mental […]
[…] has additional resources available online to help anyone who needs support. You can also reach the NAMI (National) HelpLine at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text “HelpLine” to 62640 or chat at NAMI.org/help Mon-Fri from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET. Anyone in crisis should call or text “9-8-8″ to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (also available online at 988Lifeline.org).
[…] time. The pain and despair you are feeling will slowly fade and go away, Seek help from your friends to help you get thru those difficult days. Suicide is not the answer, know there's hope even in times of despair, Friends are there to help, like you, there are many who have been there. […]
[…] that I even questioned God and my existence. At times, the mental battle was so exhausting, and the feeling of isolation so strong, that the idea of suicide started to feel more appealing than powering through another day. Though I did seek counseling in college, the term "OCD" was not mentioned until the very […]
[…] dimly lit room, a place where my brain would run out of material to craft intrusive thoughts. I wanted out, which bred intrusive thoughts about self-harm and suicide. Then, I found someone: the third therapist was the charm. I spilled my anguish to her in the first session. She listened and nodded, as if […]
[…] and over. The trauma was becoming too much for me. I didn’t know who I was anymore. I would write in my journal that I was contemplating suicide and detailed how I planned to hurt myself. I knew I didn’t want to die, but I didn’t know what else to do. I just wanted […]
[…] in, but because we can pull each other out. Rachel Moorefield is married to her love, Steve, and together they have three amazing children together: Isaiah, Bella, and Myley. Rachel has become a mental health advocate after losing her eldest child, Isaiah, to suicide in 2018. She advocates through her YouTube channel. quote image
[…] share our story and fight for change in our mental health care system. My daughter struggled so hard to see the value of her life. She attempted suicide on multiple occasions, tormented by her own mind and beliefs that she was not meant to be here. I had to fight hard to get her […]
I smiled through it. Through the dark episodes of depression in which I drowned silently in pain and shame. Through the thoughts of suicide. Visions of how I would end it all stitched themselves in my brain. I didn’t want anyone to know how I was feeling. I didn’t want to burden my husband, […]
[…] what was happening. After a month of not getting out of bed, I moved back home with my parents, where my depressive state worsened and I attempted suicide. For the next three years, I was hospitalized on more than one occasion; I saw doctor after doctor, therapist after therapist, took medication after medication, received […]
NAMI HelpLine is available M-F, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. ET. Call 800-950-6264,
text “helpline” to 62640, or chat online. In a crisis, call or text 988 (24/7).
