Crisis Support

Suicide is a cry and it is as deep as the yearning any human could ever experience, an experience so shrewd, so fierce, that if the universe could move aside,…….it would. How is it ever easy in the understanding? What…
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I Feel Your Pain When someone is suicidal everyone gets scared, and everyone wants to help. Doctors make a verbal contract with the person who is feeling so depressed. Basically, a plan is created so the person has specific steps…
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Death it the hardest part of life. Everyone will experience the loss of a love one before they die. There is time when the death is predicted and you are able to say your goodbyes while other times death happens…
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Do you find it difficult to bring comfort to a grieving friend? Do you worry that you do not know what to say or what to do? Do you worry that your well- intent suggestion can hurt your grieving friend?…
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Euthanasia has been a hot topic in American society for a while, most recently having a renewed spark from the Terri Shaivo case. As a person will a chronic pain condition and as a child of a stage four breast…
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“The death school”. That is what the members of our city and the surrounding areas had dubbed my high school. In the 4 years since it had been built, an entire row of trees had been planted in memory of…
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A good- by is a way to wish luck, to ascertain safety and to demonstrate to the person departing that you care. Good -bye’s are usually temporary, they are mostly statements that mean ”until next time” therefore, they are usually…
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So often we take our loved ones for granted. It is easy to do. They are there for us on a daily basis and in the course of our everyday life it is uncommon to think that they will leave…
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Why does the death of a loved one often seem to come up suddenly and as a great surprise? I have lost my mother and I am angry. Angry for not seeing the signs that led to her death, angry…
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Widowhood Every morning as I open my eyes, I am reminded that widowhood awaits me, holding me painfully in it’s iron grip, and choking me so tight that I can barely breathe. My screaming soul echoes through my heart, forcing…
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I was with my husband for nineteen years. He was my first love. I had never had the experience of being alone ever in my life. I met my husband when I was sixteen, and we were together then until…
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It was only my faith in God and destiny that helped me survive sudden and tragic demise of my dad in his early fifties.  My dad got  infected by a needlestick while operating on his urgent case patient in the surgery room.  Several…
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Grief is very delicate, personal to the person experiencing it even though it is common to all of us sooner or later. When you watch someone in pain you want to help them ease their pain. Sometimes just being there…
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Sometimes, life’s greatest lessons are the ones that come through tragedy. They are the hardest to learn, but if we do indeed learn them, they will have the ability to change our lives in some amazing ways. We will never…
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She’s gone. There’s just no turning back. Why? You ask yourself? Of all people why your friend? What will happen to you now? Who will listen to you and your boring stories? Who will be fighting half the battle for…
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Miscarriage is both tragic and humbling at the same time. I am writing this at the time of a second miscarriage in a six month period, and my first miscarriage last year was an experience that changed me in various…
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I have many regrets in my life. My parents were divorced when I was about nine years old. My Father left my Mom. I had a hard time deciding who I wanted to live with. A friend of the family…
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If only I had said I was sorry. If only I had been kinder. If only I had been more truthful. If only I had repaid my debt. There are many reasons people might internalize the death of a loved…
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On May 12, 2006, life ended as I knew it. I got a phone call from my sister stating, “dad fell down the stairs. We are at the hospital. We need you to come,” she said sobbing. I fell to my…
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It’s never easy to just walk away from an abusive person. It’s obvious there are already anger issues, and when they are crossed, they become more violent. Staying with someone who is violent can get you killed. It’s a very…
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I was talking to a friend of mine the other day via email, she was saying how down she felt, she had been for an interview and was turned down again. I was trying to get her to be positive…
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Coping with emotional pain and grief can be all be like a fire consuming you in the hot flames. Some-days it may seem that you cannot even get out of bed in the morning to face another day. Everyday seems…
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If you find yourself in a relationship where you can never seem to do anything right, and you are always caught between a rock and a hard place, you may be experiencing emotional abuse.  If you find yourself in this…
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Self-confidence is an important part of life.  It helps us to get ahead in life.  It helps us to become, and often to remain employed.  It helps us to make and keep friends.  It helps us to maintain our relationships. …
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I remember the feel of the porcelain sink under my cold clammy hands, remember raising my head hoping it would stop the nausea and seeing my face so grey it just had to belong to someone else. I was worried…
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Unfortunately, in a lot of cases, finances can impact the decision for a woman to stay in an abusive relationship.  There are different ways in which this can happen.  Women should be aware of the following issues. The woman might…
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Domestic Violence can be committed against men, women, children and elderly. It could be verbal or physical. For the context of this article, the focus is on domestic violence involving women. A recent article on India Today titles “Domestic Violence…
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As an adult, I feel some things in life can never be erased from our memory. Certain parts of our lives are indispensable and inseparable. For a few days now, I am seeing a psychologist. Because both me and my…
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If you do nothing, the pattern of physical abuse may escalate dramatically.  But even if it doesn’t, imagine how your wife would feel if you said or did nothing.  Ultimately, it may even damage your relationship with your wife.  But…
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When a boy and girl become attracted to one another, their body’s chemistry sets off enough hormones to make an atomic bomb look like a firecracker on the Fourth of July.  It is love at first sight.  The first few…
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