One of the most persistent myths in public understanding of suicide is that asking someone whether they are thinking about killing themselves plants the idea
A suicide crisis — a moment when someone you love is in immediate danger — is one of the most frightening situations a person can
Knowing that someone you love needs professional support and actually getting them to that support are two very different challenges. Many supporters find themselves in
One of the most disorienting experiences for someone supporting a person who is suicidal is the apparent gap between what seems, from the outside, to
When someone you love is in the middle of a suicidal crisis, it can be difficult to imagine what recovery might look like or how
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from loving someone who is in persistent danger. It is not like ordinary tiredness. It accumulates
The word boundaries has become somewhat overused in popular discourse, to the point where its meaning has blurred. In the context of supporting someone who
Being told that someone you love wants to die produces a specific kind of terror that is difficult to describe to anyone who has not
This is perhaps the hardest thing to accept when someone you love is suicidal: that your love is not enough. Not because it is insufficient
Once the person you love has connected with a therapist or mental health professional, a new and often unexpected phase of the support relationship begins.
