The Suicide Solution

  About six months ago, I somehow injured my rotator cuff. It has cost me time, money, energy, my peace, and my sleep. It has been a long, frustrating journey. I just finished five weeks of physical therapy. I am far from healed, and I have to keep doing exercises every other day. I am still in pain and still can't sleep well, even though both of those things are slowly getting better. Yesterday, I realized something. I have to do my shoulder stretches even when my shoulder feels better. Even on my best days with it, I have to stretch and ice it. Every single day. If I skip it, I suffer greatly, sometimes setting myself back for days. My mental health is exactly the same way. I must be mindful of the thoughts I am thinking. I must do self-care consistently, not just when I'm struggling. I have to pay attention to what I am putting into my mind, what music am I listening to? What podcasts and books am I consuming? Am I moving my body every day? Am I getting some sunshine, even i...

Suicidal thoughts aren’t the problem. They’re pain with nowhere to go. When pain has nowhere to go, it turns inward. It gets louder. Heavier. Harder to carry. And eventually, it starts to feel like the only way out is to end it. What if the answer isn’t to end your life… but to give your pain somewhere to go? You don’t need to solve everything today. If this resonates, here are a few places you can go next: This Is Who The Suicide Solution Is For The Life I Almost Missed Healing, Help, and the Meds That Keep Us Here She Was a Teenager Living With a Suicidal Mom—What She Said Hit Me Like a Freight Train