World Mental Health Day 2019: Suicide Prevention

It’s World Mental Health Day 2019 and this year’s theme is Suicide Prevention. EVERY DAY is Awareness Day for me and my fellow warriors.
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The NHS, as wonderful as this institution is, is SEVERELY underfunded when it comes to mental health. We can raise awareness across social media, we can raise funds for Mind/Samaritans/Papyrus and the like but where is our Government’s hands? In their own back pockets.
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6 weeks ago I was refused a CPN because a team who have never met me decided it was not in my “best interests”. Forward 5 weeks, and I ended up in the care of the NHS with respiratory failure because of my mental health.
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Suicide can be preventable with the right care, timely intervention and support. We’ve all been in that dark place where we’ve felt that no one cares, or our demons will overcome us, or that we are a burden.
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I have said, and will always say, I’d rather listen to 15 minutes of you ranting about why you feel your life is painful, than listen to a 15 minute eulogy.
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Right now, my cup is empty. I cannot pour from an empty cup. I have to recuperate, get my life back on track, rescue relationships and learn to fly again.
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Samaritans are there 24/7 on 116123 💚