by Megan McDonough
Last week, two well-known people committed suicide: Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain. Celebrity deaths bring media attention, but the depth of the problem goes much deeper than the headlines. According to the American Society for Suicide Prevention, there are 123 suicides each day in the United States alone. That makes it the third leading cause of death.
Suicide has touched my life, as it has with many.
I want to give you this video lesson from the Certificate program and the worksheet for free, hoping it helps.
I wish there was more I could do. It’s a small thing, but doing something, even a small thing, seems better than doing nothing.
Thank you for this video Megan. In my career I dealt with several suicidal patients. And, lethal suicide has also touched my life. For me the meaning is that each experience lead me to work to develop more courage to face the dark and sometimes meaningless aspects of everyday life.
I appreciate your courage in facing suicide by searching for meaning and also reaching out to help others search for meaning.