How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me, Revised Edition by Blauner, Susan Rose -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Dedication Epigraph Contents Welcome Foreword One: So You Think You Want to Die?

Hello The Reality of Suicidal Fantasy Moderation and Time Limits Me Finding Life Essence Change (Arghhh) and Choices

Two: Outthinking Suicide

Breathing The Language of Suicide The Neuron Superhighway The Grim Reaper Brain Style Recognizing and Avoiding Triggers Stopping the Snowball Finding Relief

Three: Tricks of the Trade

Trick #1: Asking for Help Trick #2: Emergency Contacts Trick #3: A Crisis Plan Trick #4: Feelings

Identifying Feelings Feelings Chart Feelings Galore List Tracing Feelings Back Stating a Feeling

Trick #5: Feelings Versus Facts Trick #6: The Brady Bunch Syndrome Trick #7: Spirituality, Nature, Meditation

Spirituality Nature Meditation

Trick #8: Acting As If Trick #9: HALT

Hungry Angry Lonely Tired

Trick #10: Keeping a Journal Trick #11: Tasks and Activities—Healthy Diversions Trick #12: The Telephone Lifeline and Phone Lists Trick #13: Contracts for Safety Trick #14: Brain Food Trick #15: Therapy Trick #16: Vitamin “P” Trick #17: “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning”—Sayings and Affirmations Trick #18: Mirror Work and Inner Dialoguing Trick #19: Service—Helping Others Trick #20: Movement and Exercise Trick #21: Sound and Color

Sound Color

Trick #22: Support Groups Trick #23: Structure Trick #24: Hospitalization Trick #25: What About an Afterlife?

Four: There Is Hope!: Letters from My Therapist, Family, and Friends

Honesty Sylvia’s Perspective A Brother’s Walk on Eggshells Watching Her Husband, My Brother Like a Holiday from Adulthood God Doesn’t Make Junk! Sue’s Song Rich with Humanity, Hope, and Change

Five: Helping the Suicidal Thinker

Introduction Risk Factors and Warning Signs Suicide Facts and Statistics Words

What I Heard Versus What I Needed to Hear Delivery and Timing Expressing Your Feelings Acknowledging Their Pain Speaking from Love

Beliefs

Secrets Are Deadly It’s Okay to Talk About It It’s a Family Challenge Change Is Possible

Actions

Listening Well Respecting Boundaries While Taking Action Practicing Patience and Compassion Getting Educated and Finding Your Own Support

Six: Until We Meet Again

geese (A Poem Written by Christopher Brehl) I Recognize . . . Destiny Afterword for the Revised Edition

Seven: Hotlines, Websites, and Other Resources

Hotlines and Suicide Prevention Organizations

Crisis Hotlines Hotlines in Canada Online Crisis Chat Crisis Text Messaging Organizations Organizations in Canada

Additional Websites

Suicide Prevention Suicide Attempters Suicide Survivors Military

Mobile Phone Apps

Behavioral Health Depression and Suicide Military

Twelve Step Organizations Book Lists

Books Useful to Me Memoirs General Works On Youth On the Elderly For Professionals For Survivors

Editor’s Note: Why This Book Matters to Me Notes Permissions Index About the Author Copyright About the Publisher