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We Need to Talk About Suicide, Not Sidestep It

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In recent years, advocates have been working tirelessly to destigmatize mental health issues, but it feels like there’s one area that’s still off-limits.

To me, it feels like it’s still taboo to talk openly about suicide (both before it happens and afterward). I live with chronic suicidality due to depression and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD), and it’s something I wish I was able to discuss with the people in my life without feeling shame or discomfort.

Decades before I was even born, a great aunt of mine died by suicide. Her obituary in the local paper listed the cause of her death as cancer (at the request of my family).

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