If reading is not how you want to spend your time or you can't seem to bring yourself to read someone's story then try to listen to Ted talks or podcasts. Listening to people's stories will help you understand that you really are not alone and people have been in the exact situation you are dealing with now. Ted talks and podcasts are also great to educate those who need it on this topic and is a quick and easy way to start larger conversations about suicide. Below is a list of TED talks and podcasts that we have compiled that we think are useful tools to learn from.
TED talks, click on number to watch video -
Even when our lives appear fine from the outside, locked within can be a world of quiet suffering, leading some to the decision to end their life. At TEDYou, JD Schramm asks us to break the silence surrounding suicide and suicide attempts and to create much-needed resources to help people who reclaim their life after escaping death.
For many years Sergeant Kevin Briggs had a dark, unusual, at times strangely rewarding job: He patrolled the southern end of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, a popular site for suicide attempts. In a sobering, deeply personal talk Briggs shares stories from those he’s spoken — and listened — to standing on the edge of life. He gives a powerful piece of advice to those with loved ones who might be contemplating suicide.
Is there someone in your life dealing with anxiety, depression or thoughts of suicide -- but is too ashamed to talk about it? Jeremy Forbes saw this happening around him, and now he's on a mission to teach people how to start a conversation about it. In this deeply personal talk, Forbes shares his approach to helping a group of traditionally silent men in his community open up about their struggles. "We can all be life preservers," he says.
Podcasts -
1. IN MY HEAD with Jay Blessed
Jay Blessed is a Caribbean woman having very real, very raw, very relatable human experiences. Follow her podcast, “IN MY HEAD” for an introspective look on life's vast topics, from a voyeuristic point of view.
2. Coffee over suicide
Coffee over Suicide is a dramedy podcast about mental illness and choosing life over death one cup of coffee at a time.
3. RMIRECC Short Takes on Suicide Prevention
This podcast is a string of interviews with leaders in the field of suicide prevention in an attempt to make their research accesible to everyone.