Content Warning: Suicide

This guest post was written by Jackie Simmons, Founder of the Suicide Prevention Society. She is an international speaker, the host of The Suicide Prevention Show, the co-founder of the Teen Suicide Prevention Society, and the author/compiler of the book: Make It A Great Day: The Choice Is Yours and author of The “Why Not?” Workbook: Breaking the Silence on Teen Suicide.

“We imagine a world where suicide is a thing of the past.”

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You Can’t Tell By Looking

You hadn't laughed so hard in years.

She was the life of the party last night.

A mutual friend calls.

You smile as you answer until you hear her tears.

“She's gone” she cries.

What?

“She's gone! After the party she went home and . . .

”At the funeral all you heard was: "How could this have happened? We didn't see it coming"

We've learned you can't tell by looking.

That's why it's important to talk about suicide now, before you think they need it.

Get your free guide to the talk that saves lives.

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Watch Jackie Simmons, TEDx Speaker’s, “Have the Talk to Stop Teen Suicide” talk.

"In the next 24 hours, over 3,000 American teens will attempt to take their own lives. According to the Center for Disease Control, 25% of American young adults are struggling with suicidal thoughts. When you watch Have “The Talk” to Stop Teen Suicide, you’ll enter into a world of deadly silences and bone-chilling revelations. Along the way, Have The Talk to Stop Teen Suicide delivers the clues and keys you need to break the deadly silences and prevent the guilt-nightmare that haunts parents, classmates, teachers, and friends following a suicide attempt. Have “The Talk” to Stop Teen Suicide includes the purely preventative, science-based, 4-step script for The Talk About Suicide. It’s a powerful model for communicating on a topic no one wants to talk about. Jackie believes having The Talk About Suicide just might save your child’s life. Jackie Simmons, - Jackie@TeenSuicidePreventionSociety.org – is an international speaker, the host of The Suicide Prevention Show, the co-founder of the Teen Suicide Prevention Society, and the author/compiler of the book: Make It A Great Day: The Choice Is Yours and author of The “Why Not?” Workbook: Breaking the Silence on Teen Suicide. Jackie believes that teen suicides can be prevented. This is truly a case where an ounce of prevention is worth way more than a pound of cure. "