Download or read book Surviving Ben s Suicide written by C. Shields and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Almost fifteen years ago, hikers found my college boyfriend's body on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. He might have been lying there for three days. He had driven himself from Washington DC to Lubec, Maine, which was the easternmost point of land on the North American continent. On the second day of July 1993, he walked along trails that followed rock cliffs, rising eighty feet above the ocean, and shot himself in the head. It was the end of Ben's journey and the crossroads in mine"--Page 4 of cover
Download or read book For the Love of Ben written by Allie Wyber and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is often stated that “this would never happen to me” but one never knows what lies ahead and tragedy can strike any family at any time. This book has been written in the hope of bringing awareness to the silent struggles that teenagers endure. We are losing many sensitive yet talented teenagers too young and this book has been written in the hope that sharing a story may save a life. This is a true story, but not graphic. It has been written to demonstrate that suicide is prevalent in society and that it is so important to connect with teenagers or provide them with someone safe to talk with. A loss like this can happen irrespective of family dynamics, support networks and education. This story hopes to bring comfort and resilience as families rebuild their lives after a sudden loss of this sought. Depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and suicidal thoughts can arrive on any doorstep. Teenagers place significant importance on early relationships without the maturity to cope with the highs and lows and this is often the silent killer. In that moment family can seem insignificant. Rebuilding life without your loved one is the hardest journey to endure.
Download or read book Live to Tell written by Ben Schwipps and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you ever wonder why someone would commit suicide? Have you been touched by a suicide in some manner? Did you ever wonder how everyone missed all the warning signs? Only a person that has lived though this harrowing event can explain why they did it. Suicide is not logical and difficult to understand. It is a hush, hush topic that no one feels comfortable talking about. Very few people live through a serious suicide attempt and can actually talk about it or want to share the darkest moment of their life. Ben is different. He had the courage to write and share his story to the world within three months of his attempt to take his life. Within the pages, you will find out why Ben took deliberate action to end his life by pulling the trigger in his living room after making a phone call. This book breaks all the rules and the social stigma around depression and suicide and will give you an inside personal view on what it is like to battle depression and anxiety. We will talk about it candidly in a way that is easy to understand. We will have to warn you that some parts of the book are disturbing. It reads like a fiction novel, but the story is 100% true, raw, and very personal. Ben was the happy-go-lucky, normal guy to the outside world, but inside he was a broken man teetering on the edge of the precipice.He pulled the trigger. He regretted it. He died. He was revived. He died again. He was revived the second time. After the attempt, when he awoke in the hospital, he recalled a burning desire to make things right again. This book is Ben's attempt to make things right. He wants to help people who are struggling, who are at the breaking point. This amazing story will give you a new perspective or may even change your life. - You will have a greater insight into depression and you will be better able to help someone who is struggling with this disease. - You will gain more compassion and understanding for people who are struggling, not just with depression, but with other life struggles. - You will be more confident to intervene and take action if you know someone who is threatening suicide or is heading down the rabbit hole. - You will develop a greater awareness of the evil twins, "depression sand anxiety." If you are a depressed individual, you may see yourself in the story and you will know that you are not alone in your fight. Ben's story will help you to see what others do not understand. Consider Ben to be your friend and supporter. He will share all of his thoughts and insights. For anyone battling depression and even negative thoughts, healing and recovery is not an overnight process. We are not alone in this world for a reason, although for someone who is battling depression, it can feel like you are alone in your fight. When someone gets so low, it is hard for them to get up by themselves, so you will need to be there, if possible, and extend that helping hand. This book will also provide some valuable tips on how to talk to someone who may be suicidal. Take action today by downloading this book. There is no doubt that you will benefit by reading a personal account of Ben's story. Enjoy this read and then take action to reach out and help someone who may be struggling. You never know who is hurting inside and who is at the end of their rope... literally.
Download or read book Burying Ben written by Ellen Kirschman and published by . This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dot Meyerhoff has barely settled into her new job as a psychologist for the Kenilworth Police Department when Ben Gomez, a troubled young rookie that she tries to counsel, commits suicide without any warning and leaves a note blaming her. Overnight, her promising new start becomes a nightmare. At stake is her job, her reputation, her license to practice, and her already battered sense of self-worth. Ben's surviving family and everyone else connected to him are determined to keep Ben's story a secret, by any means necessary. Even Ben, from the grave, has secrets to keep. By the time she uncovers the real reasons behind Ben's suicide and brings the people responsible to justice, Dot has not only resurrected belief in herself, she has also acquired some surprisingly useful new skills: impersonating a public official, burglary, and assault with a deadly weapon.
Download or read book Surviving Suicide written by Heather Hays and published by Brown Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Days after her fiancé's suicide, award-winning journalist Heather Hays was back on television, hiding her pain from her viewers and herself. In this book, Heather shares life-changing stories from people around the world who have also been left behind.
Download or read book Surviving Suicide Loss written by Rita A. Schulte, LPC and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing could hurt worse. But even in the darkness . . . there’s hope. The pain of suicide loss is indescribable. It seems beyond survival. Yet with faith, perseverance, and the tools of brain science, there is a way through. It will take time. It will take struggle. But hope is real, for there are things you can do to make it to the other side. If you are struggling with suicide loss or you need to come alongside someone who is, Rita Schulte wants to help you move forward. As a suicide loss survivor herself, she understands the pain you’re feeling because she has been there too. Rita, an experienced therapist and expert in traumatic loss, offers a science-based therapy model that also takes into account the role of human spirituality. Chapters in this book include: Making Sense of the Desire to Die The Mind-Body Connection Unfinished Business Making Peace with Ourselves Facing the Dark Side Children—Living Behind the Shadow The Time that Remains When it comes to suicide loss, you’ll never have all the answers. But one thing is certain: there are real pathways to help you heal—body, mind, and spirit.
Download or read book Survival Kit for Teachers and Parents written by Myrtle T. Collins and published by Good Year Books. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational resource for teachers, parents and kids!
Download or read book Dreams about Food written by Ben Ingram and published by Dreams about Food. This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a ragingly hot Mississippi summer day in 2017, my twin brother Ben committed suicide. This collection, of his hilariously dark short stories, is my effort to preserve his legacy and honor his memory. While I wish Ben could be here to see his dream of being a fiction writer become a reality, my sincere hope is that Dreams About Food can provide some comfort, commiseration, and laughter to the (often absurd, according to him) world my brother has left behind. For these same reasons, all proceeds from the sales of Dreams About Food will go toward the endowment of the Benson Reed Ingram Scholarship Fund at the University of Mississippi, formed by my family in July 2018 on the one-year anniversary of Ben's death (more on this below). Thank you for supporting Dreams About Food, - Lee Ingram Dreams About Food: Stories by Ben Ingram The world drove Ben Ingram crazy, and in these cynical and dark stories - written while he studied at the Honor's College at "Ole Miss" - no one is spared from his quick wit or his self-righteous ranting. If you enjoy dark situational humor, captivating dialogue, and stories influenced by the sometimes-backwards (yet always fascinating) culture of Mississippi, then you will not regret buying Dreams About Food. Praise of Ben and His Writing "Ben was a natural storyteller. He loved short stories and fiction, and I admired his writing. It was as funny as he was. Ben was a true class clown in the best way possible." - Tom Franklin, Ben's Mentor and Author of NYT Bestseller Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter "Ben spoke up regularly, always being the first one to answer my hardest questions. Ben loved learning and was truly generous and kind to those around him." - Leigh Anne Duck, one of Ben's English professors at Ole Miss. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface by Ben Ingram Why Ben Thinks We Should Read Foreword by Lee Ingram In a Language Only a Twin Can Understand Short Stories By Ben Ingram By a Conjunction of Planets Hypnagogia The Angel Taxi Good Monday Charlie Banks Whirlpool in Winter Bonus Material The manuscript for Dreams About Food also includes short stories and poetry contributed by Ben's best friends, and other fellow Mississippi writing talent. About Ben Ingram Ben grew up in Madison, Mississippi with a loud and slightly-dysfunctional Southern family. He studied English, Philosophy and Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi ("Ole Miss"), in the same small town of Oxford where William Faulkner once lived, wrote, and drank. The stories in Dreams About Food were uncovered from Ben's honor's thesis dissertation, completed just months before his untimely suicide in July 2017. Ben is survived by his parents, older sister, twin brother, and his loyal and loving canine companion, Charlotte. The Benson Reed Ingram Scholarship Fund All proceeds from Dreams About Food go toward the endowment of the Benson Reed Ingram Scholarship Fund at the University of Mississippi. The fund was formed by Ben's family in July 2018 on the one-year anniversary of his suicide. The fund awards those who, like Ben, courageously apply to join the Ole Miss Honor's college late during their junior year. If Ben never made the decision to buckle down and apply himself, he would have never discovered his talent as a writer, and these stories would not exist to survive him. With the scholarship, we hope to reward other students who take a risk on themselves and, as a result, unlock their hidden creativity. To learn more or to make a direct donation, please visit DreamsAboutFood.com.
Download or read book The Architecture of Survival written by Erik Trump and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Architecture of Survival: Setting and Politics in Apocalypse Films offers a compelling exploration of how popular films and TV series from the past two decades use architectural spaces to comment on socio-political issues. The authors harness varied theoretical perspectives to demonstrate how, through set design, these works suggest that certain kinds of architecture support human development, community, and freedom, while other kinds separate us from our fellow humans and make democratic politics impossible. The clean lines of modernist design serve in films such as Contagion and Ex Machina as a metaphor for the sanitized, sterile politics that drive disaster. In The Walking Dead apocalypse survivors favor traditional architectural styles when rebuilding society, a choice that symbolically affirms their democratic principles. The massive walls and super-gentrification as seen in Elysium and Army of the Dead divide humanity, with those on one side wielding illegitimate power. Empty streetscapes intensify loneliness, alienation, and the destruction of civil norms. "Smart cities," offering a blend of high-tech surveillance and big data, erode social capital and community in Her and Transcendence. The book concludes with a somewhat hopeful glimpse into architecture’s potential to mitigate the catastrophic adverse effects of climate change, as seen in films like Zootopia.
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Download or read book Why People Die by Suicide written by Thomas Joiner and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of a suicide, the most troubling questions are invariably the most difficult to answer: How could we have known? What could we have done? And always, unremittingly: Why? Written by a clinical psychologist whose own life has been touched by suicide, this book offers the clearest account ever given of why some people choose to die. Drawing on extensive clinical and epidemiological evidence, as well as personal experience, Thomas Joiner brings a comprehensive understanding to seemingly incomprehensible behavior. Among the many people who have considered, attempted, or died by suicide, he finds three factors that mark those most at risk of death: the feeling of being a burden on loved ones; the sense of isolation; and, chillingly, the learned ability to hurt oneself. Joiner tests his theory against diverse facts taken from clinical anecdotes, history, literature, popular culture, anthropology, epidemiology, genetics, and neurobiology--facts about suicide rates among men and women; white and African-American men; anorexics, athletes, prostitutes, and physicians; members of cults, sports fans, and citizens of nations in crisis. The result is the most coherent and persuasive explanation ever given of why and how people overcome life's strongest instinct, self-preservation. Joiner's is a work that makes sense of the bewildering array of statistics and stories surrounding suicidal behavior; at the same time, it offers insight, guidance, and essential information to clinicians, scientists, and health practitioners, and to anyone whose life has been affected by suicide.
Download or read book A Special Scar written by Alison Wertheimer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every 85 minutes someone in the UK takes their own life and the suicide rate is currently the highest since 2004. Society often reacts with unease, fear and even disapproval but what happens to those bereaved by a self-inflicted death? The reasons leading someone to take their own life are complex, and the bereavement reactions of survivors of suicide can also be complex, including shame, guilt, sadness and the effects of trauma, stigma and social isolation. It can be difficult for those personally affected by a suicide death to come to terms with their loss and seek help and support. A Special Scar looks in detail at the impact of suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life. Fifty bereaved people tell their stories, showing us that, by not hiding the truth from themselves and others they have been able to learn to live with the suicide, offering hope to others facing this traumatic loss. This Classic Edition includes a brand-new introduction to the work and will be an invaluable resource for survivors of suicide as well as for all those who are in contact with them, including police and coroner's officers, bereavement services, self-help organisations for survivors, mental health professionals, social workers, GPs, counsellors and therapists.
Download or read book Pastoral Care for Survivors of a Traumatic Death written by Jeonghyun Park and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern life has led to an increase in traumatic deaths, such as accidents, murders, suicide, and other types of unanticipated, violent death. Family members and friends grieving a traumatic death face enormous shock, numbness, and despair, as well as the need to find hope and God's mercy and grace in the midst of chaos, difficult questions, and confusion. The Christian church and faith community often do not provide appropriate pastoral care to help the bereaved overcome their despair. Jeonghyun Park explores the unique characteristics and dynamics of traumatic grief, or grief in response to traumatic death, and present several approaches to pastoral care. The survivors of a traumatic death are likely to ask pastors spiritually despairing and tough questions, such as, Where is God in this tragic death? If we have to accept this new reality, where can we find God's grace and mercy, power, and justice? Pastors and other spiritual leaders can provide comfort to the loved ones of victims of traumatic death by assisting them with their questions concerning a "helpless God" and a "cruel God." This book offers new insights through specific pastoral care models and guidance for families needing healing, recovery, and meaningful rituals.
Download or read book Therapeutic and Legal Issues for Therapists Who Have Survived a Client Suicide written by Kayla Weiner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of a patient is every therapist’s worst nightmare. Even more frightening is the debilitating silence that surrounds a therapist after the death of a client. What do you do? How do you proceed with your personal and professional life? Until now, advice on surviving a patient’s suicide has been scarce. This book examines this much-overlooked topic to help you continue to live and practice confidently. The authors of this courageous book mix first-person narratives with professional strategies to help therapists deal with the emotional and legal consequences that follow the loss of a client. Therapeutic and Legal Issues for Therapists Who Have Survived a Client Suicide provides you with: models of coping strategies for clinicians after a client completes a suicide an examination of factors that compound the trauma for the therapist survivor examples for dealing with a client’s family suggestions for developing curricula for training institutions recommendations for supervisory guidelines explanations of—and means of mitigating—legal liability This practical book describes various ways of dealing with clinician and supervisory responsibilities after a client’s self-inflicted death. It will show you how to minimize the legal risks of working with suicidal clients and help you regain your sense of professional competence if a suicide occurs. New methods of screening and treatment assistance are offered. With about 30,000 suicides occuring the the United States annually, and many of those people in treatment at or near the time they commit suicide, thousands of clinicians face this trauma yearly. The clear, specific, therapeutic and legal guidelines you’ll find in the book, as well as the philosophical discussions, make it a vital read for therapists, counselors, social workers, nurses, supervisors, and educators in mental health training institutions.
Download or read book I Love Jesus But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
Download or read book After the First Death written by Robert Cormier and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who will be the next to die? They've taken the children. And the son of a general. But that isn't enough. More horrors must come...
Download or read book Interpreting Suicide written by Anilesh T. T. and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an exceptionally critical and insightful contribution to the scholarly discourse of suicidology. The book offers in-depth analyses of the conceptual evolution and various perspectives of suicide; a very detailed mapping of the conceptualisation of the critical idiom of ‘Text’; explication of the theoretical contributions of Barthes, Derrida, Foucault and others; and analyses of suicides of immortalised characters, forgotten writers, and the culturally devoiced. The book locates the notion of ‘Text’ in a range of literary and cultural theories, from New Criticism to New Historicism, and explores the methodology of analysing enigmatic suicides as ‘Texts’ in and of themselves.
