American Foundation for Suicide Prevention<\/a> (AFSP), on a a CTA Red Line train. <\/p>\n“One sign, one conversation, it can make a difference,” she said. <\/p>\n
She’s now a volunteer coordinator for the Illinois chapter after nearly a decade of volunteering. <\/p>\n
She credits AFSP and a therapist she trusted with saving her life. <\/p>\n
“It’s a chance to share your story, a sense of community,” said Catalano. “I like to say my story started in the dark, but it definitely didn’t end there.”<\/p>\n
AFSP is dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide through education and fundraising. Dr. Cynthia Paidipati is a board member and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. <\/p>\n
“Therapy can be incredibly powerful and really save someone’s life,” said Paidipati. “Talking it out, learning how to identify feelings, expressing those feelings in a healthy way.” <\/p>\n
According to the AFSP, something to look out for when concerned a person may be suicidal is a change in behavior related to a painful event, loss or major life change; talk of suicide or feeling hopeless, increased use of alcohol or drugs, isolation, depression and irritability.<\/p>\n
Risk factors include mental health conditions, prolonged stress and stressful life events, and a family history of suicide or generational trauma. <\/p>\n
“It doesn’t discriminate against one particular race, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic background, so all of us want to pay attention to the signs and symptoms,” said Paidipati.<\/p>\n
If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or chat live at 988lifeline.org. You can also visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com\/resources for additional support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Chicagoan is sharing her story of survival to remind others healing is possible during Mental Health Awareness…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":["post-663293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}