The Importance of Talking About Suicide

Explaining PACEs science to people can be useful. It helps them understand that their depression, hypervigilance, and other symptoms have their roots in adverse childhood experience, and potentially a lack of positive childhood experiences. When learning about PACEs, many people understand that they're not "crazy", not alone, and instead understand that their journey is common and predictable.

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I so appreciate this post! As someone who has experienced extreme suicidal ideation I am always grateful for normalizing the conversation. Last month I learned of this writing competition that has just closed but looks like it happens every year: https://www.aas365.org/writing-competition

This also reminded me of how important it is that we address solutions to suicide that support individual and community health, wellbeing, and safety.