This is self-work and I'm Dr Margaret Rutherford.

At self-work, we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world and what to do about them.

I'm Dr. Margaret and self-work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work.

Hi and welcome or welcome back to self-work.

I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. I'm a clinical psychologist

and I've been practicing for over 20 years in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

We're going to be talking about something frightening, threatening, something that no one wants to believe could happen in their own lives.

We're going to be talking about suicide.

I want to say first and foremost that if you're listening and you have any sense of being

endangered yourself of committing suicide, the Suicide Prevention Hotline number is available

24 hours a day at 1,800, 273 8255.

That's 1,800, 273 8255. That number will be in the show notes as well. We're going to look at some statistics

from the United States, but know that suicide is increasing internationally.

There's a fascinating article by Jean, and I wish I knew how to say her name,

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adults when they're still teenagers. We're going to talk about the six things that you

can do because we always talk about what you can do about it.

But then I also would never talk about suicide without also mentioning how to grieve

or how to go through that process. I have a very poignant metaphor that a patient

gave me many years ago for the dilemma of when someone you love commits suicide. I've never

forgotten it. And then as always I have an email from a

listener. We're going to talk a little bit about what it means to others when we

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