Hello, everybody. This is episode number 215 of the Anxious Truth, and I am joined today

by my friend Kimberly Quinlan next to you. I did a little jazz hand there. It was. It

was a jazz hand. So this episode's a little bit different. I'm not going to, there's

no intro, there's no music. I'm going to try and be as respectful to this topic as I

think we need to be, because I know this is a really crippling fear for so many people.

Today we're going to talk about the fear of suicidal thoughts or the fear that you might

become suicidal against your will, right? So incredibly common fear in our community.

Yeah.

So before we do that, and before we came on again to the conversation, you're just going

to have an informal chat about it. And hopefully it will help you guys just a quick reminder

that while I am not a therapist working on it and Kim is, this is not therapy. It can't

be a replacement for therapy. So always consult your mental health provider. And of course,

of course, always please, for our safety, beg you, if you ever feel that you are truly

a danger to yourself or anybody else, please immediate in-person help. It's, don't rely

on a podcast for that sort of thing. So if anything you want to add to that, Kimberly?

No, I go straight to your emergency room or call 9-9-1. They're the best people to call.

You can always pull a suicide hotline as well, but we can talk about that later.

That's true. If you go to the anxious truth.com slash 215, that'll be the show notes for this

episode. I'll make sure to have all those numbers and stuff and the countries that I can find

them for. I'll put them in. So anyway, for those of you who do not know, Kim, I can introduce

yourself. I know you all know. Go ahead. Hi, my name is Kimberly Quinlan. I am a marriage and

family therapist. I live in California, USA. I specialize in anxiety disorders and eating disorders.

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