Suicide Is Not A Four Letter Word: Straight Talk About Suicide When It Matters Most

By Cynthia Waldt

"Suicide Is Not A Four Letter Word" is a life-changing self-help tool for anyone who is contemplating suicide. It also serves as a guide for those who are seeking to help family or friends who may be suicidal. It is not meant to substitute for proper medical care. The author's goal is to help guide people to feel better about themselves and to gain skills to live a life worth living.

This is a life-changing and life-saving book. Life is worth living, no matter what. Each chapter starts with practical advice for surviving suicidal impulses.

If you are thinking about suicide right now, please know that you don't have to die to relieve your pain. There are ways to feel better. You can choose any chapter in this book to find some help to ease your suffering. If you are reading this right now, there is hope.

This book was written to help you get through life's most difficult times. If you are suicidal, no one can make you live. Only you can make the choice to live. This book will help you help yourself to move out of the place of pain that is driving your suicidal impulses and will help you better understand that suicide is never the only option. You can get past your pain and live.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Dec 3, 2021
• ISBN: 9781667805399

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SUICIDE IS NOT A FOUR-LETTER WORD

Straight Talk About Suicide When It Matters Most

© 2021 Cynthia Waldt

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Print ISBN: 978-1-66780-538-2

eBook ISBN: 978-1-66780-539-9

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Suicide is not a four-letter word / Cynthia Waldt

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Neither the publisher nor the author is engaged in rendering professional advice or services to the individual reader. The ideas, procedures, and suggestions contained in this book are not intended as a substitute for consulting with your physician. All matters regarding your health require medical supervision. Neither the author nor the publisher shall be liable or responsible for any loss or damage allegedly arising from any information or suggestions in this book.

This book is dedicated to Nancy— my safe person. Through her caring, generosity, and wisdom Nancy has guided me to a life worth living. I am forever grateful to her.

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Pain

Chapter 2: Fear

Chapter 3: Feel

Chapter 4: Talk

Chapter 5: Care

Chapter 6: Calm

Chapter 7: Cope

Chapter 8: Safe

Chapter 9: Plan

Chapter 10: Time

Chapter 11: Hope

Chapter 12: Heal

Chapter 13: Life

Chapter 14: Teen

Conclusion

Preface

This book is a self-help guide if you are thinking about suicide. Each chapter starts with practical advice for surviving suicidal impulses.

If you are thinking about suicide right now, know that you don’t have to die to relieve your pain. There are ways to feel better. You can choose any chapter in this book to find some help to ease your suffering. If you are reading this right now, I know that you want relief from your pain. Why not look and see if anything here will comfort you? If you’ve taken the time to pick up this book, why not see if there’s anything here for you? I’m not going to try to talk you out of suicide, but I am offering an alternative way to stop your hurting. What have you got to lose?

I hope before you act on your suicidal thoughts you will take the time to read through this book because I think it may help you find a way through your pain other than taking your life. You always have the option to end your life, so taking the time to read this book will not take that away. Will you consider that there may be another way to ease your pain?

If you are a person who truly cares about someone suffering with suicidal thoughts then please read about how you can encourage that person in a positive way while they heal from the pain that is causing them to think about ending their life. This book will help you be the supportive person I know you want to be.

Finally, this book is not meant to interfere with proper medical care. If you think you may be suffering from a mental illness which is causing you to contemplate suicide then please see a doctor, a therapist, or call 911, or the emergency number for your area.

This book is to be used as an aid for getting through one of life’s most difficult times. If you are suicidal, no one can make you live. Only you can make the choice to live. I hope this book will help you to help yourself move out of the place of pain that is driving your suicidal impulses and help you better understand that suicide is never the only option. You can get past your pain and live.

Chapter 1: Pain

Painful emotions are something to talk about not something you have to die over.

There is one certainty when you are contemplating taking your life and that is that you are in pain. Every suicidal person is a person in pain. The bottom-line truth about suicide is that it is always an attempt to stop pain.

Before we go any further, I want you to know:

I CARE THAT YOU ARE IN PAIN.

I TRULY CARE THAT YOU ARE SUFFERING.

I believe there are other people around you that if they knew the pain you are having, they would also care about your pain. I hope that as you read this you will come to believe that there is someone in this world who cares about your pain. There is someone who will listen to you and care about you and you don’t have to die to be heard.

You always have the ability to take your life, but because you picked up this book, I believe there is also a part of you that wants to end the pain in a way that does not mean choosing to end your life. I would really like to walk with you through the pain that is causing you to have thoughts of suicide. And, if you will hang in there with me, I believe you can find a way to deal with your pain and live through this difficult time in your life. I believe you can find a way forward by relieving your pain and living to see a better day.

All suicidal thoughts come from overwhelming feelings of pain. Think about that for a minute. Is it true that