Posted on Jan 22, 2020
Anyone ever experience an individual in their unit taking their own life?
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Never knew how much a death could impact a person even if you weren’t super close to them. Feels like my own family member in a way.
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Only once. I barely knew the guy. But it still hit home.
It gets better with time, but never completely.
It gets better with time, but never completely.
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Connecting with others that have lost a battle with depression helps.
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One of our supply specialist took their own life while on leave from Korea. It took us all by surprise she had seemed just fine, always seemed upbeat.
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Here is an article to about the language we use when talking about this.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/09/health/suicide-language-words-matter/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/09/health/suicide-language-words-matter/index.html
The words to say -- and not to say -- about suicide
What we say or don't say makes a difference to those struggling with thoughts of ending their own lives or to those reeling from suicide loss, experts say.
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