3. My experiences with suicidality

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Solving Suicide

Alice Lyons from Dark Coffee

10 episodes

1 week ago

On a mission to deepen understanding, share solutions, and zero the death rate. Solving Suicide will bring together the great and the good in suicide prevention, from mental health professionals to lived experience speakers. Host Alice Lyons experienced suicidal feelings throughout her adolescence and twenties. She is now passionate about creating spaces where we can explore suicidality and prevention together, through harnessing our collective bravery and curiosity, with a bit of awkwardness thrown in.

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3. My experiences with suicidality

Solving Suicide

39 minutes 26 seconds

3 years ago

3. My experiences with suicidality

Before we can work towards finding solutions to suicide, it’s important to gain a deeper understanding of it. And one of the best ways we can do this is by sharing our stories and experiences with it.

For me, I experienced chronic suicidal ideation (recurring suicidal thoughts and feelings) from the age of 19, which affected me massively throughout my twenties.

So today, I wanted to discuss these experiences in a good amount of detail to give an inside view of what suicidality can feel like.

BIG, LOUD disclaimers apply here: if you are in emotional distress or feeling vulnerable, you may not want to listen since I will obviously be discussing suicidality in detail, including a brief discussion of the methods I considered.*

However… if you ARE feeling well enough to partake, I hope today’s episode will be insightful, and maybe even comforting if you have felt suicidal in the past.

In this episode, I’ll be discussing:

my first-hand experiences with suicidal thoughts and feelings
what prompted these feelings – possible contributing factors – and how these thoughts manifested for me
how I found a surprising level of comfort in thoughts of suicide
some of the unhelpful methods I used to try and counteract my low mental health (including aimlessly driving across the UK)
…and how hitting a rock bottom moment following a breakdown helped me start to learn how to look after myself

Thank you for being here – it really helps to expand and normalise the conversation around suicide.

Catch you next time,

Alice

*To learn more about how to talk about suicide responsibly, have a read of The Samartian’s guide here:

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This episode is brought to you by Dark Coffee – development coaching to get your work and wellbeing working better together so you can feel like a badass in business.

Host: Alice Lyons from Dark Coffee

Music: ‘Solving Suicide’ by Steve Leggett

Podcast editing: Steve Leggett

If you have any questions or would like to give us any feedback, you can email Alice at talk@darkcoffee.co.uk

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RESOURCES

Suicide Support Organisations (UK)

Samaritans: Confidential suicide discussion and support. Free helpline available round the clock. Text - 116123. Call - 08457 909090 Email - jo@samaritans.org. Website - www.samaritans.org

Mind: Support and information for anyone suffering from a mental health problem. 0300 123 3393 Website - Mind.org.uk

Saneline: Practical information, crisis care and emotional support to people affected by mental health concerns. Helpline: 0845 767 8000, open daily from 6pm – 11pm.