Suicide Awareness Quotes

“Every life and I mean EVERY LIFE, including yours, is important.”
― Naomi Abiah :)

“I feel completely broken due to the cruel and dark side of life. Life has been incredibly harsh, leaving me utterly shattered. I have been deeply affected and devastated by this cruel and unforgiving reality.”
― Jonathan Harnisch

“PTSD in its rawest form is a death sentence which causes many veterans and others to execute themselves in hope to be free.”
― Stanley Victor Paskavich

“The issue here is that we tend to believe that darkness is the enemy in this world. It's not. The enemy in this world is that extremely blinding light that says, "You are flawed, you have dark patches on your face, you have cuts on your fingers, you have scars on your feet, and look, everyone can see all of that here in this light! There's nowhere to hide any of that here! Everyone can see it! You don't belong here!" A blinding light where there is no place for people to hide. That's the great evil in this world. A useless light, one that does not know that light is only useful when it is placed in the darkness! It's not darkness that is the enemy. We have vilified people's scars, people's wounds, and people's hiding places and we have told them that they don't belong "out here like that." Instead of going in there where they are, lighting a candle, and saying, "thanks for letting me inside".”
― C. JoyBell C.

“You're bigger than the sea your sinking in, Koa Whiley.”
― Katie Beth, Lovely Fellow

“IT'S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY.
It's also okay to ask for help when you need it.”
― Mykisha Mac

“She wrote: Live. Make sure that you choose to live. Her words will stay with me forever. I did choose to live.”
― Danielle Dunn, What it's Like to Keep Living

“There are so many things that can take you out of this life (accidents, illness, unforeseen tragedies, cruelty of time, etc) , don't take yourself out of it. In life, so many things are beyond our control—fate, chance, and time. These forces can strike without warning. But the choice to keep living, to keep fighting, is yours alone. Don’t take that choice away. Your life is worth holding onto, even when it feels like everything is against you. Life can be cruel, the world can be unforgiving. So, don't let despair drive you to take yourself out of the game. Life is fragile, and there are countless things that can end it prematurely, let it not be you...”
― Carson Anekeya

“More than anything I know we need each other. We need community and connection. We need to show up, in real time and in flesh and bone, and love on each other. We need hands on hearts and someone to sleep next to us and hold us on the darkest nights.

We need to dismantle the division and heal the wounds. We need to show our children a different way and create for them a different world.

I know so much and I know so little. I don't actually know anything at all. And I know sometimes, it still won't be enough.

I return again and again to my simple promise, my most important commitment: to stay with myself. To fight for my own return. To whisper, "I am here now. I will not leave you." And to mean it.”
― Jeanette LeBlanc

“He suffers from akathisia. Although he knows he wouldn't go through with it, he frequently finds himself consumed by thoughts of suicide. He explained that it essentially comes with it; it's that simple. He thought that being overwhelmed and stretched too thin rendered him ineffective for himself and others. He claims it is the source of his most profound suffering and anguish, no matter how it appears on the surface. He conquers akathisia. As a result, he claims victory at every moment of his waking life.”
― Jonathan Harnisch, Porcelain Utopia