| A Time to Live Surviving Suicidal Thoughts |
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| Strategy |
Description |
| #1: Methods Distancing |
Methods Distancing protects you from the elements in your environment. You will learn how to identify and remove potential items of self-harm from your home. |
| #: A Rational Note to Yourself |
A Rational Note to Yourself keeps you connected to reality in the midst of your crisis. This strategy will enable you to identify your rational and irrational thinking patterns. |
| #3: Designated Crisis Contact |
The Designated Crisis Contact is a person you can signal for help when in crisis. Your predetermined contact person will serve as a much needed listening ear anytime your suicidal thoughts are active. |
| #4: Staying Engaged in Life |
You will assemble a staying engaged in life plan that consists of 1) ways to stay engaged in life while you are experiencing suicidal thoughts 2) ways to address the balance between pain and coping skills and 3) making plans for the future. |
| #5: Crisis Patterns |
By charting your crisis moments, you will be able to observe patterns that will prove helpful in identifying your underlying issues. |
| #6: Trigger Identification |
The trigger identification process will help you dig to the heart of the underlying issues. By analyzing and charting the circumstances that bring suicidal thoughts, you can start to address the past events that trigger your unwanted thoughts. |
| #7: Relational Support Systems |
Without the sustenance of quality personal relationships, your life will starve from emotional isolation. It is essential to connect with caring people so that you can build sustainable support systems into your life. |
| #8: Depression 101 |
It is essential to identify and treat past and current wounds. Depression is the number one cause of suicide, making depression education a critical element in overcoming suicidal thoughts. |
| #9: The Professional |
A mental health professional is the person you can talk with openly about your feelings of isolation and hopelessness. This person will have the experience necessary to assist you in processing underlying issues that need to be put to rest. |
| #10: An Abundant Life |
In John 8:12 (NKJV), Jesus says, “I am the light of the world.” Answers are provided to the questions, “What will happen to me when I die?”, “Why was I created?” and “What is my purpose?” |
The survival kit is highly interactive in that it includes personal application worksheets with each
of the ten strategies. These worksheets will walk you through each step of each process. I am so
very excited that you are embarking on a life-changing journey! You deserve to give yourself
every opportunity to live an abundant life. I am asking you to make the same agreement that I
made. Give your life one more year in which you will work daily on surviving crisis moments and
healing from the underlying causes of your suicidal thoughts.
Learn more about making a one-year commitment: The One-Year Challenge
of the ten strategies. These worksheets will walk you through each step of each process. I am so
very excited that you are embarking on a life-changing journey! You deserve to give yourself
every opportunity to live an abundant life. I am asking you to make the same agreement that I
made. Give your life one more year in which you will work daily on surviving crisis moments and
healing from the underlying causes of your suicidal thoughts.
Learn more about making a one-year commitment: The One-Year Challenge
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*Abridged from A Time to Live: Surviving Suicidal Thoughts by Kimberly Andry