Get Ready to Tell Your Lived Experience Story about Suicide

Get Ready to Tell Your Lived Experience Story about Suicide

In this course people who have had personal experiences with suicide learn to prepare for safe and effective storytelling about how they lived through it.  Lived experiences with suicide include grieving a suicide loss, living through a suicide attempt, living with suicidal thoughts or feelings, or being a caregiver for someone who has been suicidal. The lessons contained here help people weigh the benefits and consequences of disclosing your story and how best to prepare yourself for the often hard work of developing a safe and effective narrative.

Weighing the Pros and Cons of Sharing Your Hero's Journey through Suicide Grief or Despair and Preparing for Self-Care

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What you will learn

• Students will be able to understand the pros and cons of telling their story and how best to gain benefits and avoid unintended consequences.
• The importance of suicide awarness and prevention, and how to formulate your lived-experience into a story.

Rating: 4.4

Level: Beginner Level

Duration: 1 hour

Instructor: Sally Spencer-Thomas