May is Mental Health Awareness Month - "Talk Saves Lives" - An Introduction to Suicide Prevention - You Tube Presentation.

 

Hello Everyone,   

For those who don't know May is Mental Health Awareness Month and to recognize it I decided to present the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's presentation "Talk Saves Lives" on YouTube. 

In my long walk through trials and errors on the way to finding Christ and the path of Christian Discipleship, I had struggled with suicide at various times in my life and am fully confident that I have victory over the darkness of suicidal ideation because of my faith in Christ.   

After being born again and set free of my addictions and negative mind states I decided to volunteer for the AFSP back in 2018 and was the Walk Chair for the Out of the Darkness Walk  for Columbia & Greene Counties in Upstate NY in 2018 and 2019 raising funds for the cause of suicide prevention.   

The Lord's call on my life to has lead me other endeavors since then and while I am not an active volunteer for the AFSP currently, I still believe in the cause of suicide prevention and decided to share this presentation.   

“Talk Saves Lives”:  An Introduction to Suicide Prevention shares valuable information about suicide prevention and if my presentation even helps one person or encourages one person to join the cause of suicide prevention the time spent this afternoon putting this amateur presentation together will be well worth it.    

Talk Saves Lives Video Presentation on You Tube

If you would like to share the link to this presentation, here it is : https://youtu.be/mSGt1IWVRns 

I share various posts and resources regarding, depression, suicide prevention, grief, and various other resources from a Christian worldview on mt4christ.org 's desktop site.  See the "labels" to research the areas that interest you.  I have found the all the answers to life are provided in the Christian faith but they sometimes are difficult to discern and apply to our lives.  My sharing my testimony and various resources from Christian counselors and theologians is my attempt to share those answers.   

If you our someone you know are struggling with thoughts of suicide: 

To Reach Help call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1 800 273-TALK (8255), or  text TALK to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741.

You can learn more at afsp.org, or by following us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

If you have any questions about your local chapter, our current initiatives, and how you can get involved, go to afsp.org.

The AFSP presentation correctly points out that faith is a powerful weapon in the battle against suicide and I encourage everyone to seek out the help that you need for your particular situation.  

God Bless You All, 

M.T. Clark