Let's Talk About Suicide

In this extra of the Let’s Talk About Suicide podcast, you will hear about Lara’s experience with losing her good friend, Ingrid, to suicide. This is the full-length interview recorded with her. Lara Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia: Qlife: 1800 184 527 Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 Lifeline: 13 11 14 The post Full Interview with Lara appeared first on Let's Talk About Suicide.

In this extra of the Let’s Talk About Suicide podcast, you will hear about Alice’s experience with losing her good friend, Ingrid, to suicide. This is the full-length interview recorded with her. Alice Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia: Qlife: 1800 184 527 Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 Lifeline: 13 11 14 The post Full Interview with Alice appeared first on Let's Talk About Suicide.

In this episode we talk about the funeral, including some of the challenges you might face both in the planning and on the actual day. The funeral is normally held within a few weeks of the death and it is still a very confusing and tumultuous time for everybody involved. There can be a lot of different expectations and some people might find that it is hard to truly celebrate the life of the person because of the issues surrounding the suicide. Having a funeral that is authentic to the memory of the person who died and even acknowledging the fact that the person died by suicide, although tough, might be more helpful for the community in grief. An alternative memorial service might also be what your community needs. Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia: Qlife: 1800 184 527 Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 Lifeline: 13 11 14 The post Ep 13 – The Funeral appeared first on Let's Talk About Suicide.

In this episode and the next one we talk about how you can support a person who has lost someone to suicide. Many people have been touched by suicide so it is important to know how to give that support. If you have lost someone, you might identify with some of the helpful and not-so-helpful ways that people try to help. It is likely that you are also supporting other people during this time. Just having the right words can be hard for some people, but there are some really simple things to say and do in this situation. It is important to be mindful of things that are not helpful to say, particularly around the “how” and the method. It is also important to be careful not to make judgements about the person who died. What you can do to really help someone who is grieving is to reach out and show that person you support them in an appropriate way. Joe introduces the concept of the circle of support – the amount of support that you are able to give somebody depending on who you are supporting, your relationship to that person, and also your relationship with the person who died. This discussion continues in the next episode. Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia: Qlife: 1800 184 527 Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 Lifeline: 13 11 14 The post Ep 11 – Supporting a Person Who Has Lost Someone to Suicide – Part 1 appeared first on Let's Talk About Suicide.

There are a lot of occasions that we celebrate in our lives, things like birthdays, wedding anniversaries, Christmas and other religious holidays. But when you’ve lost somebody to suicide, these events can be very hard. What was once was a celebration or happy occasion can be very sad and painful. How you remember your loved one who has died at these times may be different depending on where you are with your grief. But thinking about how you might include your loved one in these occasions and having realistic expectations for you and others around you might help a little. Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia: Qlife: 1800 184 527 Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 Lifeline: 13 11 14 The post Ep 09 – Preparing for Special Occasions appeared first on Let's Talk About Suicide.

In this episode, we talk about how to deal with blame. Sometimes people can blame someone else for a person’s death or attribute someone’s suicide to a particular life event or single issue. But the cause of someone’s suicide is not usually a single thing or event and is far more complex. It is also unfair to blame someone, even if it is the person who has died. Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia: Qlife: 1800 184 527 Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 Lifeline: 13 11 14 The post Ep 07 – Dealing with Blame appeared first on Let's Talk About Suicide.

In this episode, we talk about the stigma associated with suicide. Stigma is a mark of shame that people project onto others that is misguided and born from a lack of knowledge, prejudice, and discrimination. When talking about suicide, people often feel that there is something shameful about it, or sinful, or even selfish. Both the person who suicided and those they leave behind can be affected by this stigma. Even the language some people use, for example, “committing suicide”, implies there is an element of criminality in the death, that they have done something wrong. There is also another layer of stigma that members of the LGBTIQA+ communities experience, and one of the consequences of this is that it can be harder for us to connect with and get support from family and professional services. Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia: Qlife: 1800 184 527 Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 Lifeline: 13 11 14 The post Ep 05 – Stigma and the Importance of Community appeared first on Let's Talk About Suicide.

Meet four people who have lost a loved one to suicide: Alice, Beau, Lara, and Peter. It takes a lot of courage to share such a personal experience and to speak so openly. Even though each of their stories are different, there are lots of common feelings and themes that come through. Listening to their stories can be difficult and heartbreaking, but there might be a level of comfort and reassurance for you in knowing that you are not alone in experiencing these things. In future episodes, we’ll hear more about their experiences relating to the theme of each episode. You can also download the full length versions of these interviews from joy.org/letstalk or find them in your podcast feed. Alice Beau Lara Peter Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia: Qlife: 1800 184 527 Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 Lifeline: 13 11 14 The post Ep 03 – Meet Our Courageous People With Lived Experience appeared first on Let's Talk About Suicide.

Many people are affected by suicide and you may have experienced the suicide of a loved one – a partner, a sibling, a parent, or a friend. It can be incredibly hard to make sense of what has happened, how you can cope with it, and how to recover from it. This podcast aims to help people like you through this difficult time. We want to provide support, conversation, and comfort to people affected by suicide. This is for anyone affected by a suicide death. But, as rates of suicide in the LGBTIQA+ communites are significantly higher than the general population we’ll be taking the time to talk about how this experience can be different and more complex for people in these communities or their loved ones. In this first episode we discuss why we need to talk openly about suicide and suggest some safe language we can all use when talking about it. Knowing how to talk about it in a safe way that might help others while minimising the risks to people around us is the key. Talking about it helps to reduce the stigma around suicide, and it might even mean people are more willing to reach out and get help. This episode discusses the Mindframe guidelines when talking about suicide: https://mindframe.org.au/suicide/communicating-about-suicide Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia: Qlife: 1800 184 527 Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 Lifeline: 13 11 14 The post Ep 01 – Talking About Suicide appeared first on Let's Talk About Suicide.