Happy Wednesday Wisdom Quote Day! Whatever we focus on, we are giving it power over us. -Unknown Have you ever felt controlled by your thoughts and emotions? If so, it is a common human experience. When people have suicide plans, they have been suffering with many of their feelings and thoughts for a long time. A common emotion to feel is hopelessness or more extreme, despair. This is a very tough spot to be in for the individual and for others to help. When people try to help, they tend to want to skip straight to solutions and giv the person suffering reasons for living. However, this is ineffective. Without the individual genuinely believing it or devising a reason to live for themselves, they will remain stuck. So, what can others do to help someone being overpowered by their own thoughts and feelings? Well, one option is to ask open-ended questions and look for nonverbal cues like a slight smirk, widening of the eyes, sitting more upright, lightness in tone, or another change in their behaviour that indicates a turning point in their thought processes highlighting something that matters to them and gives them a reason to live. A turning point does not necessary have to be another human being in their life as some people truly have no one. A turning point can include a thing, a future goal, an animal, or a cause. Once that turning point is discovered, roll with it because it can spark hope to still feel there is a chance to live a life worth living. What are your thoughts? #upstreamquotes #mentalhealthcounselling #counselling #upstreamcounselling #MentalHealthMatters #psychotherapy #psychotherapists #socialwork #socialworkers #waterlooregion #WednesdayWisom #wednesdaywisdomquote #cognitiverestructuring #turningpoint #suicidefirstaid #suicidefirstaidsupport # #suicideawarness
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