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Drained heart – #griefheart number 183

Drained heart
Drained heart

So for the last month, I have passed by this “heart” on the sidewalk when I run. Because I am not tied to anything electronic when I run, I have not had the phone to take a picture of it. But today walking the dog, I had it.

It looks like the heart was turned upside down and drained. That is so precisely how I feel some days. I think recent loss of a 15-year-old girl at James River High who died by suicide has left me feeling helpless and defeated. Which means tomorrow I will wake up to fight harder. You can count on it.

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My alter ego talks to me when I want to give up

 

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AnneMoss Rogers

AnneMoss Rogers is a mental health and suicide education expert, mental health speaker, suicide prevention trainer and consultant. She is author of the Book, Diary of a Broken Mind and co-author of Emotionally Naked: A Teacher's Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk with Kim O'Brien PhD, LICSW. She raised two boys, Richard and Charles, and lost her younger son, Charles to addiction and suicide on June 5, 2015. She is a motivational speaker who empowers by educating and provides life saving strategies and emotionally healthy coping skills. As talented and funny as Charles was, letting other people know they matter was his greatest gift. And now that's the legacy she carries forward in her son's memory. Mental Health Speakers Website.

One thought on “Drained heart – #griefheart number 183”

  1. Dear Anne,
    You are doing so much to get the sad topic of suicide discussed. Sometimes my heart also feels drained as I deal with a daily struggle to help my alcoholic mentally ill son. I am grateful that he is alive after several suicide attempts. His getting a DUI has forced him to attend daily AA meetings. But because my husband (his father) died by suicide, it is always a strong possibility for him. It is so difficult to help, but not enable. My heart and brain are in constant conflict with this issue.
    Ann

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