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Reading: Diary of a Broken Mind. The Day After
Category: Suicide
Three weeks in review
This isn’t all of it but it’s most of it. And here I thought February would be a slow month.
Speaking & Book Signing Event at Richmond Wellness Center. Diary of a Broken Mind
Newspaper article about Recovery School
Panel interview on publishing for NSA
Boomer Radio interview
Legislature for HB 928 Recovery School. Looking good for this bill so far.
Emotionally Naked Wedding
A Night For Scott Fundraiser for Recovery Scholarships
Legislature for HB 1063- Abolishing Suicide as a crime. Didn’t pass.
Speaking at school nurse’s conference at VCU
Panel at Jewish Community Center for Screeing of Kevin Hines … Read more...
Suicide is still a common-law crime in Virginia-2.19.2020
HB1063-2.19.2020-After 25 hours, and a $100 worth of parking fees, not to mention lost wages since I’m self-employed, our team met defeat yet again. I had been there for about 2.5 hours but I had to leave for a speaking engagement.
My argument was that no matter what you think about suicide, it’s declared a public health issue by the National Institutes of Health, The Department of Defense and the World Health Organization. If they see it as … Read more...
Why so many British visitors came to this website in one day
USA Suicide & Crisis Lifeline call 988
USA Crisis Text 741-741
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for Veterans call 988, press 1
USA Crisis Line for LGBTQ Youth, call 1-866-488-7386
USA Crisis Text for LGBTQ Youth 678-678
USA TransLifeline call, 1-833-456-4566
USA Suicide Prevention Lifeline & Chat for the Deaf or Hearing impaired. Or dial 711 then 988
United Kingdom Samaritans 116 123
Australia Crisis Line 13 11 14
Canada Crisis Line 1-833-456-4566
Canada TransLifeline 877-330-6366
International suicide hotlines
Often when I get up in the morning I check my website statistics. I know, that’s super geeky. But it’s part … Read more...
Review: Rock On-Mining for Joy in the Deep River of Sibling Grief
by Susan E. Casey
I read this book on sibling grief when it was in manuscript form. Beautifully written, this is a great self-help guide to acknowledging sibling grief, managing the pain and finding hope and meaning after sibling loss.
Rock On is a book that focuses solely on sibling grief and loss because it’s a tragedy author Susan E. Casey experienced in her own life. On Valentine’s Day, 2014, she learned of the horrific and unexpected death of her forty-three-year-old brother Rocky who died while in Hong Kong … Read more...
The last 72 hours
By Lauresa Woolfolk
Friday, January 9, 2004: The Last Day
I’ll never forget that day; it was the last day I saw my best friend’s face. We were in the 8th grade, and we were ending the academic day to begin our weekend. Originally, he was going to spend the evening with a mutual close friend and me, but he opted to go home.
In retrospect, Sean didn’t seem fine, but the excitement of our school’s sporting events clouded my judgment … Read more...
I hurt those around me who love me
by Gor Rivenshield
Author’s note: this is neither wholly irrational nor rational. There is a method to my madness, and madness to my method. This is a perspective, a state of mind; not a statement of fact but a report from the shadows most dare not report on.
I am a monster. I am a burden. I hurt those around me who love me. I hurt those around me who don’t even know I exist. I hurt myself. I hurt.
The previous paragraph is not rational in an objective sense. I know this, intellectually. I can and have run rings … Read more...
Suicide: Say this, not that
Don’t say: You have so much to live for!
Say instead: Tell me more about how you feel
Don’t say: You shouldn’t feel that way. You have so much going for you.
Say instead: How long have you been feeling this way?
Don’t say: Promise me you won’t attempt suicide
Instead say: Please put me on your call list if you are struggling. And while we’re at it, let’s put in some crisis lines now.
Don’t say: I remember when I had a breakup and I got over it and you will to. You’ll find someone else.
Instead say: That … Read more...
Diary of a Broken Mind eBook now available
We did the first round of auditions today for the audiobook. And the ebook is up online in all countries there is an amazon. If your country is not listed below, go to your Amazon site and search for, “diary of a broken mind anne moss rogers.”
eBook, Diary of a Broken Mind, United States
ebook, Diary of a Broken Mind, U.K.
ebook, Diary of a Broken Mind, Canada
ebook, Diary of a Broken Mind, Australia
ebook, Diary of a Broken Mind, Germany
ebook, Diary of a Broken Mind, India
It will be on iTunes soon. And … Read more...
My night in the woods
by Mimi Bordeaux
I am driving very fast for I have a destination and I want to get there. Multiple drugs coursing through my bloodstream.
I have my instrument of death. I can’t remember when I last ate, my appetite as extinct as my sleep. Rolling over up and down in the sheets for three months restless as a snake. Sleep depravation ravages one’s soul to a ghostly wan draft.
I move from the loungeroom saying goodbye to an oblivious mother down in the garage. My souped-up old sports car, a Toyota Celica is heavy and reliable. I back out … Read more...
Boomtown Radio Interview
Interview on Boomtown radio Wednesday which is Boomer Magazine day about the book, Diary of a Broken Mind.
Here is a link to the review below at Boomer Magazine.
A Husband’s View: Sex and intimacy after loss of a child
by Gary
Males are different psychologically and emotionally. My wife and I lost our 17-year-old son after he died by suicide on Nov. 7, 2019. The grief is overwhelming, strangling, choking, at times.
I’ll not attempt to convey the grief. One understands, or one does not.
The intimacy of coitus with my wife is the deepest of (the many of) my connections with her, encompassing my love, my emotional and psychological attachment, reaffirmation, on every possible plane you could imagine.
Males are always subconsciously tense, on guard. The old stereotype complaint, his falling asleep after making love? Criticized, some women … Read more...
Why did my dad kill himself? Didn’t he love me?
To be clear, my father did not die by suicide. My son Charles did but this is a question I hear often. Why would a dad who had children take his life? Why would a mom kill herself when she has children? How could a parent not realize what their death by suicide might do to their child? How could my dad (or mom) leave me like that?
The problem is that people think of suicide as a choice
The myth of suicide is that someone is pondering their future and decides to take the easy way out and end … Read more...
Suicide is not a crime in Virginia makes it past first hurdle
URGENT call to action: Decriminalize Suicide in Virginia- Updated 2/3/2020
HB 1063– Delegate Kaye Kory has introduced house bill 1063 “A Bill to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-16.1, relating to “abolishing the common-law crime of suicide in Virginia.”
It went to the court of justice subcommittee, then civil subcommittee, now back to the court of justice full committee, Wed. Feb 5 in the afternoon. Please do the following quick and easy action … Read more...
First safeTALK training!
Do you want to schedule a safeTALK training for your group or business? Contact me, Anne Moss Rogers.
I tested the sound twice. And I got there early in the morning to test it again and the room was locked. I searched for anyone and finally ran into a custodian who got me in touch with security to open the door. Hurray! But no time to test sound again because it was time to start.
Ugh. Sound was lame but I found a workaround. Not perfect but it worked well enough. (It’s … Read more...