Personal Beliefs About Suicide

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Describe your personal feelings and beliefs about suicide. I have a friend who attempted suicide my senior year of high school. We met in English class where we were assigned to sit next to each other. People made jokes all year long about how crazy it was the most positive person in the world and the most negative person in the world ended up sitting next to each other. They said there must be a hidden camera somewhere to see who would kill the other first. I loved sitting next to Andy. It became my goal to try and make him smile every day, to help him find something great about the world, and (without knowing) try to find a reason that would convince him to live. Near the end of the year, before our class one morning, our teacher looked very distraught and began to cry. When she was finally able to speak, she informed us that Andy had gotten in a car accident—a very very bad one. Later, when I went to visit Andy, I discovered that this was a cover story to what really …show more content…

I want so bad to help them see that there is hope, that they have so much to live for. I am literally in the process of learning that I can be myself. Having compassion and empathy doesn’t mean feeling what the patient is feeling; having compassion and empathy simply requires seeing them for who they are, being present with them, and being who I am. I think compassion and empathy in these times looks like coming with no agenda. We understand people more when we seek to understand, rather than seek to be understood. My approach is quickly and currently being molded to one filled with taking the time to see people as they are and listen well. We as nurses (and as people) will not be able to give our patients a reason to live, unless we first take the time to learn why they want to die. Healing needs to come in different ways for

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