I would like to use this column to inform everyone of some of the warning signs and risk factors for suicide. If you know of someone experiencing any of these behaviors, please urge them to call for help, or tell someone in authority who could get help for them. If you are thinking about committing suicide, please, please call one of these numbers and let someone help you with your feelings. For the one or few that you want to hurt by taking your life, there are many others who love you, and will be greatly saddened by the loss of your not being in their lives. Another one called the Trevor Helpline is a 247 suicide hotline for gay and questioning youth.
All calls are free and confidential.
Perhaps that call that you make today will save the life of a young person.