The rising problem of adult cutting and self harm is beginning to get a lot of attention. Self harm is extremely dangerous and can kill you. Self harm is a reflection of what is going on inside of the mind and emotions. The cutting is the effects of the stress and unhappiness that you are feeling. If you are cutting yourself as an adult you do have a deep depression that may be closer to suicide than you are realizing.

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This is very much an adult problem not just a teen problem. Like the growing suicide rate most of the attention has been directed towards teens but there is a large number of adults who self harm. Full Story »

There is an old song called “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.” It was a very funny and popular song. Unfortunately, there are no popular songs called “50 Ways to Commit Suicide with Food.” Maybe it would make us think about how we are killing ourselves with food! This article is about the many ways we commit suicide with food – and aren?t even aware of it. It is so commonly acceptable to supersize servings that we are unaware just how deadly this practice is. We are slowly killing ourselves with food.

400,000 Obesity Related Deaths Each Year

The obesity rate continues to soar worldwide. 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to obesity. Full Story »

Death due to suicide is probably the most complex grieving experience we ever have to deal with. When a loved one commits suicide we are left wondering Why? Over and over that simple question just keeps coming up – Why?

Why would someone we love do that to themselves? What was going on in their mind that this was their only way out? Did I miss something in their behavior that could have warned me of this possibility? I feel lost and confused, and maybe even guilty. I cannot accept that a person I thought I knew would do this. These are the common questions and effects of suicide grief Full Story »

Recent years, researchers admit high rates of suicides among youth within the foster care system. Researchers explain that suicides are caused by social and emotional conditions rather than a mental disease. Furthermore, it is often associated with hundreds of suicides and suicide attempts. ?Researchers discovered attention problems and aggressive or delinquent behavior in 40 per cent of children aged five to 17 who were in home-based foster care, up to eight times more than in the general school-age population? (Gough 2007). Full Story »

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