The decision to tell someone that you are struggling — really struggling, not just having a hard week — is one of the most difficult

One of the most persistent misconceptions about recovery from suicidal thinking is that it looks like a clear before-and-after. A person is in crisis; then

There is a question underneath suicidal thinking that rarely gets asked directly: not why do you want to die, but what would make you want

In the middle of a mental health crisis, advice about habits can feel dismissive — as though the suggestion is that better sleep or a

Somewhere in the architecture of how we talk about strength, a damaging idea took root: that needing help is evidence of failure. That a strong

One of the most discouraging experiences in the process of getting mental health support is finding that therapy — which is supposed to help —

A safety plan is not a promise that things will not get hard. It is a document — created when things are manageable — that

Recovery rarely announces itself. It does not typically arrive as a breakthrough or a revelation. For most people who have moved through suicidal thinking toward

Feeling like a burden to the people you love is one of the most painful and persistent experiences that comes with depression and suicidal thinking.

When emotional pain becomes intense enough, something happens to the brain’s relationship with time. The future — which is usually a resource we draw on