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Mental Health: Suicide Prevention & Loss

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Watch the Ted-X Video: 
​The Invisible Illness 19:49 

INVISIBLE ILLNESS

Discussion or Writing Reflection  

1. In the video, The Invisible Illness, the speaker gives a specific compare/contrast example of how his family was treated when his mother had cancer and how they were treated when his younger brother suffered from mental illness. What do you think motivated the friends to judge the family to treat them differently?​ 
2. Have you personally observed a difference in the way a person is treated when the illness is physical rather than emotional/psychological? 
3. What is your opinion of mental health clubs on campus?

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​Suicide ​Prevention

SUICIDE PREVENTION

PARENT'S GUIDE

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Watch the video:
 The Bridge Between
​Suicide and Life 14:13

The Bridge Between

Discussion or Writing Reflection
1.  What information surprised you most from the video?
2.  How does suicide impact the person trying to prevent it?
3.  Did the speaker, Kevin Briggs, present any useful information? 

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Suicide Survivors

Watch the video:  
​Dealing with Suicide

Anderson Cooper

DISCUSSION OR WRITING REFLECTION: ​
​Anderson Cooper’s brother committed suicide.
​How did it impact Anderson Cooper and his views on life? ​

Watch the  Buzz Feed Video: 
​What it's like to lose someone

To Lose Someone

1. Peta, the first speaker, said she is not ashamed – she is grief stricken.
2. What is the difference between shame and grief?
​3. Why would she feel shame?
​Consider the videos by Dr. Brené Brown. 
4. What was the physical and emotional responses that the survivors experience and what did  they learn? 
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Suicide Statistics

SUICIDE STATISTICS

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If we can share our story
with someone who responds
​with empathy and understanding,
shame can't survive.
                                                                                      ― Brené Brown

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Photo:Golden Gate Bridge, Joakim Syversen
​ Cathy Kaplan