What if you moved through the world as if you were easy to be loved? Because I promise you, you are easy to love.
- Sonalee Rashatwar, LCSW
The assignments that have activities are in red.
Watch the Ted-X Video: The Invisible Illness 19:49
Discussion or Writing Reflection
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Suicide Prevention
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Video 3 hours peaceful Music
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Suicide Survivors
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? |
Watch the video:
Dealing with Suicide 2 min. 42 sec. |
Watch the 4 min. 34 sec. video:
What it's like to lose someone |
DISCUSSION OR WRITING REFLECTION:
Anderson Cooper’s brother committed suicide. How did it impact Anderson Cooper and his views on life? |
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? |
Suicide Statistics
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3 min. peaceful music
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Photo: Cathy Kaplan. Golden Gate Bridge, Joakim Syversen