Let’s Learn About Suicide: Ideation vs. Intention
As we continue suicide prevention awareness month, let’s expand our knowledge on the different types of suicide/suicidality and why it’s so important to do so.
As we continue suicide prevention awareness month, let’s expand our knowledge on the different types of suicide/suicidality and why it’s so important to do so.
“I wish it would all just end.”“I can’t keep going another day like this.”“Life would be easier for everyone if I just wasn’t here.”
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There are many different directions we can take and explore here.
Still, I want to look at the various “flavors” of sex that any person can have and recognize that it does not lie on a scale of zero to ten but rather a wide variety of nuances, feelings, intensities, and experiences.
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